Pulicat
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Pulicat or Pazhaverkadu is a historic seashore town in Chennai Metropolitan Area at Thiruvallur District, of Tamil Nadu state, India. It is about north of Chennai and from Elavur, on the southern periphery of the Pulicat Lake. Pulicat Lake is a shallow salt water lagoon which stretches about along the coast. With lakeside and seashore development as well as several Special Economic Zones (SEZs).
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The entry is geolocated on the map, across 3 mapped points.
It sits within the topics Cities and towns in Tiruvallur district and Former Portuguese colonies.
Its subject is documented across 15 Wikipedia language editions.
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Pulicat
- Settlement.other_name
- Pazhaverkadu
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Suburb of Chennai
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Pulicat Name Board.jpg
- Settlement.image_alt
- Pulicat Name Board
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- India Tamil Nadu
- Settlement.pushpin_label_position
- left
- Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
- Pulicat (Tamil Nadu)
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- State
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Tamil Nadu
- Settlement.unit_pref
- Metric
- Settlement.elevation_m
- 29
- Settlement.population_density_km2
- auto
- Settlement.demographics_type1
- Languages
- Settlement.demographics1_title1
- Official
- Settlement.demographics1_info1
- Tamil
- Settlement.timezone1
- IST
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- town
- Country
- Portuguese Empire
- Located in
- Tamil Nadu
- Time zone
- UTC+05:30
- Image
- Pulicat Name Board.jpg
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- described by source
- Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
- Commons category
- Pulicat
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Encyclopedic overview
5 sectionsContents
- History
- Fort Geldria
- Wildlife
- References
- External links
Pulicat or Pazhaverkadu is a historic seashore town in Chennai Metropolitan Area at Thiruvallur District, of Tamil Nadu state, India. It is about north of Chennai and from Elavur, on the southern periphery of the Pulicat Lake. Pulicat Lake is a shallow salt water lagoon which stretches about along the coast. With lakeside and seashore development as well as several Special Economic Zones (SEZs).
==History==
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Pulicat” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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3 mapped locations