Yanam

Yanam or Yanaon (Telugu: యానాం, Tamil: யானம்) is a town in the state of Puducherry (Pondicherry); it is located in Puducherry district. Yanam has some 300 years of history and is well known as French Yanam even now although it was transferred to India in 1954. It forms a 30 km² enclave in the district of East Godavari in Andhra Pradesh. It has a population of 32,000, most of whom speak Telugu and to a very small extent, Tamil. Yanam is a unique b... more

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