Poompuhar
Poompuhar is a town in the Mayiladuthurai district in the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu. The town, also known as Puhar, is referred to as Kaveri Poompattinam in ancient Tamil literature.Photo: MARIKANNAN G, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Type: Village
- Description: town in Tamil Nadu, India
- Also known as: “Cauveripattinam”, “Kaveripatnam”, and “Poombuhar”
Poompuhar
- Categories: human-geographic territorial entity and locality
- Location: Mayiladuthurai, Tamil Nadu South Coast, Tamil Nadu, Southern India, India, South Asia, Asia
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Latitude
11.1453° or 11° 8′ 43″ northLongitude
79.8537° or 79° 51′ 13″ eastOpen location code
7J3X4VW3+4FOpenStreetMap ID
node 3780080258OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageWikidata ID
Q19895332
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In Other Languages
From Bishnupriya to Vietnamese—“Poompuhar” goes by many names.
- Bishnupriya: “কাবেরিপাত্তিনম”
- Chinese: “Kaveripattinam”
- Chinese: “卡韦里帕蒂纳姆”
- Kannada: “ಕಾವೇರಿ ಪೊಂಪಟ್ಟಿನಂ”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Kaveripattinam”
- Newari: “काभेरिपट्टिनम”
- Tamil: “காவிரிப்பூம்பட்டினம்”
- Tamil: “காவேரிப்பட்டினம்”
- Tamil: “புகார்”
- Tamil: “பூம்புகார்”
- Vietnamese: “Kaveripattinam”
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