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The Union Territory of Puducherry lies in the southern part of the Indian Peninsula. The areas of Puducherry district and Karaikal district are bound by the state of Tamil Nadu, while Yanam district and Mahé district are enclosed by the states of Andhra Pradesh and Kerala, respectively. Puducherry is the 29th most populous of the 36 states and ...
Pondicherry. Pondicherry (/ ˌpɒndɪˈtʃɛri / PON-dih-CHERR-ee; Tamil: [paːɳɖit͡ːʃeːɾi]; French: Pondichéry IPA: [pɔ̃.di.ʃe.ʁi]) is the capital and most populous city of the Union Territory of Puducherry in India. The city is in the Puducherry district on the southeast coast of India and is surrounded by the Bay of Bengal to the ...
Puducherry was mentioned in the Periplus of the Erythraean Sea, 1st century CE. The City of Puducherry (French: La ville de Pondichéry) on the southeast coast of India does not have a recorded history from antiquity. Puducherry has history recorded only after the advent of the colonial powers such as the Dutch, Portuguese, English and the French.
The U.S. state of Texas is divided into 254 counties, more than any other U.S. state. [1] While only about 20% of Texas counties are generally located within the Houston—Dallas—San Antonio—Austin areas, they serve a majority of the state's population with approximately 22,000,000 inhabitants.
Pondicherry is a Union territory currently ruled by the All India N.R. Congress and BJP alliance. The state assembly has 33 seats out of which 30 are elected by the people. The All India N.R. Congress has 10 seats and its alliance partner BJP has 6 seats, thus taking the government's majority to 16 seats.
Puducherry is a Union Territory of India, with four exclaved districts; Puducherry district and Karaikal district (surrounded by the state of Tamil Nadu), Mahé district (surrounded by the state of Kerala) and Yanam district (surrounded by the state of Andhra Pradesh), with Pondicherry district having the largest area and population and Mahe district having the smallest area and population.
268,581 sq mi (695,620 km 2) Coastline. 367 mi (591 km) Highest point. Guadalupe Peak, 8,749 feet (2,667 m) Lowest point. Gulf of Mexico, sea level. The geography of Texas is diverse and large. Occupying about 7% of the total water and land area of the U.S., [ 1 ] it is the second largest state after Alaska, and is the southernmost part of the ...
Tourism in Puducherry. Pondicherry is the capital city of The Union Territory of Puducherry and is one of the most popular tourist destinations in South India. A French colony until 1954, this coastal town retains a number of colonial buildings, churches, statues, and systematic town planning, as well as urban architecture of the local Tamil style.