Delhi (Capital Territory of Delhi (NCT), Is A City and A: Dillī Dillī Dehlī), Officially The National

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Delhi (English: /ˈdɛli/; Hindi: [ˈdɪlːi] Dillī; Punjabi: [ˈdɪlːi] Dillī; Urdu: [ˈdɛhli] Dehlī), officially the National

Capital Territory of Delhi (NCT), is a city and a union territory of India containing New Delhi, the
capital of India.[18][19] It is bordered by Haryana (Gurugram, Faridabad, Jhajjar and Sonipat) on three
sides and by Uttar Pradesh (Gautam Budh Nagar, Ghaziabad and Baghpat) to the east. The NCT
covers an area of 1,484 square kilometres (573 sq mi). According to the 2011 census, Delhi's city
proper population was over 11 million,[7] the second-highest in India after Mumbai,[20] while the whole
NCT's population was about 16.8 million.[8] Delhi's urban area is now considered to extend beyond
the NCT boundaries, and include the neighboring satellite cities
of Ghaziabad, Noida, Faridabad, Gurgaon, Bahadurgarh and Sonipat in an area now called Central
National Capital Region (CNCR) and had an estimated 2016 population of over 26 million people,
making it the world's second-largest urban area according to the United Nations.[9] As of 2016, recent
estimates of the metro economy of its urban area have ranked Delhi either the most or second-most
productive metro area of India.[13][12][21][14] Delhi is the second-wealthiest city in India after Mumbai and
is home to 18 billionaires and 23,000 millionaires.[22] Delhi ranks fifth among the Indian states and
union territories in human development index.[16] Delhi has the second-highest GDP per capita in
India.[11]Furthermore, it is considered one of the world's most polluted city by particulate matter
concentration.

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