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Lucknow (/ˈlʌknaʊ/, Hindustani: [ˈləkʰnəuː] (listen) Lakhnaū)
is
the capital city
of
the Indian
state of Uttar
Pradesh,[7][8][9][10] and
is
also
the
administrative
headquarters
of
the
eponymous district and division.
It
is
the fourteenth-most
populous
city and the
twelfth-most
populous
urban
agglomeration of
India.
Lucknow
has
always
been
a
multicultural
city
that
flourished
as
a
North
Indian
cultural
and
artistic
hub,
and
the
seat
of
power
of Nawabs in
the
18th
and
19th
centuries.[11] It
continues
to
be
an
important
centre
of
governance,
administration,
education,
commerce,
aerospace,
finance,
pharmaceuticals,
technology,
design,
culture,
tourism,
music
and
poetry.[12]
Lucknow
Metropolis

Clockwise
from
top: Bada
Imambara, Charbagh
Railway
Station, Rumi
Darwaza, Hazratganj, La
Martiniere
Lucknow, Ambedkar
Memorial
Park
Nickname(s):
The
City
of
Nawabs,
The
Golden
City
of
India,
Constantinople
of
the
East,
Shiraz-e-Hind


Lucknow
Location
of
Lucknow
in Uttar
Pradesh
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Coordinates: 26°51′N 80°57′ECountryIndiaStateUttar
PradeshDivisionLucknowDistrictLucknowGovernment
• TypeMunicipal
Corporation • BodyLucknow
Municipal
Corporation • MayorSanyukta
Bhatia (BJP) • Commissioner,
Lucknow
DivisionMukesh
Meshram, IAS • District
Magistrate
and
CollectorAbhishek
Prakash, IAS • Commissioner
of
PoliceSujit
Pandey, IPS[1]Area
[2]
• Total631 km2 (244 sq mi)Elevation
123 m
(404 ft)Population
(2011)[2][3]
• Total3,500,000 • Rank11th • Density5,500/km2 (14,000/sq mi)Demonym(s)Lakhnawi,
LucknowiteLanguage
• OfficialHindi[4] • Additional
officialUrdu[4] • RegionalAwadhi[5]Time
zoneUTC+5:30 (IST)PIN
2260xx
/2270xx
Telephone
code+91-522Vehicle
registrationUP-32Sex
ratio915 ♀/1000 ♂HDI0.665[6]WebsiteOfficial
websiteThis
article
contains Indic
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proper rendering
support,
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may
see question
marks
or
boxes,
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or
missing
conjuncts
instead
of
Indic
text.
The
city
stands
at
an
elevation
of
approximately
123
metres
(404 ft)
above
sea
level.
Lucknow
city
had
an
area
of
402
sq
km
till
December
2019,
when
88
villages
were
added
to
the
municipal
limits
and
the
area
increased
to
631
sq
km.[13] Bounded
on
the
east
by Barabanki,
on
the
west
by Unnao,
on
the
south
by Raebareli and
in
the
north
by Sitapur and Hardoi,
Lucknow
sits
on
the
northwestern
shore
of
the Gomti
River.
As
of
2008,
there
were
110
wards
in
the
city.
Morphologically,
three
clear
demarcations
exist:
The Central
business
district,
which
is
a
fully
built
up
area,
comprises Hazratganj, Aminabad and
Chowk.
A
middle
zone
surrounds
the
inner
zone
with
cement
houses
while
the
outer
zone
consists
of
slums.[14]
Historically,
Lucknow
was
the
capital
of
the Awadh region,
controlled
by
the Delhi
Sultanate and
later
the Mughal
Empire.
It
was
transferred
to
the Nawabs
of
Awadh.
In
1856,
the British
East
India
Company abolished
local
rule
and
took
complete
control
of
the
city
along
with
the
rest
of
Awadh
and,
in
1857,
transferred
it
to
the British
Raj.[15] Along
with
the
rest
of India,
Lucknow
became
independent
from
Britain
on 15
August
1947.
It
has
been
listed
as
the
17th-fastest
growing
city
in India and
74th
in
the
world.[16]
Lucknow,
along
with Agra and Varanasi,
is
in
the Uttar
Pradesh
Heritage
Arc,
a
chain
of
survey
triangulations
created
by
the Government
of
Uttar
Pradesh to
boost
tourism
in
the
state.
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