Central Travancore
Alleppey District
Ambalappuzha

Alappuzha

The city of Alappuzha, also known as Alleppey, is situated in . Alappuzha is the smallest district in Kerala with a long coastline and many lagoons and backwaters.
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  • Type: City with 177,000 residents
  • Description: city in Kerala, India
  • Also known as: “Alapalli”, “Alapolai”, “Alapulai”, “Aleppey”, “Aleppi”, “Allapuza”, “Aulapolai”, and “Venice of the East”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Alappuzha railway station and Alappuzha Beach.

Railway station
Photo: KannanVM, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is an NSG–3 category Indian railway station in Thiruvananthapuram railway division of Southern Railway zone. It is located in Alappuzha, and is a major station on the Ernakulam–Kayamkulam coastal line.

Beach
Photo: Mohanrangaphotography, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a beach in Alappuzha town and a tourist attraction in , . Beach has an old pier which extend to sea is over 150 years old. host many events annually like festival, Sand art festival and many more.

Museum
The Revi Karunakaran Museum The is a privately owned located in Alappuzha, , in southern . It is named in memory of Revi Karunakaran.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Mullakkal and Thumpoly.

Suburb
Photo: Ganesh Mohan T, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is an area in in the state of , India. It is part of Alappuzha municipality. This is the main town center of the Alleppey town.

Village
is coastal town in the Alappuzha District and is a well-known Christian marian pilgrimage shrine of . is a coastal town in Alappuzha district, India, and is a well-known Christian Marian pilgrimage shrine of Kerala.

Village
is one of the panchayaths in in the state of southern India. It is divided into two parts: North and South.

Alappuzha

Latitude
9.4923° or 9° 29′ 32″ north
Longitude
76.3291° or 76° 19′ 45″ east
Population
177,000
Elevation
8 metres (26 feet)
United Nations Location Code
IN ALF
Open location code
6JXRF8RH+WM
Open­Street­Map ID
node 245584105
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­city
Geo­Names ID
1278985
Wiki­data ID
Q585026
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Western Panjabi—“Alappuzha” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “الابوزه”
  • Arabic: “الابوزها”
  • Arabic: “الافوجة”
  • Bengali: “আলেপ্পি”
  • Bengali: “ആലപ്പുഴ”
  • Bhojpuri: “अलाप्पुझा”
  • Bishnupriya: “আলপ্পুজহ”
  • Catalan: “Alappuzha”
  • Catalan: “Allapalli”
  • Catalan: “Alleppey”
  • Catalan: “Alleppi”
  • Catalan: “Aulapolay”
  • Catalan: “Venècia d’Orient”
  • Cebuano: “Alleppey”
  • Chinese: “阿勒皮”
  • Chinese: “阿拉普普扎”
  • Danish: “Alappuzha”
  • Dutch: “Alappuzha”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “الافوجه”
  • Esperanto: “Alapula”
  • Estonian: “Alappuzha”
  • Estonian: “Alleppey”
  • Fiji Hindi: “Alappuzha”
  • Finnish: “Alappuzha”
  • Finnish: “Alleppey”
  • French: “Alappuzha”
  • French: “Alleppey” (historical)
  • German: “Alappuzha”
  • German: “Alleppey”
  • Goan Konkani: “अलेप्पी”
  • Gujarati: “એલેપ્પી”
  • Hebrew: “אלאפוזה”
  • Hindi: “आलप्पुष़ा जिला”
  • Hindi: “आलाप्पुड़ा”
  • Hungarian: “Álappuzsa”
  • Irish: “Alappuzha”
  • Italian: “Alappuzha”
  • Italian: “Alleppey” (historical)
  • Japanese: “アーラップーザ”
  • Kannada: “ಆಲಪುಳ”
  • Kannada: “ಆಲಪ್ಪುಳ”
  • Kashmiri: “الاپوژا”
  • Korean: “알라푸자”
  • Korean: “알레피”
  • Lithuanian: “Alapuža”
  • Lithuanian: “Alepis”
  • Malagasy: “Alappuzha”
  • Malay: “Alappuzha”
  • Malayalam: “ആലപ്പി”
  • Malayalam: “ആലപ്പുഴ”
  • Malayalam: “കിഴക്കിന്റെ വെനീസ്”
  • Marathi: “अलप्पुळा”
  • Marathi: “अलेप्पी”
  • Minangkabau: “Alappuzha”
  • Newari: “अलप्पुझा”
  • Newari: “आलप्पुल”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Alappuzha”
  • Norwegian: “Alappuzha”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Alappuzha”
  • Oriya: “Alappuzha”
  • Oriya: “ଆଲାପ୍ପୁଝା”
  • Panjabi: “ਅੱਲਾਪੁੜਾ”
  • Panjabi: “ਆਲਪੁੜਾ”
  • Persian: “آلاپوژا”
  • Persian: “الاپوژا”
  • Polish: “Alappula”
  • Polish: “Alappuzha”
  • Polish: “Alleppey”
  • Portuguese: “Alappuzha”
  • Russian: “Алаппужа”
  • Russian: “Аллеппи”
  • Santali: “ᱟᱞᱟᱯᱯᱩᱡᱷᱟ”
  • Santali: “ᱮᱞᱮᱯᱯᱤ”
  • Silesian: “Alappuzha”
  • Slovenian: “Alappuzha”
  • Spanish: “Alappuzha”
  • Spanish: “Alleppey”
  • Swedish: “Alappuzha”
  • Swedish: “Alapuzzha”
  • Swedish: “Alleppey”
  • Tamil: “ஆலப்புழா”
  • Tamil: “ஆலப்புழை”
  • Telugu: “ఆలప్పుళ”
  • Telugu: “ఆలప్పుఴ”
  • Thai: “อาลัปปุฬะ”
  • Turkish: “Alappuzha”
  • Ukrainian: “Аллеппі”
  • Urdu: “الاپوژا”
  • Vietnamese: “Alappuzha”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Allappuzha”
  • Welsh: “Alappuzha”
  • Western Panjabi: “الاپوزھا”
  • “अलाप्पुझा”

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