The most populous city in the Indian state of Haryana and part of the Delhi National Capital Region, a major satellite city about 284 kilometers south of the state capital Chandigarh with the Yamuna River forming its eastern boundary. The 2011 census recorded 1,414,050 residents in the Faridabad Municipal Corporation, and the Indian government named it to the second list of cities under its Smart Cities Mission in May 2016.
Facts
Area (sq km) Founding Year Population Estimate Year Elevation (m) Elevation Band Climate Zone Sources
1. Faridabad (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia FoundationInfobox: area_total_km2
204.00
Infobox: elevation_m
198
Infobox: population_total
1,414,050
Article text
At the time of the 2011 Census of India, 87.59% of the population spoke Hindi, 4.41% Punjabi, 1.81% Bhojpuri and 1.40% Haryanvi as their first language.
Infobox: established_date
1607
Infobox settlement, coordinates field
coordinates = 28.4211°N 77.3078°E
On Continent: Asia, Lead paragraph names India; continent follows from the atlas record for India
forms the eastern district boundary with Uttar Pradesh. The Government of India
View the Source 2. GeoNames: Faridabad - GeoNames
GeoNamescities500 record 1271951
28.41124 77.31316 P PPLA2 IN 10 088 6407 1414050 209 Asia/Kolkata
Place record, elevation
Elevation ca. 209 m
View the Source 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 28.25, 77.25Quote, Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 28.25, 77.25
28.25 77.25 BSh
Wikidata: Faridabad
- Wikidata Q200663, 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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