Mahé

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Mahé is a former French colonial settlement on the Malabar Coast of India, now a small coastal town and district enclave of the Union Territory of Puducherry.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Mahé canonical 6
Mahé district 2
Mahe district 1

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Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf district
enclave
former French colonial settlement
town
administrativeHeadquartersOf Mahé district
linked to: Mahé
administrativelyUnder Government of Puducherry
borderedBy Kannur district
linked to: Kannur

Kozhikode district
linked to: Kozhikode
climate tropical monsoon climate
coastType sandy beaches
colonialStatus French India enclave
linked to: French India
country India
deJureTransferToIndia 1962
enclaveWithin Kerala
formerColonialPower France
governingBody Regional Administrator of Mahé
hasCoastlineOn Arabian Sea
historicalEvent ceded to France by local rulers on the Malabar Coast
remained part of French India until mid-20th century
historicalRegion Malabar
linked to: Malabar Coast
integratedIntoIndia 1954 de facto transfer of French settlements
legislativeAssemblyConstituency Mahé (Puducherry Assembly constituency)
locatedIn Arabian Sea coast
Malabar Coast
South India
locatedOnRiver Mahé River
namedAfter Mahé River
notableFor French colonial heritage
duty-free liquor sales compared to neighboring Kerala
high literacy rate
officialLanguage English
Malayalam
partOf Mahé district
linked to: Mahé

Union Territory of Puducherry
linked to: Puducherry
postalCodePrefix 673
regionCodeISO IN-PY
religionMajority Hinduism
religionSignificant Christianity
Islam
surroundedBy Kerala
timeZone IST
urbanClassification census town
utcOffset +05:30
vehicleRegistrationCode PY-05
widelySpokenLanguage Malayalam
Tamil

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Referenced by (9)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Puducherry hasDistrict Mahe district
linked to: Mahé
French India contains Mahé
Mahé partOf Mahé district
linked to: Mahé
Mahé administrativeHeadquartersOf Mahé district
linked to: Mahé
Malayali people nativeTo Mahé
Mahe historicalName Mahé