Alleppey District

Alappuzha district, is one of the 14 districts in the Indian state of . It was formed as Alleppey district on 17 August 1957, the name of the district being changed to Alappuzha in 1990.
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Places of Interest

Highlights include St. Mary’s Metropolitan Cathedral, Changanassery and Changanasseri railway station.

Church
St Mary's Metropolitan Cathedral, also known as Valiyapally, is the cathedral of the Syro-Malabar Catholic Archeparchy of Changanassery and also a Marian pilgrimage centre in , India. is situated 5 km northeast of Alleppey District.

Railway station
is an NSG–4 category Indian railway station in Thiruvananthapuram railway division of the Southern Railway zone. It is the second largest railway station in Kottayam district, , and is located in the Ernakulam–Kottayam–Kollam line. is situated 6 km northeast of Alleppey District.

School
is an aided Catholic Residential School in of Kottayam district. Established by Mar Charles Lavigne SJ, the then Vicar Apostolic of Kottayam, in 1891, is one of the oldest Catholic schools in . is situated 7 km northeast of Alleppey District.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Edathua and Changanassery.

is a place in Kuttanad which a low lying wetland located in the district, , . It is situated 14 km from Tiruvilla town.

Town
, formerly Changanacherry, is a municipality in the Kottayam district of , India. It is located 17 km south of the district headquarters in and about 115 km north of the state capital . is situated 5 km northeast of Alleppey District.

Town
Photo: Pitichinaccio, Public domain.
, also spelled Tiruvalla, is a municipality in , , . The town is spread over an area of 27.15 km. is also known as the "Town of Non-Resident Indians", as a large portion of its inhabitants form a part of the Malayali diaspora. is situated 9 km east of Alleppey District.

Alleppey District

Latitude
9.4167° or 9° 25′ north
Longitude
76.5° or 76° 30′ east
Population
2,130,000
Elevation
2 metres (7 feet)
Abbreviation
“ALZ”
Open location code
6JXRCG82+M2
Geo­Names ID
1278986
Wiki­data ID
Q928959
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Western Panjabi—“Alleppey District” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: منطقة الابوزها
  • Asturian: Alappuzha (distritu)
  • Asturian: Alappuzha
  • Asturian: distritu d’Alappuzha
  • Basque: Alappuzha barrutia
  • Bengali: আলেপ্পি জেলা
  • Bhojpuri: अलाप्पुझा जिला
  • Catalan: districte d’Alappuzha
  • Cebuano: Alappuzha
  • Chinese: Alappuzha
  • Chinese: 阿勒布热县
  • Chinese: 阿勒布熱縣
  • Danish: Alappuzha
  • Dutch: Alappuzha
  • Egyptian Arabic: الابوزها
  • Faroese: Alappuzha
  • French: district d’Alappuzha
  • French: District d’Alappuzha
  • German: Alappuzha
  • Gujarati: એલેપ્પી જિલ્લો
  • Hindi: आलप्पुषा जिला
  • Hindi: आलाप्पुड़ा जिला
  • Icelandic: Alappuzha
  • Indonesian: Distrik Alappuzha
  • Italian: distretto di Alappuzha
  • Italian: Distretto di Alappuzha
  • Japanese: アーラップーザ県
  • Japanese: アーラップラ県
  • Kalaallisut: Alappuzha
  • Kannada: ಆಲಪುಳ ಜಿಲ್ಲೆ
  • Malayalam: Alappuzha
  • Malayalam: ആലപ്പുഴ ജില്ല
  • Malayalam: ആലപ്പുഴ
  • Manipuri: ꯑꯂꯥꯞꯄꯨꯓꯥ
  • Marathi: अलप्पुळा जिल्हा
  • Min Nan Chinese: Alappuzha
  • Newari: आलप्पुल जिल्ला
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Alappuzha
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: Alappuzha
  • Norwegian: Alappuzha
  • Occitan (post 1500): Districte d’Alappuzha
  • Panjabi: ਜਿਲ੍ਹਾ ਆਲਪੁਝਾ
  • Persian: بخش آلاپوژا
  • Persian: بخش الاپوژا
  • Russian: Аллеппи
  • Sanskrit: अलप्पुळामण्डलम्
  • Santali: ᱟᱞᱟᱯᱯᱩᱡᱷᱟ ᱦᱚᱱᱚᱛ
  • Slovenian: Alappuzha
  • Spanish: Alappuzha
  • Spanish: Distrito de Alappuzha
  • Swedish: Alappuzha
  • Tamil: ஆலப்புழா மாவட்டம்
  • Telugu: అలప్పుజ జిల్లా
  • Telugu: ఆలప్పుళ జిల్లా
  • Ukrainian: Алаппужа (округ)
  • Ukrainian: Алаппужа
  • Urdu: آلاپوژا ضلع
  • Western Panjabi: ضلع الاپوزھا
  • अलाप्पुझा जिला

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