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Pondicherry, [a] officially known as Puducherry, [b] 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 east and the state of Tamil Nadu, with which it shares most of its culture, heritage, and language.
Puducherry and Karaikal have the largest areas and population, and are both enclaves of Tamil Nadu. Yanam and Mahé are enclaves of Andhra Pradesh and Kerala, respectively. Its population, as per the 2011 Census, is 1,394,467. Puducherry is the smallest union territory in terms of sea coastline with 30.6 km length.
Puducherry (union territory), formerly known as Pondicherry Pondicherry, capital of the union territory of Puducherry; Puducherry district, formerly Pondicherry district Puducherry taluk; Puducherry Lok Sabha constituency, parliament constituency
Government of Puducherry (Tamil: Putuccēri aracu, Telugu: Puduccēri prabhutvamu) is the union territorial government for the union territory of Puducherry, India. It is headed by the Lieutenant Governor of Puducherry. Its capital is located at Pondicherry.
Puducherry has history recorded only after the advent of the colonial powers such as the Dutch, Portuguese, English and the French. Nearby places such as Arikanmedu (Now Ariyankuppam), Kakayanthoppe, Villianur, and Bahur, which were annexed by the French East India Company over a period of time and became the Union Territory of Puducherry after ...
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.
Puducherry Science Centre & Planetarium (also known as Puducherry Science Park: French: Centre scientifique et planétarium de Pondichéry) located in Lawspet. The centre was designed, developed and set up by the National Council of Science Museums .The Science Demonstration Corner has provision to conduct live demonstration and experiments to ...
The Puducherry district, also known by its former name Pondicherry district, is one of the four districts of the union territory of Puducherry in South India.The district occupies an area of 290 square kilometres (110 sq mi), [2] spread over 12 non-contiguous enclaves lying on or near the Bay of Bengal within a compact area in the state of Tamil Nadu.