Auroville (India)

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Information for Authority record

Name (Hebrew)
אורוויל (הודו)
Name (Latin)
Auroville (India)
Coordinates
79.81055556 79.81055556 12.00694444 12.00694444 (gooearth )
E0794832 E0794832 N0120020 N0120020 (geonames )
Associated country
India
MARC
MARC

Other Identifiers

VIAF: 155934652
Wikidata: Q590361
Library of congress: n 80044593
Sources of Information
  • GeoNames, algorithmically matched, 2009(ppl; 12°00ʹ20ʺN 079°48ʹ32ʺE)
  • Auroville, 1974.

Wikipedia description:

Auroville (; City of Dawn French: Cité de l'aube) is an experimental township in Viluppuram district, mostly in the state of Tamil Nadu, India, with some parts in the Union Territory of Puducherry in India. It was founded in 1968 by Mirra Alfassa (known as "the Mother" or "La Mère") and designed by architect Roger Anger.

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