Delhi
Delhi, locally pronooncit as Dilli (Hindi: दिल्ली, Punjabi: ਦਿੱਲੀ, Urdu: دِلّی) or Dehli (Hindi: देहली, Punjabi: ਦੇਹਲੀ, Urdu: دهلی), offeecially Naitional Caiital Territory o Delhi (NCT), is the lairgest metropolis bi aurie an the seicont-lairgest metropolis bi population in Indie.[3][4][5][6] It is the aicht lairgest metropolis in the warld bi population wi mair nor 12.25 million indwallers in the territory. Thare nearly 22.2 million residents in the greater Naitional Caipital Region urban aurie (at forby includes Noida, Greater Noida, Ghaziabad, Gurgaon an Faridabad alang wi ither smawer nearbi touns).[7] The name Delhi is aften forby uised fur tae include urban auries near the NCT, as weel as fur tae refer tae New Delhi, the caipital o Indie, at lees athin the metropolis. Awtho technically a federally admeenistered union territory, the poleetical admeenistration o the NCT o Delhi the day mair closely resembles that o a state o Indie wi its awn legislatur, hie court an an executive cooncil o meenisters heidit bi a Chief Meenister. New Delhi, jointly admeenistered bi baith the federal Govrenment o Indie an the local Govrenment o Delhi, is an aa the caipital o the NCT o Delhi.
Delhi | |
|---|---|
Union territory and Ceety | |
| Naitional Caipital Territory o Delhi | |
 Frae top clockwise: Lotus Temple, Humayun's Tomb, Connaught Place, Akshardham Temple, an India Gate. | |
 Location o Delhi in Indie. | |
| Coordinates: 28°36′36″N 77°13′48″E / 28.61000°N 77.23000°E | |
| Kintra | Indie |
| Govrenment | |
| • Lt. Governor | Anil Baijal[1] |
| • Chief Meenister | Arvind Kejriwal (AAP) |
| • Legislature | Unicameral (70 seats) |
| • High Court | Delhi High Court |
| • Police commissioner | Amulya Patnaik[2] |
| Area | |
| • Union territory and Ceety | 1484.0 km2 (573.0 sq mi) |
| • Laund | 159.0 km2 (61.4 sq mi) |
| • Water | 18.0 km2 (6.9 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 0–125 m (0–409 ft) |
| Population (2011 estimate) | |
| • Union territory and Ceety | 11,007,835 |
| • Density | 3,886/km2 (10,065/sq mi) |
| • Metro | 16,314,838 |
| • Demonym | Delhiite |
| Time zone | UTC+5.30 (Indie Staundart Time) |
| ZIP code(s) | 110001-110098, 1100xx |
| Area code(s) | +91 11 |
| Website | delhi |
Sister ceeties an twin regions
Delhi haes the follaein sister ceeties, wi which it shares guid relations:[8]
|}
Twin region
Delhi is twinned wi the follaein region an aw:
.svg){kind=link}
