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Tamil Nadu

Kanchipuram

Kanchipuram district is one of the 38 districts in the state of in . The area comprising the present day Kancheepuram district was earlier a part of Chingleput district.
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  • Type: District with 4,000,000 residents
  • Description: district of Tamil Nadu, India
  • Also known as: “Kancheepuram district”, “Kanchi”, and “Kanchipuram district”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Rajiv Gandhi Memorial and Madras International Circuit.

is a to the former Indian prime minister Rajiv Gandhi in , India. The memorial is located at Sriperumpudur at the site where he was assassinated on 21 May 1991.

Photo: Simply CVR, CC BY 2.0.
The is a permanent motor racing circuit located in , , . It was built in the late 1980s and was inaugurated in 1990.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Sriperumbudur.

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, also known as Thiruperumbudur, is a Municipality and the headquarters of taluk located in Kanchipuram district of the state of .

Kanchipuram

Latitude
12.9647° or 12° 57′ 53″ north
Longitude
79.984° or 79° 59′ 2″ east
Population
4,000,000
Elevation
68 metres (223 feet)
Abbreviation
“KCP”
Open location code
7J4XXX7M+VH
Open­Street­Map ID
node 316417356
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­district
Geo­Names ID
7646149
Wiki­data ID
Q15157
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Western Panjabi—“Kanchipuram” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “ضاحية كانتشيبورام”
  • Asturian: “distritu de Kanchipuram”
  • Asturian: “Kanchipuram (distritu)”
  • Asturian: “Kanchipuram”
  • Basque: “Kanchipuram barrutia”
  • Bengali: “কাঞ্চীপুরম জেলা”
  • Bhojpuri: “कांचीपुरम जिला”
  • Catalan: “districte de Kanchipuram”
  • Catalan: “Districte de Kanchipuram”
  • Cebuano: “Kancheepuram (distrito sa Indya)”
  • Cebuano: “Kancheepuram”
  • Chinese: “Kanchipuram”
  • Chinese: “甘吉布勒姆县”
  • Chinese: “甘吉布勒姆縣”
  • Dutch: “Kanchipuram”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “كانتشيبورام”
  • Esperanto: “Distrikto Kanĉipuram”
  • Finnish: “Kancheepuramin piirikunta”
  • French: “district de Kancheepuram”
  • French: “District de Kanchipuram”
  • German: “Kanchipuram”
  • Gujarati: “કાચીપુરમ જિલ્લો”
  • Hindi: “कांचीपुरम जिला”
  • Hindi: “कांचीपुरम”
  • Italian: “distretto di Kanchipuram”
  • Italian: “Distretto di Kanchipuram”
  • Japanese: “カーンチープラム”
  • Japanese: “カーンチープラム県”
  • Japanese: “カーンチプラム県”
  • Malayalam: “കാഞ്ചീപുരം ജില്ല”
  • Manipuri: “ꯀꯥꯟꯆꯤꯄꯨꯔꯝ ꯄꯅꯥ”
  • Marathi: “कांचीपुरम जिल्हा”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Kanchipuram”
  • Nepali: “कांचीपुरम् जिल्ला”
  • Nepali: “कान्चीपुरम जिल्ला”
  • Newari: “कांचीपुरम जिल्ला”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Kanchipuram”
  • Norwegian: “Kanchipuram”
  • Oriya: “କାଞ୍ଚିପୁରମ ଜିଲ୍ଲା”
  • Persian: “بخش کانچی‌پورم”
  • Polish: “Kanchipuram”
  • Russian: “Канчипурам”
  • Sanskrit: “काञ्चिपुरमण्डलम्”
  • Santali: “ᱠᱟᱸᱪᱤᱯᱩᱨᱚᱢ ᱦᱚᱱᱚᱛ”
  • Slovenian: “Kanchipuram”
  • Slovenian: “Kančipuram”
  • Spanish: “Distrito de Kanchipuram”
  • Spanish: “Kanchipuram”
  • Swedish: “Kancheepuram”
  • Tamil: “காஞ்சிபுரம் மாவட்டம்”
  • Telugu: “కాంచీపురం జిల్లా”
  • Urdu: “کانچی پورم ضلع”
  • Vietnamese: “Kancheepuram”
  • Western Panjabi: “ضلع کنچمپورم”
  • “कांचीपुरम जिला”

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