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Kochi (/ˈkoʊtʃi/; Malayalam: [koˈtːʃi] ⓘ), also known by its former name Cochin (/ˈkoʊtʃɪn/ KOH-chin),[9] is a major port city along the Malabar Coast of India bordering the Laccadive Sea. It is part of the district of Ernakulam in the state of Kerala. The city is also commonly referred to as Ernakulam. As of 2011, the Kochi Municipal Corporation had a population of 677,381[4], and the Kochi urban agglomeration had a total population of more than of 2.1 million, making it the largest and the most populous metropolitan area in Kerala and the 17th largest in India. Kochi is known as the financial,[10] commercial[11] and industrial[12] capital of Kerala. It has the highest GDP as well as the highest GDP per capita in the state.[13][14]
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Kochi
Cochin | |
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Nickname: | |
Coordinates: 9.97°N 76.28°E / 9.97; 76.28 | |
Country | India |
State | Kerala |
District | Ernakulam |
Formed | 1 April 1958[3] |
Government | |
• Type | Municipal Corporation |
• Body | Kochi Municipal Corporation, Greater Cochin Development Authority |
• Mayor | M Anilkumar (CPI(M)) |
• MP | Hibi Eden (INC) |
• City Police Commissioner | C. H. Nagaraju IPS |
Area | |
• Metropolis | 94.88 km2 (36.63 sq mi) |
• Metro | 440 km2 (170 sq mi) |
Elevation | 0 m (0 ft) |
Population (2011)[4] | |
• Metropolis | 677,381 |
• Density | 7,100/km2 (18,000/sq mi) |
• Metro | 2,119,724 |
Demonym(s) | English: Kochite, Cochinite,[7][8] Malayalam: Kochikaran (M), Kochikari (F) |
Languages | |
• Official | Malayalam, English |
• Minority | Konkani, Gujarati, Hindi, Kannada, Tamil |
Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
PIN code(s) | 682 XXX, 683 XXX |
Area code | +91-484 |
Vehicle registration |
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Judicial Capital | High Court of Kerala |
Coastline | 48 kilometres (30 mi) |
Sex ratio | 1028 /♀ /1000♂ |
Literacy | 98.5% |
Development Agency | GCDA, GIDA |
Climate | Am (Köppen) |
Precipitation | 3,228.3 millimetres (127.10 in) |
Kochi city is also part of the Greater Cochin development region[15] and is classified as a Tier-II city by the Government of India. The civic body that governs the city is the Kochi Municipal Corporation, which was constituted in the year 1967, and the statutory bodies that oversee its development are the Greater Cochin Development Authority[16] (GCDA) and the Goshree Islands Development Authority (GIDA).[17]
Called the "Queen of the Arabian Sea," Kochi was an important spice trading center on the west coast of India from antiquity. The port of Muziris traded with the Romans, Persians, Arabs, and Chinese.[18] From 1503 to 1663, the Portuguese established a colony in Fort Kochi (Fort Emmanuel), before being taken by the Dutch in 1663. The Dutch then ceded the area to the United Kingdom. Kochi remained under the control of the Kingdom of Cochin, which became a princely state of the British. Kochi ranks first in the total number of international and domestic tourist arrivals in Kerala.[19][20] The city was ranked the sixth best tourist destination in India according to a survey conducted by the Nielsen Company on behalf of the Outlook Traveller magazine.[21] In October 2019, Kochi was ranked seventh in Lonely Planet's list of top 10 cities in the world to visit in 2020.[22][23] Kochi was one of the 28 Indian cities among the emerging 440 global cities that will contribute 50% of the world GDP by 2025, in a 2011 study done by the McKinsey Global Institute.[24] In July 2018, Kochi was ranked the topmost emerging future megacity in India by global professional services firm JLL.[25][26] Kochi is the only city in the country to have water metro system along with the metro rail.[27]
The city is home to the Southern Naval Command of the Indian Navy and is the state headquarters[28][29] of the Indian Coast Guard. Commercial maritime facilities of the city include the Port of Kochi, an International Container Transshipment Terminal, the Cochin Shipyard, offshore SPM of the BPCL Kochi Refinery[30] and the Kochi Marina. Kochi is home for the International Pepper Exchange, Marine Products Export Development Authority, Coconut Development Board, companies like HMT, Apollo Tyres, FACT, IREL, Petronet LNG, Kochi Refineries, V-Guard and industrial parks like the Cochin Special Economic Zone, Smart City, Infopark and Kinfra Hi-Tech Park. Kochi is home for the High Court of Kerala and Lakshadweep, Naval Physical and Oceanographic Laboratory, Indian Maritime University, Sree Sankaracharya Sanskrit University and the Cochin University of Science and Technology, and National University of Advanced Legal Studies. Kochi was earlier home to Cochin Stock Exchange (CSE).
Kochi has been hosting India's first art biennale, the Kochi-Muziris Biennale, since 2012, which attracts international artists and tourists.[31]