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Overview

A four-district territory carrying French colonial urbanism into the Tamil coast.

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Puducherry is a union territory of South India with its seat of government at Puducherry.

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It spans 479 km² across 4 districts and is home to roughly 16 lakh people.

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The regional economy is measured at about ₹0.5 lakh crore in gross state domestic product.

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French is still an official language

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Auroville is an experimental international township

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Its districts lie in three different states