Valapattanam
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Valapattanam വളപട്ടണം |
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| Town | |
Muchilottu Bhagavathi Theyyam
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| Coordinates: 11°54′N 75°22′E / 11.9°N 75.37°ECoordinates: 11°54′N 75°22′E / 11.9°N 75.37°E | |
| Country |
 India
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| State | Kerala |
| District | Kannur |
| Government | |
| • Type | Panchayath |
| • Body | Valapattanam Grama Panchayath |
| Elevation | 6 m (20 ft) |
| Population (2001) | |
| • Total | 8,369 |
| Languages | |
| • Official | Malayalam, English |
| Time zone | IST (UTC+5:30) |
| ISO 3166 code | IN-KL |
Valapattanam is a small town in the Kannur district, located in the Indian state of Kerala. It is also the smallest panchayath in Kerala.Its area is 2.04 sqr Km. It is about 7 km north of Kannur. Valapattanam is an important Muslim settlement area in Kannur. Valapattanam is known for its communal harmony. On one side Kalarivathukkal Temple is located and on the other bank there is "Kakkulangara Mosque".
This town is also known as Balyapattanam. This town is in the on the banks of Valapattanam river Centuries back Valapattanam River (വളപട്ടണം പുഴ ) was the main ship route for trading and Valapattanam was the main town, because of this the town got this referred as "Valya pattanam" which means "big town" in Malayalam language.
This town is named after its historical founder Vallabha II of the Mooshika dynasty (Kolathiri family) and was originally known as Vallabha-Pattanam and served as the capital of the Mooshika dynasty during the medieval ages. The fourteenth-century narrative of Ibn Battuta refers to the ruler of Ezhimala as residing at Baliapatanam and offers a clue that by this time, the centre of the political authority had shifted from Ezhimala to Baliapatanam. In the sixteenth century AD, a Portuguese official Duarte Barbosa also mentions Baliapatanam (Baliapatam in European records) as the residence of the ‘king of Cannanore’.
Western India Plywoods Ltd., the largest wood-based industry in the country and once Asia's biggest plywood factory is located on the bank of Valapattanam River. Apart from the dense presence of booming plywood and timber based industries, Valapattanam is famous for small scale sand mining and fisheries activities. Warehouses of many prominent industries in Kannur is situated at Valapattanam.
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