Puducherry
Union Territory of India
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Summary
Puducherry is an union territory of India[1]. Puducherry ranks in the top 10% of union territory of india entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (7,676 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Located in the administrative territorial entity: India[3]
- Country: India[4]
- Head of government: N. Rangasamy[5]
- Head of state: Tamilisai Soundararajan[6]
- Capital: Pondicherry[7]
- Official language: Telugu[8], Tamil[9], Malayalam[10], English[11], French[12]
- Shares border with: Tamil Nadu[13], Kerala[14], Andhra Pradesh[15]
- Anthem: Tamil Thai Valthu[16]
- Contains the administrative territorial entity: Puducherry district[17], Yanam district[18], Karaikal district[19], Mahé district[20]
- Legislative body: Puducherry Legislative Assembly[21]
- Part of: South India[22]
- Commons category: Puducherry (union territory)[23]
- Located in time zone: UTC+05:30[24]
- Inception: November 1, 1954[25]
- Official website: https://www.py.gov.in/[26]
- Topic's main category: Category:Puducherry[27]
- Population: 1,394,467[28]
- Office held by head of government: Chief minister of Puducherry[29]
- Described by source: Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[30], The Nuttall Encyclopædia[31]
- Replaces: French India[32]
- Official name: புதுச்சேரி[33], పుదుచ్చేరి[34], പുതുച്ചേരി[35]
- Category for people born here: Category:Births in Puducherry[36]
- Category for people who died here: Q31969243[37]
- Demonym: Pondichérien[38], Pondichérienne[39], Pondicherrian[40], Puducherrian[41], Pondian[42]
- Native label: புதுச்சேரி[43], పుదుచ్చేరి[44], പുതുച്ചേരി[45]
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Physical Characteristics
Puducherry covers an area of 492 km²[46]. Puducherry sits at an elevation of 16 m[47].
Why It Matters
Puducherry has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[48] Puducherry is known by 45 alternative names across languages and contexts.[49]