Gingee

Gingee, also known as Senji or Jinji and originally called Singapuri, is a panchayat town in in the state of . Gingee is located between three hills covering a perimeter of three km, and lies west of the Sankaraparani River.
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  • Type: Town with 50,000 residents
  • Description: Town Panchayat in Tamil Nadu, India
  • Also known as: “Giingee”, “Gingi”, “Gingy”, “Jinji”, and “Senji”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Gingee Fort.

Castle
Photo: Planemad, CC BY-SA 2.5.
or Senji Fort in , is one of the surviving forts in , India. It is popularly known as Great Wall of South India. It lies in Villupuram District, 160 kilometres from the state capital, , and is close to the Union Territory of .

Gingee

Latitude
12.2544° or 12° 15′ 16″ north
Longitude
79.4158° or 79° 24′ 57″ east
Population
50,000
Elevation
89 metres (292 feet)
Open location code
7J4X7C38+Q8
Open­Street­Map ID
node 332371238
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
1271199
Wiki­data ID
Q1524976
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Bengali to Vietnamese—“Gingee” goes by many names.
  • Bengali: “গিঞ্জি”
  • Bishnupriya: “জিঙ্গী”
  • Bulgarian: “Гинге”
  • Catalan: “Gingi”
  • Cebuano: “Gingee”
  • Chinese: “京吉”
  • Chinese: “京格埃埃”
  • Chinese: “金基”
  • Dutch: “Gingee”
  • French: “Gingee”
  • German: “Gingee”
  • Gujarati: “ગિંગી”
  • Hindi: “जिंजी”
  • Hindi: “जेंजि”
  • Hindi: “सेंजी”
  • Italian: “Gingee”
  • Japanese: “シェンジ”
  • Kannada: “ಜಿಂಜೀ”
  • Korean: “진지”
  • Malagasy: “Gingee”
  • Malay: “Gingee”
  • Marathi: “जिंजी”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Gingee”
  • Newari: “गिन्जी”
  • Portuguese: “Gingee”
  • Russian: “Джинджи”
  • Slovenian: “Gingee”
  • Spanish: “Gingee”
  • Swedish: “Gingee”
  • Tamil: “செஞ்சி”
  • Telugu: “జింఘీ”
  • Ukrainian: “Ґінґі”
  • Urdu: “جینجیی”
  • Vietnamese: “Gingee”

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