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ID: 1002000
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Record Type: administrative |
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Puducherry (union territory) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 11 56 00 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 11.9333 decimal degrees |
| Long: 079 49 00 E degrees minutes |
Long: 79.8167 decimal degrees |
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Note: Created when former French coastal colonies of Pondicherry, Mahe, Kārikāl & Yanam became part of India in 1954. Name changed from Pondicherry to Puducherry in 2006. |
Names: |
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| Puducherry (preferred,C,V)
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............ | from 2006 |
| Union Territory of Puducherry (C,V,English,U)
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............ | from 2006 |
| Puducherry, Union Territory of (C,V)
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| பாண்டிச்சேரி (NA,V,Tamil,U)
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| புதுச்சேரி (NA,V,Tamil,U)
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| IN22 (NA,V,FIPS)
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| Pondicherry (H,V)
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| Pondicherry territory (H,O,display)
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| Pondichéry (H,O)
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| L'État de Pondichéry (H,V,French,U)
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| Pondicherry, Union Territory of (H,V)
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| Union Territory of Pondicherry (H,V)
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| Pondichéry, L'État de (H,V,French,U)
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Asia (continent) (P) |
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Place Types: |
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| union territory (preferred, C) |
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formed 1954 |
| first level subdivision (C) |
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