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Kannur
Cannanore | |
|---|---|
Metropolis | |
Kannur Skyline Payyambalam Beach Kannur International Airport Gandhi Circle Kuppam Bridge St. Angelo Fort Peralasseri Pond Ezhimala Hill | |
| Nickname(s): Land of looms and lores | |
  Kannur Kannur (Kerala)  Kannur Kannur (India)  Kannur Kannur (Asia)  Kannur Kannur (Earth) | |
| Coordinates: 11°52′28.2″N 75°22′13.4″E / 11.874500°N 75.370389°E[1] | |
| Country |  India |
| State | Kerala |
| District | Kannur |
| Taluk | Kannur |
| Government | |
| • Type | Municipal Corporation |
| • Body | Kannur Municipal Corporation |
| • Mayor | Adv. T. O. Mohanan (Indian National Congress) |
| • District Collector | Shri T. V. Subhash IAS |
| • Commissioner of Police(City) | Sri. R. Ilango IPS |
| • Superintendent of Police (Rural) | Sri. Navneet Sharma IPS |
| • MLAs | Kadannapalli Ramachandran (Kannur) and K. V. Sumesh (Azhikode) |
| Area [1][2] | |
| • Metropolis | 78.35 km2 (30.25 sq mi) |
| • Metro | 1,003 km2 (387 sq mi) |
| • Rank | 5 |
| Elevation | 38.78 m (127.23 ft) |
| Population (2011)[1][2] | |
| • Metropolis | 232,486 |
| • Rank | 6 |
| • Density | 3,000/km2 (7,700/sq mi) |
| • Metro [3] | 1,640,986 |
| Demonym | Kannurkaran (Male)
Kannurkari (Female) Kannurkar (Plural) |
| Languages | |
| • Official | Malayalam, English |
| Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
| PIN | 670001 |
| Telephone code | +91497xxxxxxx |
| ISO 3166 code | IN-KL |
| Vehicle registration | KL-13 |
| Sex ratio | 1000:1090 ♂/♀ |
| Literacy rate | 96.23% |
| Lok Sabha constituency | Kannur |
| Niyamasabha constituencies | Kannur & Azhikode |
| Website | www |
Kannur (Malayalam: [kɐɳːuːr] ⓘ), formerly known in English as Cannanore, is a city and a municipal corporation in the state of Kerala, India. It is the administrative headquarters of the Kannur district and situated 274 kilometres (170 mi) north of the major port city and commercial hub Kochi and 137 kilometres (85 mi) south of the major port city and a commercial hub, Mangalore. During the period of British colonial rule in India, when Kannur was a part of the Malabar District (Madras Presidency), the city was known as Cannanore. Kannur is the sixth largest urban agglomeration in Kerala.[4] As of 2011 census, Kannur Municipal Corporation, the local body which administers mainland area of city, had a population of 232,486.[1][5]
Kannur was the headquarters of Kolathunadu, one of the four most important dynasties on the Malabar Coast, along with the Zamorin of Calicut, Kingdom of Cochin and Kingdom of Quilon. The Arakkal kingdom had right over the city of Kannur and Laccadive Islands in the late medieval period.[6] Kannur municipality was formed on 1 November 1866 by the Madras Act 10 of 1865 (Amendment of the Improvements in Towns Act 1850)[7] of the British Indian Empire, along with the municipalities of Thalassery, Kozhikode, Palakkad and Fort Kochi, making them the first modern municipalities in the state. It was upgraded into a municipal corporation in 2015.
Kannur Cantonment is the only cantonment board in Kerala.[8] The Indian Naval Academy at Ezhimala is Asia's largest, and the world's third-largest, naval academy.[9][non-primary source needed] Muzhappilangad beach is the longest drive-in beach in Asia and appeared among the top six best beaches for driving in the world in a BBC Top Gear article.[10] During British rule, Kannur's chief importance laid in producing Thalassery pepper.
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- ^ Kannur Metropolitan Urban Region Population 2011–2021 Census
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- ^ KNR_DEC-Newsletter (December 2018). "Kannur Municipal Corporation" (PDF). Kannur Municipal Corporation Newsletter.
- ^ Logan, William (2006). Malabar Manual. Calicut: Mathrubhumi Books. ISBN 978-81-8264-046-7.
- ^ "CHRONOLOGICAL LIST OF CENTRAL ACTS (Updated up to 17-10-2014)". Lawmin.nic.in. Retrieved 7 August 2016.
- Lewis McIver, G. Stokes (1883). Imperial Census of 1881 Operations and Results in the Presidency of Madras. Vol. II. Madras: E.Keys at the Government Press. p. 444. Retrieved 5 December 2020 – via Google Books.<bt>- Madras District Gazetteers, Statistical Appendix For Malabar District. Vol. 2. Madras: The Superintendent, Government Press. 1915. p. 20. Retrieved 2 December 2020 – via Google Books.
- Henry Frowde (1908–1909). Imperial Gazetteer of India (New ed.). Oxford: Clarendon Press. Retrieved 2 December 2020. - ^ "Kannur cantonment polls today". The Hindu. 11 January 2015. Retrieved 28 May 2021.
- ^ "Navy-Training Academy - proposed Expansion". Deccan Herald. 11 August 2017.
- "Asia's largest naval academy opened". Arab News. 10 January 2009.
- "Indian Navy on Facebook Watch". Facebook. - ^ Gibson, David K. "The best beaches for driving". Top Gear. Retrieved 26 June 2016.
- "Muzhappilangad wins BBC favour". The Deccan Chronicle. 24 June 2016.