Mahe

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Mahe is a small coastal town on the Arabian Sea that forms a geographically separated district of the Union Territory of Puducherry in India.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Mahe district 2
Mahe canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf district
enclave
town
administrativeDivisionOf Union Territory of Puducherry
linked to: Puducherry
administrativeStatus district of Puducherry
borderedBy Kerala
coast Arabian Sea coast
coastlineFeature Arabian Sea beach
connectedByHighway National Highway 66
country India
enclaveWithin Kerala
formerColonialPower France
geographicallySeparatedDistrictOf Union Territory of Puducherry
linked to: Puducherry
governingBody Mahe Municipal Council
hasClimate tropical monsoon climate
hasSubdivision Mahe taluk
historicallyPartOf Malabar District
historicalName Mahé
knownFor French colonial heritage
low liquor taxes
tourism
legislativeAssemblyConstituency Mahe (Puducherry Assembly constituency)
locatedIn India
South India
Union Territory of Puducherry
linked to: Puducherry
locatedInRegion Malabar region
linked to: Malabar Coast
locatedOn Arabian Sea
locatedOnRiver Mahé River
namedAfter Bertrand-François Mahé de La Bourdonnais
nearestAirport Calicut International Airport
nearestMajorCity Kannur
Kozhikode
officialLanguage English
Malayalam
Tamil
postalCode 673310
railwayStation Mahe railway station
religionMajority Hinduism
religionSignificant Christianity
Islam
separatedFrom mainland Puducherry
telephoneCode 0490
timeZone Indian Standard Time
utcOffset +05:30
vehicleRegistrationCode PY-03

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

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

Puducherry hasExclave Mahe
Legislative Assembly of Puducherry hasJurisdictionOver Mahe district
linked to: Mahe
Lieutenant Governor of Puducherry governs Mahe district
linked to: Mahe