Kanyakumari (town)
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Kanyakumari கன்னியாகுமரி Cape Comorin കന്യാകുമാരി |
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Kanyakumari
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| Nickname(s): Cape Comorin | |
 Kanyakumari
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| Coordinates: 8°04′41″N 77°32′28″E / 8.078°N 77.541°ECoordinates: 8°04′41″N 77°32′28″E / 8.078°N 77.541°E | |
| Country |
 India
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| State | Tamil Nadu |
| District | Kanyakumari |
| Government | |
| • District Collector | Sajjansingh R. Chavan |
| Area | |
| • Total | 25.89 km2 (10.00 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 30 m (100 ft) |
| Population (2012) | |
| • Total | 29,761 |
| • Density | 665/km2 (1,720/sq mi) |
| Languages | |
| • Official | Tamil, English |
| • Spoken languages | Tamil, English, Malayalam |
| Time zone | IST (UTC+5:30) |
| PIN | 629 702,629 001,629 165 |
| Telephone code | 91-4652 |
| Vehicle registration | TN 74 & TN 75 |
| Website | www |
Kanyakumari 
pronunciation , also known as Kanniyakumari, formerly known as Cape Comorin, is a town in Kanyakumari District in the state of Tamil Nadu in India. The name comes from the Devi Kanya Kumari Temple in the region. It is the southernmost tip of peninsular India. Kanyakumari town is the southern tip of the Cardamom Hills, an extension of the Western Ghats range. The nearest town is Nagercoil, the administrative headquarters of Kanyakumari District, 22 km (14 mi) away. Kanyakumari has been a town since Sangam period and is a popular tourist destination.
Ptolemy's geography describes commercial relations between western India and Alexandria, the chief eastern emporium of the Roman Empire. He identified Kanyakumari along with the Gulf of Mannar as a center for pearl fishery. He also identifies Korkai (assumed to be the present day's Tuticorin), a place to the east of Kanyakumari, as an emporium of pearl trade.
Another ancient Greek book, the Periplus of the Erythraean Sea, contains sailing directions for merchants from the Red Sea to the Indus and Malabar, and even indicates that the coast from Barygaza (Baroch) had a general southward direction down to and far beyond Cape Komari.
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