New Delhi district | |
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Coordinates: 28°36′50″N 77°12′32″E / 28.6140°N 77.2089°E | |
Country | ![]() |
Union Territory | Delhi |
Headquarters | New Delhi |
Government | |
• District collector | Santosh Kumar Rai, IAS[1] |
Languages | |
• Official | Hindi, English |
Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
Nearest city | New Delhi |
Website | dmnewdelhi |
The New Delhi district is an administrative district of Delhi in India.[2] Its district headquarters is New Delhi. It is named after New Delhi, the capital of India, located within its borders, and is in its entirety a part of the Delhi megacity. The district was founded in 1997,[3][4] but its borders significantly changed during the redrawing of the Delhi districts in 2012.[5]