Kannur

Kannur, formerly Cannanore, is a seaside city on the northern side of , . The Aralam Wildlife Sanctuary on the Western Ghats is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
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  • Type: City with 56,800 residents
  • Description: city in Kannur district in Kerala, India
  • Also known as: “Kannanur”, “Kanoor”, “The city of Looms and Lores”, “The crown of Kerala”, “Каннанур”, “کن نور”, “ಕಣ್ಣನೋರ್”, “കണ്ണന്നൂർ”, “തറികളുടേയും തിറകളുടേയും നാട്”, “칸누르”, “カヌール”, “卡努爾”, and “坎纳诺尔”
  • Historically known as: “Cannanore”
  • Neighbors: and

Places of Interest

Highlights: Kannur railway station and Arakkal Museum.

Railway station
Photo: MANOJTV, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is an NSG–2 category Indian…

Museum
Photo: നിരക്ഷരൻ, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The is a dedicated to the…

Stadium
is a in Kannur, .

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Melechovva.

Village
Kannur South or Chovva or Thottada is a residential…

Kannur

Latitude
11.8764° or 11° 52′ 35″ north
Longitude
75.3738° or 75° 22′ 26″ east
Population
56,800
Elevation
13 metres (43 feet)
IATA airport code
CNN
UN/LOCODE
IN CNN and IN KNN
Open location code
7J3QV9GF+HG
Open­Street­Map ID
node 290180981
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­city
Geo­Names ID
1274987
Wiki­data ID
Q4789666
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Western Panjabi—“Kannur” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “كانور”
  • Aragonese: “Kannur”
  • Assamese: “কন্নুৰ”
  • Basque: “Kannur”
  • Belarusian: “Канур”
  • Bengali: “কণ্ণুর”
  • Bengali: “কন্নুর”
  • Bishnupriya: “কন্নুর”
  • Catalan: “Kannur”
  • Cebuano: “Cannanore (lungsod sa Indiya)”
  • Cebuano: “Cannanore”
  • Chinese: “卡努尔”
  • Chinese: “坎努尔”
  • Chinese: “坎努爾”
  • Danish: “Kannur”
  • Dutch: “Kannur”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “كانور”
  • Esperanto: “Kannur”
  • Fiji Hindi: “Kannur”
  • Finnish: “Kannur”
  • Finnish: “Thatta”
  • French: “Cannanore”
  • Georgian: “კანური”
  • German: “Kannur”
  • Greek: “Κανούρ”
  • Gujarati: “કણ્ણૂર”
  • Hebrew: “קאנור”
  • Hindi: “कण्णूर”
  • Hindi: “कन्नूर”
  • Hungarian: “Kannúr”
  • Indonesian: “Kannur”
  • Italian: “Kannur”
  • Japanese: “カンヌール”
  • Kannada: “ಕಣ್ಣಾನೂರು”
  • Kannada: “ಕಣ್ಣೂರು”
  • Korean: “카루르”
  • Latvian: “Kanura”
  • Lithuanian: “Kanuras”
  • Magahi: “कण्णूर्”
  • Maithili: “कन्नूर”
  • Malagasy: “Kannur”
  • Malay: “Kannur, Kannur”
  • Malay: “Kannur”
  • Malayalam: “കണ്ണൂർ”
  • Marathi: “कण्णुर”
  • Newari: “कण्णूर”
  • Newari: “कन्नुर”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Kannur”
  • Norwegian: “Kannur”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Kannur”
  • Oriya: “କାନ୍ନର”
  • Pampanga: “Kannur”
  • Panjabi: “ਕੰਣੂਰ”
  • Panjabi: “ਕਨੂਰ”
  • Persian: “کانور”
  • Polish: “Kannur”
  • Portuguese: “Cananor”
  • Romanian: “Kannur”
  • Russian: “Кананорском”
  • Russian: “Каннур”
  • Santali: “ᱠᱟᱱᱱᱩᱨ”
  • Sinhala: “කන්නුර්”
  • Spanish: “Cananor”
  • Swedish: “Cannanore”
  • Swedish: “Kannur”
  • Talysh: “Kannur”
  • Tamil: “கண்ணூர்”
  • Telugu: “కన్నూర్”
  • Thai: “กันนุระ”
  • Tulu: “ಕಣ್ಣೂರ್”
  • Turkish: “Kannur”
  • Ukrainian: “Каннур”
  • Urdu: “کنور”
  • Vietnamese: “Kannur”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Kannur”
  • Western Panjabi: “کنُور”
  • “Kannur”

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