Egmore

Egmore is a neighbourhood of , situated about 2.0 kilometres from kilometre zero of Chennai city. Lying on a peninsular bulge on the northern banks of the Coovum River, apart from being an important transportation and tourism hub as well as shopping district, Egmore also has residential colonies.
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  • Type: Suburb
  • Description: neighborhood in Chennai
  • Also known as: “Madras Egmore”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Chennai Government Museum and Connemera Public Library.

Museum
Photo: L.vivian.richard, Public domain.
The Government Museum, Chennai, or the Madras Museum, is a of human history and culture located in the Government Museum Complex in the neighbourhood of Egmore in , .

Library
Photo: SriniG, Public domain.
The Connemara Public Library at Egmore in , Tamil Nadu, India, is one of the four National Depository Libraries which receive a copy of all books, newspapers and periodicals published in India.

Stadium
Mayor Radhakrishnan Stadium is a field hockey stadium at , , . Named after M. Radhakrishna Pillai, it was the venue to the 1996 Men's Champions Trophy, and hosted the tournament again in December 2005.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Vepery and Chintadripet.

Suburb
is a neighbourhood in the north of , India. Abutting the transportation hub of , the neighbourhood covers a rectangular area north of the Poonamallee High Road.

Suburb
is a locality in , in . Located on the southern banks of the Cooum River, it is a residential-cum-commercial area surrounded by , , Pudupet, Egmore, Anna Salai and …

Suburb
Photo: R Kamal, Public domain.
is a neighbourhood in the city of a neighbourhood of , situated about 4.0 kilometres from kilometre zero of Chennai city.

Egmore

Latitude
13.07283° or 13° 4′ 22″ north
Longitude
80.25769° or 80° 15′ 28″ east
Elevation
17 metres (56 feet)
United Nations Location Code
IN GMR
Open location code
7M5237F5+43
Open­Street­Map ID
node 247689846
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­suburb
Geo­Names ID
1272103
Wiki­data ID
Q2856467
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In Other Languages

From Bengali to Urdu—“Egmore” goes by many names.
  • Bengali: “এগমোর”
  • Dutch: “Egmore”
  • French: “Egmore”
  • German: “Egmore”
  • German: “Ezhumbur”
  • Hindi: “एग्मोर”
  • Japanese: “エグモア”
  • Malayalam: “എഗ്മൂർ”
  • Tamil: “எழும்பூர்”
  • Urdu: “ایگمور”

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Notable Places Nearby

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