New Delhi district
New Delhi district | |
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Location in Delhi, India | |
| Coordinates: 28°36′50″N 77°12′32″E / 28.6140°N 77.2089°E | |
| Country | India |
| Union Territory | Delhi |
| Headquarters | New Delhi |
| Government | |
| • District collector | Sunny Kumar Singh, IAS |
| 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. 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, but its borders significantly changed during the redrawing of the Delhi districts in 2012.