Madurai is
the administrative headquarters of Madurai district in the South Indian state
of TamilNadu. It is the third largest city and the second largest municipal
corporation in Tamil Nadu Located on the banks of river Vaigai, it has been a
major settlement for two millennia and is one of the oldest continuously
inhabited cities in the world.
Madurai
is closely associated with the Tamil language, as all three primary
congregations of Tamil scholars, the Third Tamil Sangams, were held in the
city between the 1780 BCE and 3rd century CE. The recorded history of
the city goes back to the 3rd century BCE, being mentioned by Megasthenes,
the Greek ambassador to India, and Kautilya, a minister of the Mauryan
emperor Chandragupta Maurya. The city is believed to be of significant
antiquity and has been ruled, at different times, by the Early
Pandyas, Medieval Cholas, Later Cholas, Later Pandyas, Madurai
Sultanate, Vijayanagar Empire, Madurai Nayaks, Chanda
Sahib, Carnatic kingdom, and the British. The city has a number of
historical monuments, with the Meenakshi Amman
Temple and Tirumalai Nayak Palace being the most prominent.
Madurai is an important industrial and educational hub in South Tamil Nadu. The
city is home to various automobile, rubber, chemical and granite manufacturing
industries. It has developed as a second-tier city
for information technology (IT), and some software companies have
opened offices in Madurai. Madurai has important government
educational institutes like the Madurai Medical College, Homeopathic
Medical College, Madurai Law College, Agricultural College and Research
Institute. Madurai city is administered by a municipal
corporation established in 1971 as per the Municipal Corporation Act. Madurai
is the second corporation in Tamil Nadu next to Chennai corporation. The city
covers an area of 147.99 km2 and had a population of 1,230,015 in
2001. The provisional population totals of the 2011 census indicate the
population of the city is 1,518,015. The city is also the seat of a bench of
the Madras High Court, one of only a few courts outside the state capitals of
India.
Country
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India
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State
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Tamil
Nadu
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District
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Madurai district |
Government
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• Mayor
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V.V.Rajan chellappa
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Area
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• City
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248 km2 (96 sq mi)
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Elevation
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101 m (331 ft)
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Population (2011)
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• City
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10,16,885
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• Metro
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14,62,420
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Languages
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• Official
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Tamil
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IST (UTC+ 5:30)
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PIN
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625 0xx
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Telephone code
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452
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Vehicle registration
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TN-58, TN-59 and TN-64
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Website
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