Madurai

Madurai, formerly Madura, is the third-largest city in the Indian state of . It is on the banks of the river Vaigai and has been a major settlement for two millennia.
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  • District of India with 3,040,000 residents
  • …lies at an elevation of 141 metres (463 feet)
  • …is abbreviated as “MDR”
  • Description: district of Tamil Nadu, India
  • Also known as
    “Madura”
    “Madurai District”
    “Mathurai”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Tiruparankundram railway station and Samanar Hills.

Railway station
Tirupparankundram is an NSG–5 category Indian railway…

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, also known as Samanar Malai…

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Madurai and Thiruparankundram.

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, formerly Madura, is the third-largest city in the Indian state of .

Town
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, also spelled Tiruparangundram…

Town
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is a town in the Madurai Metropolitan… is situated 9 km southwest of Madurai.

Madurai

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Latitude
9.89° or 9° 53′ 24″ north
Longitude
78.03° or 78° 1′ 48″ east
Open location code
6JXWV2RH+2X
Geo­Names ID
1264522
Wiki­data ID
Q15184

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Western Panjabi—“Madurai” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “ضاحية مادوراي”
  • Armenian: “Մադուրայ”
  • Asturian: “distritu de Madurai”
  • Asturian: “Madurai (distritu)”
  • Asturian: “Madurai”
  • Azerbaijani: “Maduray dairəsi”
  • Basque: “Madurai barrutia”
  • Bengali: “মাদুরাই জেলা”
  • Bhojpuri: “मदुरै जिला”
  • Catalan: “districte de Madurai”
  • Catalan: “Districte de Madurai”
  • Cebuano: “Madurai”
  • Chinese: “馬杜賴縣”
  • Chinese: “马杜赖县”
  • Dimli (individual language): “Maduray”
  • Dutch: “Madurai”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “مادوراى”
  • Finnish: “Madurain piirikunta”
  • French: “district de Madurai”
  • French: “District de Madurai”
  • German: “Madurai”
  • Gujarati: “મદુરાઇ જિલ્લો”
  • Hindi: “मदुरई जिला”
  • Italian: “distretto di Madurai”
  • Italian: “Distretto di Madurai”
  • Japanese: “マドゥライ県”
  • Kashmiri: “مدُرایی ضِلہٕ”
  • Magahi: “मदुरै जिला”
  • Malayalam: “മദുര ജില്ല”
  • Marathi: “मदुराई जिल्हा”
  • Marathi: “मदुरै जिल्हा”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Madurai”
  • Nepali: “मदुरई जिल्ला”
  • Nepali: “मदुरै जिल्ला”
  • Newari: “मदुरै जिल्ला”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Madurai”
  • Norwegian: “Madurai”
  • Oriya: “ମଦୁରାଇ ଜିଲ୍ଲା”
  • Panjabi: “ਮਦੁਰਈ ਜ਼ਿਲਾ”
  • Panjabi: “ਮਦੁਰਈ ਜ਼ਿਲ੍ਹਾ”
  • Persian: “بخش مدورائی”
  • Polish: “Madurai”
  • Russian: “Мадурай”
  • Sanskrit: “मधुरैमण्डलम्”
  • Santali: “ᱢᱚᱫᱩᱨᱟᱭᱤ ᱦᱚᱱᱚᱛ”
  • Santali: “ᱢᱟᱫᱩᱨᱟᱭ ᱦᱚᱱᱚᱛ”
  • Slovenian: “Madurai”
  • Spanish: “Distrito de Madurai”
  • Spanish: “Madurai”
  • Swedish: “Madurai”
  • Tamil: “மதுர ஜில்லா”
  • Tamil: “மதுரை மாவட்டம்”
  • Tamil: “மதுரை ஜில்லா”
  • Telugu: “మదురై జిల్లా”
  • Turkish: “Madurai ilçesi”
  • Urdu: “ضلع مدورئی”
  • Urdu: “میڈورائی ضلع”
  • Vietnamese: “Madurai”
  • Western Panjabi: “ضلع مادورائ”

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