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The Commercial Hub
Area: 2408 sq. km.
Population: 27,97,779 (2001 census)
Altitude: Sea level
The
commercial capital and the most cosmopolitan city of Kerala, Kochi,
in Ernakulam, also known as the Queen of the Arabian Sea is located
on the coast of the Arabian sea with Kottayam and Alappuzha
districts on the south, Idukki on the east and Thrissur on the
north.
The British, Arabs, Chinese, Portuguese, Dutch etc made use the
natural harbour here to carry out trade and that helped in the
emergence as a centre of commerce and trade. Later several
industries too were set up here. The Chinese fishing nest is still
in use in large numbers here.
Lakshadweep, a Union Territory of India, is a group of 36 islands,
located in the Arabian Sea is about 300 km off Kochi. Of these
islands, Androt, Amini, Agatti, Bitra, Chetlat, Kadamat, Kalpeni,
Kava etc.
Other interests here are: Cherai Beach, Bhoothathankettu,
Thattekkadu Bird Sanctuary, Maritime Museum, Indo-Portuguese Museum,
The Museum of Kerala History, Thani Illam, Synagogue, Fort Kochi,
Vasco da Gama Square, Mattancherry Palace, Bolghatty Island, The
Hill Palace Museum at Thripunithura, Madhavan Nayar Foundation at
Edappally, Chendamangalam, The Antique Sellers of Jew Street, Dutch
Palace at Mattancherry, St. Francis Church, at Fort Kochi, Pierce
Leslie Bungalow, Loafer's Corner/Princess Street at Fort Kochi, The
Dutch Cemetery, Willingdon Island, Kaladi, Malayatoor, Fort
Immanuel, Kumbalangi, Malayattoor Church etc.
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