Karaikal

Karaikal district, part of the discontiguous union territory of , is a small enclave within . Karaikal and the other parts of Pondicherry are former French colonial territories in .
  • Town with 86,800 residents
  • …lies at an elevation of 8 metres (26 feet)
  • …is also known as “Kārikāl”
  • Description: town in, Puducherry, India

Places of Interest

Highlights include Karaikal railway station and Our Lady of Angels Church.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Neravy.
, or Neravi, is a town and commune in the Karaikal District of , . is situated 3½ km south of Karaikal.

Karaikal

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Latitude
10.9219° or 10° 55′ 19″ north
Longitude
79.8354° or 79° 50′ 8″ east
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Open location code
7J2XWRCP+Q5
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In Other Languages

From Asturian to Vietnamese—“Karaikal” goes by many names.
  • Asturian: “Karaikal”
  • Basque: “Karaikal”
  • Bengali: “করাইকাল”
  • Bishnupriya: “কারাইকাল”
  • Catalan: “Karikal”
  • Cebuano: “Kāraikāl”
  • Chinese: “卡莱凯”
  • Chinese: “卡萊凱”
  • Chinese: “开利开尔”
  • Dutch: “Karaikal”
  • Esperanto: “Karaikal”
  • French: “Karikal”
  • French: “Kârikâl”
  • German: “Karaikal”
  • German: “Karaikkal”
  • German: “Karikal”
  • Gujarati: “કરૈકાલ”
  • Hindi: “कराईकल”
  • Hindi: “करैकाल”
  • Hindi: “कारईकाल”
  • Indonesian: “Karaikal”
  • Italian: “Karaikal”
  • Japanese: “カーライッカール”
  • Kannada: “ಕಾರೈಕಾಲ್”
  • Kannada: “ಕಾರೈಕ್ಕಾಲ್”
  • Kashmiri: “کارایکال”
  • Korean: “카라이칼”
  • Latin: “Karaikala”
  • Magahi: “कारैक्काल्”
  • Malagasy: “Karaikal”
  • Malay: “Karaikal”
  • Malayalam: “കാരക്കൽ”
  • Malayalam: “കാരക്കാൽ”
  • Marathi: “करैकल”
  • Newari: “करैकाल”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Karaikal”
  • Oriya: “Karaikal”
  • Oriya: “କରାଇକାଲ”
  • Pampanga: “Karaikal”
  • Persian: “کارایکال”
  • Polish: “Karajkkal”
  • Portuguese: “Karaikal”
  • Russian: “Карайкал”
  • Russian: “Карикал”
  • Sanskrit: “कारैकल्”
  • Spanish: “Karaikal”
  • Swedish: “Karaikal”
  • Talysh: “Karaikal”
  • Tamil: “காரைக்கால்”
  • Telugu: “కరైకల్”
  • Telugu: “కారైకాల్”
  • Urdu: “کارائکال”
  • Vietnamese: “Karaikal”

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