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Chennai is situated on a flat coastal plain, as can be seen in this Landsat 7 map. Chennai is located at on the southeast coast of India and in the northeast corner of Tamil Nadu. It is located on a flat coastal plain known as the Eastern Coastal Plains. The city has an average elevation of 6 metres (20 ft), its highest point being 60 m (200 ft).
Most districts have a distinct headquarters; but the districts of Mumbai City in Maharashtra, [7] Kolkata in West Bengal, Hyderabad in Telangana, and Chennai in Tamil Nadu are examples where there are no distinct district headquarters, although there are district collectors.
Animation showing the division of districts in Tamil Nadu from 1956 to 2009. On 2 October 1965, Dharmapuri district was bifurcated from the erstwhile Salem district comprising Dharmapuri, Harur, Hosur, and Krishnagiri taluks. [8] In 1969, the Madras State was renamed as Tamil Nadu. [9]
Name used in the default map caption; image = Chennai area locator map.svg The default map image, without "Image:" or "File:" top = 13.295 Latitude at top edge of map, in decimal degrees; bottom = 12.844 Latitude at bottom edge of map, in decimal degrees; left = 80 Longitude at left edge of map, in decimal degrees; right = 80.3575 Longitude at ...
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A sub-division is an administrative division of a district in India. In some states (Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Tamil Nadu, Kerala) they are called Revenue Divisions. [56] It is headed by a sub-divisional magistrate (also known as assistant collector or assistant commissioner). In some states, the post is designated as Revenue Divisional ...
Chennai (/ ˈ tʃ ɛ n aɪ / ⓘ; Tamil: [ˈt͡ɕenːaɪ̯], ISO: Ceṉṉai), formerly known as Madras, [d] is the capital and largest city of Tamil Nadu, the southernmost state of India. It is located on the Coromandel Coast of the Bay of Bengal .
Tamil Nadu (/ ˌ t æ m ɪ l ˈ n ɑː d uː /; Tamil: [ˈtamiɻ ˈnaːɽɯ] ⓘ, abbr. TN) is the southernmost state of India.The tenth largest Indian state by area and the sixth largest by population, Tamil Nadu is the home of the Tamil people, who speak the Tamil language—the state's official language and one of the longest surviving classical languages of the world.