Hauptstadt:
Name: New Delhi
geographische Koordinaten: 28 36 N, 77 12 E
Zeitunterschied: UTC+5.5 (10.5 hours ahead of Washington, DC, during Standard Time)
etymology: the city's name is associated with various myths and legends; the original name for the city may have been Dhilli or Dhillika; alternatively, the name could be a corruption of the Hindustani words "dehleez" or "dehali" - both terms meaning "threshold" or "gateway" - and indicative of the city as a gateway to the Gangetic Plain; after the British decided to move the capital of their Indian Empire from Calcutta to Delhi in 1911, they created a new governmental district south of the latter designated as New Delhi; the new capital was not formally inaugurated until 1931
Definition: Dieser Eintrag gibt den Namen des Regierungssitzes, seine geografischen Koordinaten , den Zeitunterschied relativ zur Koordinierten Weltzeit (UTC) an. und die in Washington, DC beobachtete Zeit und, falls zutreffend, Informationen über Sommerzeit (DST) . Gegebenenfalls wurde eine spezielle Notiz hinzugefügt, um die Länder mit mehreren Zeitzonen hervorzuheben.
Quelle: CIA World Factbook - Version Dezember 31, 2019
