Kochi

Kochi, formerly Cochin, is a cosmopolitan city in with a bustling commercial port. Kochi is the financial and commercial capital of Kerala and, with a population of more than 2.1 million, the biggest conurbation in the state.
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Essential Destinations

Top destinations include Ernakulam and Old Kochi.

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is the modern heart of Kochi. It has three distinct parts: the "Central Business District" which has Mahatma Gandhi Road as the main arterial road along with Marine Drive and Chittoor Road; "Downtown" with upscale residential areas and the business district at SA Road and Vytilla Junction and the "Suburb" which has many business and commercial areas.

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is the tourist enclave of Kochi, and it is separated from by Vembanad Lake, one of the largest in India. It consists of Fort Kochi, Mattancherry and the surrounding islands.

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, the southern suburb of Kochi and erstwhile capital of the Kingdom of Cochn, is a major arts centre, famous for its historical palaces, museums and temples.

Destinations to Discover

Explore places such as Kalamassery and Goshree.

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is the eastern suburb of Kochi, famous for the large Vamana Temple, the focal centre of Onam, the national festival of Kerala. Also the home to Cochin University and the city's IT hub Infopark.

The Islands are the islands north of , including Bolgatty, Vallarpadom and Vypin. Vypin is the outermost of the three islands. Vypin Island is one of the most densely populated islands in the world with numerous fishing villages, tourist villages and the popular Cherai Beach.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Mattancherry Palace and Willingdon Island.

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The is a palace popularly known as the Dutch Palace, in , Kochi, in the state of which features Kerala murals depicting portraits and exhibits of the Rajas of Kochi.

Island
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is the largest artificial island in India, which forms part of the city of Kochi, in the . Much of the present was claimed from the Vembanadu Lake, filling in dredged soil around a previously existing, but tiny, natural island.

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The Paradesi Synagogue or the Mattancherry Synagogue is a synagogue located in Mattancherry Jew Town, a suburb of the city of Kochi, , in . It was built in 1568 A.D. by Samuel Castiel, David Belila, and Joseph Levi for the flourishing Paradesi Jewish community in Kochi.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Maradu and Mattancherry.

Suburb
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is a region in the city of Kochi in , India. In administration, it is a municipality and census town and is located 6 km south of the city centre.

Suburb
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is a historic ward of Kochi, . It is about 9 km south-west from the city centre. Mattanchery is home to many sites of historical and cultural significance, including the , which was the centre of life in the Jewish Quarter.

Suburb
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is a town of Kochi, . The Bridge connects with the peninsula.

Kochi

  • Type: City with 677,000 residents
  • Description: city in Kerala, India
  • Also known as: “British Cochin”, “Cochim, Índia”, “Cotchin”, “Ernakulam”, “Fort Cochin”, “Kochi (India)”, “Kóčinkanajannúr”, “Kuchi Bandar”, “Santa Cruz de Cochim”, “Кочи”, “كوشين”, “ߞߏߛ߭ߍ߲߫”, “अरब सागरके रानी”, “कोचीन”, “কোচিন”, “கொச்சின்”, “కొచిన్”, “ಕೊಚ್ಚಿನ್”, “ಭಾರತ”, “කොචින්”, “ᱠᱚᱪᱤᱱ”, “国贞”, and “柯钦”
  • Historically known as: “Cochin”
  • Categories: big city and locality
  • Location: , , , , , , ,
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Latitude
9.9385° or 9° 56′ 19″ north
Longitude
76.2695° or 76° 16′ 10″ east
Population
677,000
Elevation
9 metres (30 feet)
IATA airport code
COK
Open location code
6JXRW7Q9+9Q
Open­Street­Map ID
node 3862624198
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­city
Geo­Names ID
1273874
Wiki­data ID
Q1800
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Yue Chinese—“Kochi” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “كوتشي”
  • Aragonese: “Kochi”
  • Armenian: “Կոչի”
  • Armenian: “Կոչին”
  • Assamese: “কোচি”
  • Asturian: “Kochi”
  • Azerbaijani: “Koçin”
  • Balinese: “Kochi”
  • Basque: “Kochi”
  • Belarusian: “Кочы”
  • Belarusian: “Кочын”
  • Bengali: “কোচি”
  • Bhojpuri: “कोच्चि”
  • Bishnupriya: “কোচি”
  • Breton: “Kochi”
  • Bulgarian: “Кочин”
  • Catalan: “Kochi”
  • Cebuano: “Cochin”
  • Central Kurdish: “کۆچی”
  • Chechen: “Коччи”
  • Chinese: “戈奇”
  • Chinese: “柯枝”
  • Chinese: “科契”
  • Chinese: “科钦”
  • Czech: “Kóčin”
  • Danish: “Kochi”
  • Dimli (individual language): “Kochi”
  • Dimli (individual language): “Koçi”
  • Dotyali: “कोच्चि”
  • Dutch: “Kochi”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “كوتشى”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “مدينه كوتشى”
  • Esperanto: “Koĉi”
  • Estonian: “Cochin”
  • Estonian: “Kochi”
  • Finnish: “Kochi”
  • French: “Cochin”
  • French: “Kochi”
  • Galician: “Cochin”
  • Georgian: “კოჩი”
  • German: “Kochi”
  • Goan Konkani: “Dn/कोच्चि”
  • Goan Konkani: “कोच्चि”
  • Greek: “Κοτσί”
  • Gujarati: “કોચી”
  • Hausa: “Kochi”
  • Hebrew: “קוצ’י”
  • Hebrew: “קוצי”
  • Hindi: “कोच्चि”
  • Hungarian: “Koccsi”
  • Indonesian: “Kochi, India”
  • Indonesian: “Kochi, Kerala”
  • Indonesian: “Kochi”
  • Irish: “Kochi”
  • Italian: “Kochi”
  • Japanese: “コーチ”
  • Kannada: “ಕೊಚ್ಚಿ”
  • Kashmiri: “کوچی”
  • Korean: “코치”
  • Ladin: “Kochi”
  • Ladino: “Kochi”
  • Latin: “Cochinum”
  • Latvian: “Koči”
  • Latvian: “Kočina”
  • Literary Chinese: “柯枝”
  • Lithuanian: “Kočis”
  • Magahi: “कोच्चि”
  • Maithili: “कोच्चि”
  • Malagasy: “Kochi”
  • Malay: “Kochi, India”
  • Malayalam: “കൊച്ചി”
  • Maltese: “Kochi”
  • Marathi: “कोची”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Kochi (Ìn-tō͘)”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Kochi”
  • Mingrelian: “კოჩი”
  • Moroccan Arabic: “كوتشي”
  • N'Ko: “ߞߐߛ߭ߌ߫”
  • Nepali: “कोच्चि”
  • Newari: “कोची”
  • Northern Frisian: “Kochi”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Kochi”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Kochi”
  • Norwegian: “Kochi”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Kochi”
  • Oriya: “କୋଚି”
  • Ossetian: “Кочин”
  • Pampanga: “Kochi, India”
  • Panjabi: “ਕੋਚੀ”
  • Persian: “کوچی (شهر هند)”
  • Persian: “کوچی”
  • Polish: “Koczin”
  • Portuguese: “Cochim”
  • Pushto: “کوچين”
  • Romanian: “Kochi, India”
  • Romanian: “Kochi”
  • Russian: “Кочин”
  • Russian: “Коччи”
  • Sanskrit: “कोच्ची”
  • Santali: “ᱠᱚᱪᱤ”
  • Serbian: “Кочин”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Kochi”
  • Silesian: “Koczin”
  • Sinhala: “කොචී”
  • Slovenian: “Koči, Indija”
  • Slovenian: “Koči”
  • Somali: “Kochi”
  • South Azerbaijani: “کوچی”
  • Spanish: “Cochín”
  • Swahili: “Kochi, Kerala”
  • Swahili: “Kochi”
  • Swedish: “Cochin”
  • Swedish: “Kochi, Kerala”
  • Swedish: “Kochi”
  • Talysh: “Kocin”
  • Tamil: “கொச்சி”
  • Telugu: “కొచ్చి”
  • Thai: “โกจจิ”
  • Thai: “โกชิ”
  • Turkish: “Koçi”
  • Turkish: “Koçin”
  • Twi: “Kochi”
  • Ukrainian: “Кочі”
  • Urdu: “کوچی”
  • Venetian: “Kochi”
  • Vietnamese: “Kochi, Ấn Độ”
  • Vietnamese: “Kochi”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Kochi, India”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Kochi”
  • Western Panjabi: “کوچی”
  • Wu Chinese: “戈奇”
  • Yue Chinese: “柯枝”
  • “कोच्चि”

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