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Kochi city is also part of the Greater Cochin development region [13] 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 ...
As a result, Kochi is a natural harbour. Much of Kochi lies at the sea level, and the city along with the suburbs span an area of around 440 km 2. The city has a seacoast of about 30 miles. [1] Willingdon Island is the largest Indian artificial island, created by dredging the Vembanad Lake under the direction of Lord Willingdon. [2]
A list of maps of Sri Lanka in chronological order is shown below. Maps. Sortable table Date Carto-grapher Description Image 1st century CE 1482 1595
City Image DS Division District Province Population Area [1] Density (/km 2) Coordinates; Conurbation (2012 est) [2] Municipality (2012 census) [3] km 2 mi 2; Colombo කොළඹ
Topographic map of Sri Lanka. Sri Lanka, an island in South Asia shaped as a teardrop or a pear/mango, [167] lies on the Indian Plate, a major tectonic plate that was formerly part of the Indo-Australian Plate. [168] It is in the Indian Ocean southwest of the Bay of Bengal, between latitudes 5° and 10° N, and longitudes 79° and 82° E. [169]
Kochi (Malayalam: കൊച്ചി [kotˈt͡ʃi] ⓘ), formerly known as Cochin, is a city in the Indian state of Kerala. It is a popular tourist destination for both domestic and international visitors travelling to Kerala and is amongst the most visited tourist destinations in India.
For many centuries up to and during the British Raj, the city of Kochi was the seat of the eponymous princely state. Muziris, a centre of global trade somewhere north to Kochi (presently identified with Kodungallur in Thrissur district), traces its history back many centuries, when it was the centre of Indian spice trade for hundreds of years, and was known to the Jews, Arabs, Yavanas (Greeks ...
Kochi metropolitan area or Kochi urban agglomeration is a metropolitan area in the Ernakulam district of Kerala, India, comprising the Kochi Municipal Corporation, nine adjacent municipal councils, 15 gram panchayats and parts of four gram panchayats.