South West

South West Delhi district is one of the eleven administrative districts of the National Capital Territory of Delhi in . serves as the administrative headquarters of South West Delhi.
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  • Type: district of India with 2,290,000 residents
  • Description: district of Delhi, India
  • Also known as: “South West Delhi district” and “South West district”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Indira Gandhi International Airport and Sulabh International Museum of Toilets.

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is the main airport of the metropolitan area in . As the primary hub of all national and international traffic in , it is the busiest airport in India, 17th busiest in the world and 6th busiest in in terms of both passenger and cargo traffic, handling more than 70 million passengers.

Museum
Photo: Ajay Tallam, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The in is run by the Sulabh International, dedicated to the global history of sanitation and toilets. According to Time magazine, the museum is one of the weirdest museums among the "10 museums around the world that are anything but mundane".

Prison
, popularly known as Tihar Jail, are a prison complex in and are one of the largest complexes of prisons in India. There are 9 functional prisons spread over more than 400 acres. is situated 5 km northeast of South West.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Najafgarh and Hastsal.

Suburb
is a town in the South West Delhi district of , India. It is one of the three subdivisions of the South West Delhi district. is located on outskirts of NCT Delhi in south western part of sharing its territory limits with and , in . is situated 9 km northwest of South West.

Suburb
Village is a census town and village in West district in the Union Territory of . is situated 6 km north of South West.

Suburb
is a market and residential neighbourhood in , . The Main Market and Nehru Market are the key markets of the area. The population is largely Punjabi who migrated to Delhi, following the Partition of India, from in 1947. is situated 9 km northeast of South West.

South West

Latitude
28.5806° or 28° 34′ 50″ north
Longitude
77.0672° or 77° 4′ 2″ east
Population
2,290,000
Elevation
217 metres (712 feet)
Abbreviation
“SWD”
Open location code
7JWVH3J8+6V
Geo­Names ID
8335426
Wiki­data ID
Q2379189
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Urdu—“South West” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “جنوب غرب دلهي”
  • Asturian: “Distritu de Delhi suroeste”
  • Azerbaijani: “Cənub-Qərbi Dehli”
  • Bengali: “দক্ষিণ পশ্চিম দিল্লি জেলা”
  • Cebuano: “South West Delhi”
  • Chinese: “Zuidwest-Delhi”
  • Danish: “South West Delhi”
  • Dutch: “South West Delhi”
  • Dutch: “Zuidwest-Delhi”
  • Esperanto: “Sudokcidenta Delhio”
  • French: “Sud-Ouest de Delhi”
  • German: “Distrikt South West Delhi”
  • German: “Distrikt Süd-West-Delhi”
  • German: “Distrikt Südwest-Delhi”
  • German: “South West Delhi”
  • German: “Süd-West-Delhi”
  • German: “Südwest-Delhi”
  • German: “Südwesten”
  • Greek: “διαμέρισμα Νοτιοδυτικού Δελχί”
  • Gujarati: “દક્ષિણ પશ્ચિમ દિલ્હી”
  • Hindi: “दक्षिण पश्चिम दिल्ली”
  • Italian: “distretto di Delhi Sud Ovest”
  • Italian: “Distretto di Delhi Sud Ovest”
  • Italian: “South West Delhi”
  • Japanese: “南西デリー区”
  • Malayalam: “സൗത്ത് വെസ്റ്റ് ഡെല്‍ഹി ജില്ല”
  • Marathi: “नैऋत्य दिल्ली जिल्हा”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Zuidwest-Delhi”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “South West Delhi”
  • Norwegian: “South West Delhi”
  • Oriya: “ଦକ୍ଷିଣ ପଶ୍ଚିମ ଦିଲ୍ଲୀ ଜିଲ୍ଲା”
  • Panjabi: “ਦੱਖਣੀ ਪੱਛਮੀ ਦਿੱਲੀ ਜ਼ਿਲ੍ਹਾ”
  • Persian: “بخش جنوب غربی دهلی”
  • Russian: “Юго-Западный Дели”
  • Sanskrit: “दक्षिणपश्चिमदेहलीमण्डलम्”
  • Sanskrit: “दक्षिणपश्चिममण्डलम्”
  • Santali: “ᱮᱛᱚᱢ ᱯᱟᱪᱮ ᱫᱤᱞᱞᱤ ᱦᱚᱱᱚᱛ”
  • Santali: “ᱮᱛᱚᱢ ᱯᱟᱪᱮ ᱫᱤᱞᱞᱤ”
  • Spanish: “Delhi sudoeste”
  • Spanish: “Distrito de Delhi sudoeste”
  • Spanish: “Distrito de Delhi Suroccidental”
  • Swedish: “South West Delhi”
  • Tamil: “தென்மேற்கு தில்லி மாவட்டம்”
  • Telugu: “నైరుతి ఢిల్లీ జిల్లా”
  • Telugu: “నైరుతి ఢిల్లీ”
  • Ukrainian: “Південно-Західне Делі”
  • Ukrainian: “Південно-Західний Делі”
  • Urdu: “جنوب مغربی دہلی”

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