Yanam district

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Yanam district is a small coastal enclave of the Union Territory of Puducherry located within the state of Andhra Pradesh in India.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Yanam district canonical 4
Yanam Municipality 1

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Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf administrative division
district
administrativeCentre Yanam
administrativeStatus district of Puducherry
associatedWithLanguageCommunity Telugu people
borderedBy East Godavari district
category enclave
exclave of Puducherry in Andhra Pradesh
climate tropical wet and dry climate
coastType coastal enclave
country India
deJureTransferToIndiaOn 1962
enclaveWithin Andhra Pradesh
formerColonialPower France
governedBy Government of Puducherry
governingUnionTerritoryHead Lieutenant Governor of Puducherry
hasCapital Yanam
hasCoastlineOn Bay of Bengal
hasLocalSelfGovernment Yanam district self-linksurface differs
surface form: Yanam Municipality
historicalAffiliation French colonial empire
historicalName Yanaon
integratedIntoIndianUnionAs part of Union Territory of Puducherry
legislativeAssemblyConstituency Yanam (Puducherry Assembly constituency)
legislature Legislative Assembly of Puducherry
surface form: Puducherry Legislative Assembly
locatedIn Andhra Pradesh
India
locatedOn east coast of India
mergedWithIndiaOn 1954
minorityReligion Christianity
Islam
neighbouringState Andhra Pradesh
officialLanguage English
French
Telugu
officialStatusInPuducherry outlying region of Puducherry
partOf Puducherry
Puducherry
surface form: Union Territory of Puducherry
partOfFormerColony French India
postalCodePrefix 5334
primaryReligionMajority Hinduism
region South India
situatedOnRiver Godavari
surface form: Gautami Godavari River
telephoneCode 0884
timezone Indian Standard Time
usesScript Telugu script
utcOffset +05:30
vehicleRegistrationCode PY-04

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Referenced by (5)

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

Puducherry hasDistrict Yanam district
Yanaon presentAdministrativeUnit Yanam district
Yanam district hasLocalSelfGovernment Yanam district self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Yanam Municipality