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The former French colony is now part of the Union territory Puducherry.  Main street of Karaical Karaikal is around 280 kilometers south of Chennai (Madras) on the Koromandel coast on the Gulf of Bengal in the Delta of the Kaveri River. The Arasalar, one of the numerous muzzle arms of the Kaveri, flows into the sea directly south of the city. The next larger city is the Nagapattinam, which is around eight kilometers south, Thalangambadi (Tranquebar) is around twelve kilometers north. Karaikal is the administrative seat of the Karaikal district. In addition to karaical, this includes some villages in the hinterland and is surrounded by the area of \u200b\u200bthe state of Tamil Nadu. In addition to Puducherry, Mahe and Yanam, Karaikal is one of four spatially non -related exclavations of the Union territory Puducherry. The city of Puducherry, the capital of the Union territory, is also located on the Koromandel coast 130 kilometers north of Karaical.  The territory on a map of 1900. Karaikal has a story that extends far into antiquity. The city is the home town of the hymn poet Karaikal Ammaiyar (“Mother from Karaical”), who lived around 550 AD and was one of 63 Shivaitic saints from the Tamils \u200b\u200b( Nayanmars ) is worshiped. The Periyapuranam , Medieval hagiography, describes Karaikal as a prospering port city with high buildings and rich dealers.  View of Karaical (around 1910) The French colonial period in Karaical began when the French bought the area to the King of Thanjavur in 1739 and built a commercial base in Karaical. During the Carnatic wars in which France and Great Britain for dominance in southern India were conquered twice by the British. As a result of the war, France had to hand over most of his possessions in India to Great Britain in the Paris Peace in 1763. Karaical, however, remained one of five commercial base in French hands. After the city was once again occupied by the British during the coalition wars, France only received total control over karaical in 1817. After India became independent in 1947, the French colonies announced in 1954. The contract, in which France ceded its colonies to India, was concluded in 1956, but only occurred in 1962 after ratification by the French Parliament de jure in force. The following year, the Union territory was founded Puducherry, to which Karaical also came. After the 2011 census, Karaikal has 86,838 inhabitants. 68 percent of the city’s inhabitants are Hindus, 21 percent are Muslims and 11 percent Christians. [2] As in neighboring Tamil Nadu, the main language is the Tamilische, which, according to the 2001 census, is spoken by around 97 percent of Karaikals’ residents as a mother tongue. [3]  Franz\u00f6sischer KolonialBau in Karaikal The French influence is still noticeable in karaical, if not as strong as in Puducherry. The city center of Karaikals has a regular, chess board -like road network. A number of preserved colonial buildings and the old French cemetery are reminiscent of French. Other sights in Karaikal-Stadt are a small Hindut temple for the poet’s saint Karaical Ammaiyar in the city center, and also the main mosque and opposite Dargah (Sufi-Schrin) at the point of the grave of Muslim Saint Syed Dawood, which died in Karaical in 1829, and the church Our Lady of Angels (built in 1891). Five kilometers west of Karaical there is an important Hindu pilgrimage destination in the village of Tirunallar. The Tirunallar temple is one of the Navagraha-Temins, a group of nine temples in the Kaveridelta dedicated to the sky bodies, and houses a shrine for Shani, the personified planet Saturn. The Muslim pilgrimage Nagore and the Christian pilgrimage site Velankanni are also not far from karaical. Kirche Our Lady of Angels  Karaikal is connected to Pondicherry in the north and the nearby Nagapattinam in the south over the National Highway 45a, which runs parallel to the coast. From Nagapattinam, the National Highway 67 also leads west towards Thanjavur and Tiruchirappalli. The Karaical train station is the end point of a railway line from Tiruchirappalli via Thanjavur and Nagapattinam. The next airport is Tiruchirappalli Airport 160 kilometers away. In 2009 the port of Karaikal was opened twelve kilometers south of the city. It is said to serve as a handling spot for the goods for the goods central-tamil-nadus and thus form an alternative to the existing seaports in Chennai and Thoothukudi. 2011\u20132012 6 million tons of goods were handled, which meant an increase of more than a quarter compared to the previous financial year. [4] It is planned to increase the capacity to 47 million tons per year by 2017. [5] Economically, Karaikal benefits from its belonging to the Union territory of Puducherry and the tax rates compared to the neighboring Tamil Nadu. Alcohol taxes in particular are significantly lower in Puducherry, which leads to alcohol tourism and smuggling between Tamil Nadu and Karaical. [6] \u2191  Census of India 2011.   \u2191  Census of India 2011: C-1 Population By Religious Community. Puducherry.  \u2191  Census of India 2001: C-16 City\u00a0: Population by Mother Tongue (Pondicherry), Retrieved under Tabulations Plan of Census Year – 2001 .  \u2191  The Hindu, 5. April 2012: “Good Show By Marg Karaikal Port”.  \u2191  Karaical website. ( Memento of the Originals from July 1, 2012 in Internet Archive )  Info: The archive link has been used automatically and not yet checked. Please check original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this note. @first @2 Template: Webachiv\/Iabot\/www.karaikalport.com  \u2191  The Hindu, 11. Juni 2011: “Inter-state liquor smuggling keeps police on their toes”.   "},{"@context":"http:\/\/schema.org\/","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"https:\/\/wiki.edu.vn\/all2en\/wiki14\/#breadcrumbitem","name":"Enzyklop\u00e4die"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https:\/\/wiki.edu.vn\/all2en\/wiki14\/karaikal-wikipedia\/#breadcrumbitem","name":"Karaikal – Wikipedia"}}]}]