Mahe

Japanese: Mahe
Mahe

…It is located about 150 km south-southwest of Madras, surrounded by the South Arcot district of Tamil Nadu, but is a union territory. Pondicherry as a union territory consists of four exclave-like former French port cities: Karaikal, about 70 km south of the mouth of the Cauvery River on the Coromandel coast; Yanam, at the eastern end of Andhra Pradesh; and Mahe, in the northern part of Kerala on the Malabar coast. Together they cover an area of ​​480 km2 and have a population of 810,000 (1991). The city is located on sand dunes along the Coromandel coast, and has a lagoon to the south. …

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Japanese:

…マドラスの南南西約150kmにあり,タミル・ナードゥ州の南アルコット県に囲まれているが,連邦直轄領に属する。連邦直轄領としてのポンディシェリーは,コロマンデル海岸では同市のほか,南方約70kmのカーベーリ河口部のカーライカールKaraikal,アーンドラ・プラデーシュ州内東端部にあるヤーナムYanam,またマラバル海岸ではケーララ州内北部のマーヒーMaheの計四つの飛地状の旧フランス領港市からなり,合わせて面積480km2,人口81万(1991)となっている。 市はコロマンデル海岸沿いに延びる砂丘上にあり,その南には潟湖をもつ。…

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