Puducherry

"Puducherry (en tamil: . En hindi, que no es allí la lengua propia ni oficial:, conocido antes como Pondicherry) es un territorio de la India. El nombre Puducherry significa "Ciudad Nueva" en idioma tamil. El territorio formaba parte del Imperio Colonial Francés. Durante la época francesa la denominación oficial era Pondichéry. En inglés, Pondicherry."

"Puducherry (PDY), formerly known as Pondicherry (/pndtri/; literally New Town in Tamil), is a union territory of India. It was formed out of four exclaves of former French India, namely Puducherry, Karaikal, Yanam and Mahe. It is named after the largest district Puducherry. Historically known as Pondicherry (Piccri), the territory changed its official name to Puducherry (Putuccri) on 20 September 2006. Puducherry lies in the southern part of the Indian Peninsula. The areas of Puducherry and Karaikal are bound by the state of Tamil Nadu, while Yanam and Mayyazhi (Mahe) are enclosed by the states of Andhra Pradesh and Kerala respectively. Puducherry is the 29th most populous and the third most densely populated state/UT in India. It has a GDP of 0.21 lakh crore (USD3.1 billion) and ranks 27th in India."