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Kanyakumari (town)

Kanyakumari
கன்னியாகுமரி
Cape Comorin
കന്യാകുമാരി
town
Kanyakumari
Kanyakumari
Nickname(s): Cape Comorin
Kanyakumari is located in Tamil Nadu
Kanyakumari
Kanyakumari
Kanyakumari is located in India
Kanyakumari
Kanyakumari
Coordinates: 8°04′41″N 77°32′28″E / 8.078°N 77.541°E / 8.078; 77.541Coordinates: 8°04′41″N 77°32′28″E / 8.078°N 77.541°E / 8.078; 77.541
Country India India
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.tn.nic.in

Kanyakumari About this sound 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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