Chandigarh | |
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Ceety an Union Territory | |
Coordinates: 30°44′14″N 76°47′14″E / 30.73722°N 76.78722°E | |
Kintra | Indie |
Union Territory/Ceety | Chandigarh |
Seat o Govrenment | Chandigarh |
Govrenment | |
• Admeenistrator o UT | Shivraj V. Patil |
• Mayor | Subhash Chawla |
• Commissioner | Vivek Pratap Singh |
Area | |
• Ceety an Union Territory | 114 km2 (44 sq mi) |
Area rank | 33 |
Elevation | 350 m (1,150 ft) |
Population | |
• Ceety an Union Territory | 960,787 |
• Rank | 29t |
• Density | 8,400/km2 (22,000/sq mi) |
• Metro | 1,025,682 |
Leids | |
• Principal | Hindi, Panjabi, Inglis |
Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
PIN | 160xxx |
Telephone code | 91-172-XXX XXXX |
ISO 3166 code | IN-CH |
Vehicle registration | CH-01 to CH-04,HR-70,PB-01 |
HDI | 0.892 |
HDI Category | very high |
Literacy | 81.9 |
Website | chandigarh |
The city of Chandigarh comprises all of the union territory's area |
Chandigarh is a ceety union territory in Indie that serves as the caipital o twa states, Punjab an Haryana. The name Chandigarh translates as "The Fort o Chandi". The name is derivit frae a auncient temple cried Chandi Mandir, devotit tae the Hindu goddess Chandi, near the ceety.
The ceety o Chandigarh wis the first planned ceety in Indie post independence in 1947 (pre-independence planned ceeties include Dispur in Assam, New Delhi in Delhi, Jaipur in Rajasthan, etc.) an is kent internaitionally for its airchitectur an urban design. The ceety haes projects designed bi airchitects such as Le Corbusier, Pierre Jeanneret, Jane Drew, Maxwell Fry an Narinder S. Lamba. The ceety tops the leet o Indian States an Union Territories wi the heichest per caipita income in the kintra at ₹99,262 (US$1,400) at current prices an ₹70,361 (US$990) at constant prices (2006–2007). The ceety wis reportit in 2010 tae be the "cleanest" in Indie, based on a naitional govrenment study, an the territory heidit the leet o Indie states an territories accordin tae research conductit uisin 2005 data bi Human Development Index.
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