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Chandigarh

Southern Asia

Chandigarh is a city and union territory in northwestern India near the Shivalik foothills of the Himalayas, serving as the joint capital of the states of Punjab and Haryana. Its population was about 1.06 million at the 2011 census. Designed under a master plan by the architect Le Corbusier as one of India's earliest planned cities, Chandigarh's Capitol Complex was named a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2016, and the city has repeatedly ranked among India's highest for human development and quality of life.

Facts
Population
1,055,450 1
Area (sq km)
114 1
Founding Year
1953 1
Chandigarh is a purpose-built planned city raised as the new capital of Punjab (later shared with Haryana); no earlier settlement predates the infobox's own Formation date.
Population Estimate Year
2011 1
Elevation (m)
321 1
Latitude
30.75 degrees north 1
Longitude
76.78 degrees east 1
Elevation Band
Lowland 2
Climate Zone
Temperate 3
Time Zone
UTC+05:30 2
Connections

Capital Of

Haryana, States or Territories
Source Haryana (Wikipedia)
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Site Of

Punjab and Haryana High Court

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Source Punjab and Haryana High Court (source article)Lead, first paragraph [seat-city]
Quote, Lead, first paragraph [seat-city]
based in Chandigarh, India
Sources
1. Chandigarh (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia Foundation
  • Article text
    It covers an area of approximately 114 km2.
  • Article text
    It has an average elevation of 321 metres (1053 ft).
  • Infobox: population_total
    1,055,450
  • Article text
    The population of Chandigarh formed 0.09 per cent of India in 2011.
  • Coordinates line, top of article
    30°45′N 76°47′E / 30.75°N 76.78°E
  • Infobox: formation_date4
    7 October 1953
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2. GeoNames: Chandigarh - GeoNames
GeoNames
  • cities500 record 1274746
    30.73629 76.7884 P PPLA IN 05 055 277 970602 351 Asia/Kolkata
  • Place record, elevation
    Elevation ca. 351 m
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3. Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna): World Map of the Koeppen-Geiger Climate Classification, present climate data
Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna)Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 30.75, 76.75
Quote, Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 30.75, 76.75
30.75 76.75 Cwa
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Wikidata: Chandigarh
  • Wikidata Q43433, class allow-list match verified against P17/real-world identity (w-geo-qidcite-0926).
  • In Group: Cities of Southern Asia (World), Wikipedia infobox, country field
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Haryana (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia FoundationCapital Of: Haryana, Infobox: capital
Quote, Capital Of: Haryana, Infobox: capital
Chandigarh
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