Puducherry, historically known as Pondicherry, is the capital and largest city of the Indian union territory of Puducherry, on the southeast coast between the Bay of Bengal and Tamil Nadu. Founded in 1674 and long a French colonial possession, it retains that heritage in its urban planning and architecture and is nicknamed the Paris of the East. The 2011 census recorded a population of 244,377, with Tamil as the official language alongside English and French.
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1. GeoNames: Puducherry
GeoNames geonameid 1259425 (Puducherry), cities500/allCountries bulk dump, matched by primary name + country + coordinates within 25km (w-bbfill-geography6-0926)View the Source 2. Pondicherry (Wikipedia)
Infobox: established_date
1674
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The city is in the Puducherry district on the southeast coast of India and is surrounded by the Bay of Bengal to the east
View the Source3. Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna): World Map of the Koeppen-Geiger Climate Classification, present climate data
Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna)Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 11.75, 79.75Quote, Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 11.75, 79.75
11.75 79.75 Aw
4. GeoNames: Puducherry - GeoNames
GeoNamescities500 record 1259425, place matched by name within the country (only place of that name in the country)Quote, cities500 record 1259425, place matched by name within the country (only place of that name in the country)
11.93381 79.82979 P PPLA IN 22 635 5909 657209 11 Asia/Kolkata
Puducherry (union territory) (Wikipedia)
In Group: Cities of Southern Asia (World), Wikipedia lead / Wikidata P17, confirms city and countryView the Source Reader Challenges (0)
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