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Lucknow

लखनऊ
لکھنؤ
Metro ceety
Frae top: Vidhan Sabha, Bada Imambara, Ambedkar Park
Frae top: Vidhan Sabha, Bada Imambara, Ambedkar Park
Eik-name(s): 
The Ceety o Devesh, Gowden Ceety o East, Constantinople o Indie
Lucknow is located in Uttar Pradesh
Lucknow
Lucknow
Coordinates: 26°51′38″N 80°54′57″E / 26.86056°N 80.91583°E / 26.86056; 80.91583
Kintra Indie
StateUttar Pradesh
DestrictLucknow
Govrenment
 • MayorDinesh Sharma (BJP)
Area
 • Metro ceety310.1 km2 (119.7 sq mi)
Elevation
128 m (420 ft)
Population
 (2011)[2]
 • Metro ceety2,815,601
 • Rank12t
 • Density2011/km2 (5,210/sq mi)
 • Metro2,901,474
Leids
 • OffeecialHindi, Urdu
Time zoneUTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN
226 xxx
Telephone code91-522
Vehicle registrationUP-32
Sex ratio871 ♂/♀
Websitelucknow.nic.in
General Data:[4]

Longitude-Latitude:[5]
population_District(extrapolation):[6]

population_total(interpolation):[7]

Lucknow (/[unsupported input]ˈlʌknaʊ/; Hindi: लखनऊ, Urdu: لکھنؤ‬‎, Lakhnaū, IPA: [ˈləkʰnəu] ( listen)) is the caipital ceety o Uttar Pradesh in Indie.[8] Lucknow is the admeenistrative heidquarters o Lucknow destrict an Lucknow diveesion. Straddlin the river Gomti, modren Lucknow is a bustlin an fast growin metropolis wi a population o amaist 3 million (2011), rapidly emergin as a manufacturin, commercial an retailin hub.

Located in what was oreeginally kent as the Awadh (Oudh) region, Lucknow haes aaways been kent as a multicultural ceety, an flourished as a cultural an airtistic caipital o North Indie in the 18t an 19t centuries. Courtly manners, bonnie gardens, poetry, muisic, an fine cuisine patronised bi the Shia Nawabs o Iranian oreegin,[9][10] are weel kent amangst Indies an students o Sooth Asie cultur an history.[11] Lucknow is popularly kent as The Ceety o Nawabs. It is kent as the Gowden Ceety o the East, Shiraz-i-Hind an The Constantinople o Indie an aw.[12]

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References

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  1. ↑ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived frae the original (PDF) on 10 Apryle 2009. Retrieved 19 Juin 2012.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  2. ↑ "Cities having population 1 lakh and above" (PDF). Census of India. The Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India. Retrieved 1 December 2011.
  3. ↑ "INDIA STATS: Million plus cities in India as per Census 2011". Press Information Bureau, Government of India. 31 October 2011. Archived frae the original on 25 December 2018. Retrieved 1 December 2011.
  4. ↑ "Assessment Of Environmental Status Of Lucknow City" (PDF). Retrieved 26 Mairch 2010.[deid airtin]
  5. ↑ Lakhnau. "unlocode.hmap.info". unlocode.hmap.info. Archived frae the original on 15 Juin 2011. Retrieved 26 Mairch 2010.
  6. ↑ "RANKING OF DISTRICTS BY POPULATION SIZE IN 1991 AND 2001". Upgov.nic.in. Archived frae the original on 22 December 2011. Retrieved 26 Mairch 2010.
  7. ↑ "Lucknow City Profile" (PDF). Archived frae the original (PDF) on 8 Mairch 2014. Retrieved 26 Mairch 2010.
  8. ↑ "Welcome to Lucknow District Official Website". Lucknow.nic.in. Retrieved 26 Mairch 2010.
  9. ↑ Sacred space and holy war: the politics, culture and history of Shi'ite Islam By Juan Ricardo Cole
  10. ↑ Encyclopædia Iranica,, "Avadh", E. Yarshater
  11. ↑ "History". Lucknow. Retrieved 26 Mairch 2010.
  12. ↑ "Lucknow Tour". Lucknow.nic.in. 11 Apryle 1936. Archived frae the original on 3 September 2009. Retrieved 26 Mairch 2010.

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