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Delhi
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Metropolis
National Capital Territory of India
From top clockwise: Lotus temple, Humayun's Tomb, Connaught Place, Akshardham te
mple and India Gate.
From top clockwise: Lotus temple, Humayun's Tomb, Connaught Place, Akshardham te
mple and India Gate.
Nickname(s): City of Rallies[citation needed]
Delhi is located in India
Delhi
Delhi
Location of Delhi in India.
Coordinates: 2836'36?N 7713'48?ECoordinates: 2836'36?N 7713'48?E
Country India
Region North India
Settled 6th century B.C., 3000 B.C. (from legend)
Incorporated 1857
Capital formation 1911
Government
Lt. Governor Najeeb Jung
Chief Minister (President's Rule)
Legislature Unicameral (70 seats)
Parliamentary constituency 7
High Court Delhi High Court
Area
Metropolis 1,484.0 km2 (573.0 sq mi)
Water 18 km2 (6.9 sq mi)
Metro 43,016 km2 (16,609 sq mi)
Elevation 0125 m (0409 ft)
Population (2011)[1]
Metropolis 11,007,835
Rank 2nd
Density 11,297.01/km2 (29,259.12/sq mi)
Metro[2] 16,314,838
Demonym Delhiite
Time zone Indian Standard Time (UTC+5.30)
Pincode(s) 110001-110098, 1100xx
Area code(s) +91 11
Official Languages Punjabi, Hindi/Urdu
Website delhi.gov.in
Delhi (/'d?li/ ((Hindustani pronunciation: [d??lli?] Dilli ), also known as the
National Capital Territory of India is a metropolitan region in India. With a po
pulation of nearly 22.2 million residents as of 2011,[3] it is the second most p
opulous urban agglomeration in the world,[4] as well as the largest city in Indi
a by land area.[5][6] The NCT and its urban region have been given the special s
tatus of National Capital Region (NCR) under the Constitution of India's 69th am
endment act of 1991. The NCR includes the neighbouring cities of Alwar, Baghpat,
Gurgaon, Sonepat, Faridabad, Ghaziabad, Noida, Greater Noida and other nearby t
owns.
A union territory, the political administration of the NCT of Delhi today more c
losely resembles that of a state of India, with its own legislature, high court
and an executive council of ministers headed by a Chief Minister. New Delhi is j
ointly administered by the federal government of India and the local government
of Delhi, and is the capital of the NCT of Delhi.
Delhi has been continuously inhabited since the 6th century BC.[7] Through most
of its history, Delhi has served as a capital of various kingdoms and empires. I
t has been captured, ransacked and rebuilt several times, particularly during th
e medieval period, and the modern Delhi is a cluster of a number of cities sprea
d across the metropolitan region.
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