Government of Chandigarh
| Chandigarh | ||||||||
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| City and Union territory | ||||||||
Clockwise from top left:.Palace of Assembly, Rock Garden of Chandigarh, Sector 42 Stadium, Sukhna Lake, Open Hand Monument and Gandhi Bhawan,
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| Nickname(s): The City Beautiful | ||||||||
 Location of Chandigarh in India |
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| Coordinates: 30°45′N 76°47′E / 30.75°N 76.78°ECoordinates: 30°45′N 76°47′E / 30.75°N 76.78°E | ||||||||
| Country |
 India
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| Formation of Union territory |
1 November 1966 | |||||||
| Government | ||||||||
| • Type | Union territory Municipality | |||||||
| • Administrator | V.P. Singh Badnore | |||||||
| • Mayor | Asha Kumari Jaswal | |||||||
| • Senior Deputy Mayor | Rajesh Kumar Gupta | |||||||
| • Deputy Mayor | Anil Dubey | |||||||
| Area | ||||||||
| • Union territory | 114 km2 (44 sq mi) | |||||||
| Area rank | 34th in India | |||||||
| Elevation | 350 m (1,150 ft) | |||||||
| Population (2011) | ||||||||
| • Union territory | 1,055,450 | |||||||
| • Density | 9,262/km2 (23,988/sq mi) | |||||||
| • Metro | 1,025,682 (51st) | |||||||
| • City | 960,787 (48th) | |||||||
| Languages | ||||||||
| • official | English | |||||||
| • education medium | Hindi, Punjabi | |||||||
| Time zone | IST (UTC+5:30) | |||||||
| PIN | 160XXX | |||||||
| Telephone code | +91-172-XXX-XXXX | |||||||
| ISO 3166 code | IN-CH | |||||||
| Vehicle registration | CH-01 to CH-04 | |||||||
| Literacy | 86.05% | |||||||
| Website | chandigarh |
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The city of Chandigarh comprises all of the union territory's area. |
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| Symbols of Chandigarh | ||||||||
| Emblem | Open Hand Emblem | |||||||
| Animal | Indian grey mongoose | |||||||
| Bird | Indian grey hornbill | |||||||
| Flower | Dhak | |||||||
| Tree | Blue Jacaranda | |||||||
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