Pondicherry

Summary

Pondicherry is a city^[1]. Pondicherry ranks in the top 0.018% of city entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (11,842 views/month, #1 of 5,534).^[2]

Key Facts

• Pondicherry is located in Puducherry^[3].
• Pondicherry is in the country of India^[4].
• Pondicherry's image is recorded as Pondicherry Panorama 1.jpg^[5].
• Pondicherry's instance of is recorded as city^[6].
• Pondicherry's founder is recorded as François Martin^[7].
• Pondicherry's twinned administrative body is recorded as Basse-Terre^[8].
• Pondicherry's GND ID is recorded as 4103204-4^[9].
• Pondicherry's Bibliothèque nationale de France ID is recorded as 12072382c^[10].
• Pondicherry's postal code is recorded as 605001–605014^[11].
• Pondicherry's Commons category is recorded as Pondicherry^[12].
• Pondicherry's located in time zone is recorded as UTC+05:30^[13].
• Pondicherry's local dialing code is recorded as 413^[14].
• +1954-11-01T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Pondicherry^[15].
• Pondicherry's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 11.93, 'lon': 79.83}^[16].
• Pondicherry's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/07779w^[17].
• Pondicherry's significant event is recorded as Siege of Pondicherry^[18].
• Pondicherry's official website is recorded as https://www.py.gov.in^[19].
• Pondicherry's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Pondicherry (city)^[20].
• Pondicherry's Commons gallery is recorded as Pondicherry^[21].
• Pondicherry's page banner is recorded as Pondicherry (Puducherry) banner.jpg^[22].
• Pondicherry's WOEID is recorded as 2295300^[23].
• Pondicherry's Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID is recorded as 0051954^[24].
• Pondicherry's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition^[25].
• Pondicherry's described by source is recorded as Granat Encyclopedic Dictionary^[26].
• Pondicherry's described by source is recorded as Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)^[27].

Body

Geography

Pondicherry is in the country of India^[4]. Pondicherry is located in Puducherry^[3].

Physical Characteristics

Pondicherry's area is recorded as {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+19.54'}^[28]. Pondicherry's elevation above sea level is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+3'}^[29].

Designation and Status

Pondicherry's instance of is recorded as city^[6].

History and Context

+1954-11-01T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Pondicherry^[15].

Cultural Significance

Things named for Pondicherry include Pondicherry Airport^[30], an airport^[31], in India^[32].

Why It Matters

Pondicherry ranks in the top 0.018% of city entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (11,842 views/month, #1 of 5,534).^[2] Pondicherry has Wikipedia articles in 23 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[33] Pondicherry is known by 26 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[34]

Entities named for Pondicherry include Pondicherry Airport^[30], an airport^[31], in India^[32].