New to python

[Gallagher, Tim (NE)]

Hello all, 
I am new to python and I have a few questions.  I am an old Perl hacker
been using Perl for many years.  I wanted to give python a try, I am
happy with it so far.  
Question:
1. Is there a repository that I can go to for modules? Perl has CPAN and
I was wondering what the Python equivalent was.

I guess that I had a few more that I cannot think of right now.

Thanks

Tim