city of Madras (now Chennai)

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/city_of_Madras_(now_Chennai)
GPTKB entity
Statements (49)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:city
gptkbp:area 426 km²
gptkbp:capital gptkb:Tamil_Nadu
gptkbp:climate tropical wet and dry
gptkbp:currentName gptkb:Chennai
gptkbp:demonym Chennaite
gptkbp:festival gptkb:Chennai_Music_Season
gptkb:Pongal
gptkbp:founded 1639
gptkbp:foundedBy gptkb:British_East_India_Company
gptkbp:governingBody gptkb:Greater_Chennai_Corporation
gptkbp:hasAirport gptkb:Chennai_International_Airport
gptkbp:hasAnimal gptkb:Arignar_Anna_Zoological_Park
gptkbp:hasCoastline gptkb:Bay_of_Bengal
gptkbp:hasHospital gptkb:Government_General_Hospital
gptkb:Apollo_Hospitals
gptkbp:hasLandmark gptkb:Fort_St._George
gptkb:Kapaleeshwarar_Temple
gptkb:Marina_Beach
gptkb:San_Thome_Basilica
gptkb:Government_Museum,_Chennai
gptkbp:hasMetroStation gptkb:Chennai_Metro
gptkbp:hasPort gptkb:Chennai_Port
gptkb:Ennore_Port
gptkbp:hasRailwayStation gptkb:Chennai_Central
gptkb:Chennai_Egmore
gptkbp:hasRiver gptkb:Adyar_River
gptkb:Cooum_River
gptkb:Kosasthalaiyar_River
gptkbp:hasScienceCentre gptkb:Birla_Planetarium
gptkbp:hasSportsClub gptkb:Chennai_Super_Kings
gptkbp:hasUniversity gptkb:University_of_Madras
gptkb:Anna_University
gptkbp:homeStadium gptkb:M._A._Chidambaram_Stadium
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label city of Madras (now Chennai)
gptkbp:ISO_3166-2_code gptkb:INMAA
gptkbp:knownFor automobile industry
IT industry
film industry (Kollywood)
gptkbp:locatedIn gptkb:India
gptkb:Tamil_Nadu
gptkbp:officialLanguage gptkb:Tamil
gptkbp:population over 7 million (as of 2011 census)
gptkbp:renamed gptkb:Chennai
1996
gptkbp:timezone IST (UTC+5:30)
gptkbp:vehicleRegistrationCode TN-01 to TN-22
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Madras_International_Airport
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6