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: “Kanoor”, “The city of Looms and Lores”, “The crown of Kerala”, and “卡努爾”
  • Historically known as: “Cannanore”
  • Neighbors: and

Places of Interest

Highlights include Kannur railway station and Arakkal Museum.

Railway station
Photo: MANOJTV, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is an NSG–2 category Indian railway station in Palakkad railway division of Southern Railway zone. It is the largest railway station serving the City of Kannur in .

Museum
Photo: നിരക്ഷരൻ, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The is a dedicated to the Arakkal family, the only Muslim royal family in , . The museum is actually a section of the Arakkalkettu.

Stadium
is a in Kannur, . It is mainly used for football matches. It has a capacity of 30,000 spectators. In 2012, Diego Maradona made appearance at stadium with some magical moves with the ball.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Melechovva.

Village
Kannur South or Chovva or Thottada is a residential suburb in Kannur District of , India, which mainly consists of two areas. The National Highway 66 runs through both Thazhechovva and .

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
United Nations Location Codes
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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Satellite Map

Discover Kannur from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Western Panjabi—“Kannur” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “كانور”
  • Aragonese: “Kannur”
  • Basque: “Kannur”
  • Belarusian: “Канур”
  • Bengali: “কণ্ণুর”
  • Bengali: “কন্নুর”
  • Bishnupriya: “কন্নুর”
  • Catalan: “Cananor”
  • Catalan: “Cannanore”
  • Catalan: “Kannur”
  • Cebuano: “Cannanore (lungsod sa Indiya)”
  • Cebuano: “Cannanore”
  • Chinese: “卡努尔”
  • Chinese: “坎努尔”
  • Chinese: “坎努爾”
  • Chinese: “坎纳诺尔”
  • Danish: “Kannur”
  • Dutch: “Kannur”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “كانور”
  • Esperanto: “Kannur”
  • Fiji Hindi: “Kannur”
  • Finnish: “Kannur”
  • Finnish: “Thatta”
  • French: “Cananor”
  • French: “Cannanore”
  • French: “Kannur”
  • Georgian: “კანური”
  • German: “Kannur”
  • Greek: “Κανούρ”
  • Gujarati: “કણ્ણૂર”
  • Hebrew: “קאנור”
  • Hindi: “कण्णूर”
  • Hindi: “कन्नूर”
  • Hungarian: “Kannúr”
  • Indonesian: “Kannur”
  • Italian: “Kannur”
  • Japanese: “カヌール”
  • Japanese: “カンヌール”
  • Kannada: “ಕಣ್ಣಾನೂರು”
  • Kannada: “ಕಣ್ಣೂರು”
  • Kannada: “ಕಣ್ಣೂರ್”
  • Korean: “카루르”
  • Korean: “칸누르”
  • Latvian: “Kanura”
  • Lithuanian: “Kanuras”
  • Maithili: “कन्नूर”
  • Malagasy: “Kannur”
  • Malay: “Kannur, Kannur”
  • Malay: “Kannur”
  • Malayalam: “കണ്ണന്നൂർ”
  • Malayalam: “കണ്ണൂർ”
  • Malayalam: “തറികളുടേയും തിറകളുടേയും നാട്”
  • 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: “Kannanur”
  • Polish: “Kannur”
  • Portuguese: “Cananor”
  • Portuguese: “Kannur”
  • Romanian: “Cannanore”
  • Romanian: “Kannur”
  • Russian: “Кананорском”
  • Russian: “Каннанур”
  • 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: “Kannur”
  • Urdu: “کن نور”
  • Urdu: “کنور”
  • Vietnamese: “Kannur”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Kannur”
  • Western Panjabi: “کنُور”
  • “Kannur”

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