Mahé
E166597
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 |
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
district
ⓘ
enclave ⓘ former French colonial settlement ⓘ town ⓘ |
| administrativeHeadquartersOf |
Mahé
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Mahé district
|
| administrativelyUnder | Government of Puducherry ⓘ |
| borderedBy |
Kannur
ⓘ
surface form:
Kannur district
Kozhikode ⓘ
surface form:
Kozhikode district
|
| climate | tropical monsoon climate ⓘ |
| coastType | sandy beaches ⓘ |
| colonialStatus |
French India
ⓘ
surface form:
French India enclave
|
| 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 Coast
ⓘ
surface form:
Malabar
|
| 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
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Mahé district
Puducherry ⓘ
surface form:
Union Territory of 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 ⓘ |
Referenced by (9)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Mahe district
this entity surface form:
Mahé district