Lucknow

Also known as Shiraz-i-Hind, Lucnow, Lakhnau, City of Nawabs, Golden City of India, Constantinople of the East

Hauptstadt des Bundesstaates Uttar Pradesh, Indien

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Lucknow is the capital city of India's Uttar Pradesh state and the second-largest city in that state, with a population of 2.8 million people as of 2011. The city serves as an important hub for education, commerce, aerospace, finance, pharmaceuticals, information technology, culture, tourism, music, and poetry in India.

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Settlement.official_name: Lucknow
Settlement.native_name: Lakhanaū
Settlement.native_name_lang: hi
Settlement.blank_emblem_type: Seal of the Lucknow Municipal Corporation
Settlement.blank_emblem_size: 100px
Settlement.settlement_type: Metropolis
Settlement.nicknames: The City of Nawabs, The Golden City of India, Constantinople of the East, Shiraz-e-Hind
Settlement.map_caption: Interactive Map Outlining Lucknow District.
Settlement.pushpin_map: Uttar Pradesh#India#Asia#Earth
Settlement.pushpin_mapsize: 300
Settlement.pushpin_label_position: right
Settlement.pushpin_map_alt: Lucknow
Settlement.pushpin_map_caption: Location in Uttar Pradesh##Location in India##Location in Asia##Location in Earth
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_type1: State
Settlement.subdivision_type2: Division
Settlement.subdivision_type3: District
Settlement.subdivision_name1: Uttar Pradesh

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Wikidata facts

Official name: لکھنؤ
Demonym: Lucknowi
Country: Company rule in India
Located in: Oudh State
Official language: English language
Population: 2815601
Area: 631
Elevation: 123
Time zone: UTC+05:30
Body of water: Gomti River
Capital of: Lucknow district
Official website: www.lucknow.nic.in
Image: Gomti river in Downtown New Lucknow.JPG
Dialing code: 522
Licence plate code: UP-32
Significant event: Siege of Lucknow

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native label: لکھنؤ
Commons category: Lucknow
category for people born here: Category:Births in Lucknow
topic's main category: Category:Lucknow
twinned administrative body: Brisbane
category for people who died here: Category:Deaths in Lucknow
category for films shot at this location: Category:Films shot in Lucknow
category of associated people: Category:People from Lucknow
postal code: 227101–227132
male population: 1470133
female population: 1345468
IPA transcription: ləkʰ.nə.uː
P8168: Harriet Hosmer

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Lucknow, auch Lakhnau (Hindi: लखनऊ, Urdu: لکھنو; [ˈlʌkʰnʌuː]), ist die Hauptstadt des Bundesstaates Uttar Pradesh in Indien. Sie hatte beim Zensus 2011 eine Einwohnerzahl von rund 2,8 Millionen, ist Industriezentrum (Textilindustrie, Metallverarbeitung, Kunsthandwerk), Verkehrsknoten (Straße, Eisenbahn, Flughafen) und liegt 516 Kilometer östlich von Delhi an der Gomti. Unter Sprachpuristen gilt Lucknow als der Ort, in dem das reinste Urdu und Hindi gesprochen wird. Lucknow hat ein schnelles Bevölkerungswachstum. Für 2050 wird mit einer Bevölkerung von über 6,3 Millionen Menschen im Ballungsraum gerechnet. Quelle: WMO

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