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Cochin Travel Guide
A leisurely walk through the city is the best way to discover
historic Fort Kochi. An obscure fishing village that became the first European
township in India, Kochi has an eventful and colourful history. Its reputation
as a seafaring commercial town was such that Nicolas Conti, an Italian traveller
of the Middle Ages remarked: If China is where you make
your money, then Kochi surely is the place to spend
it. The town was shaped by the Portuguese, the Dutch and later the British.
The result of these cultural influences are seen in the many examples of Indo
European architecture that still exist here.Area: 2408 sq. km.
Population: 27,97,779 (2001 census)
Altitude: Sea level
Ernakulam is located on the coast of the Arabian sea with Kottayam and Alappuzha districts on the south, Idukki on the east and Thrissur on the north. The commercial capital and the most cosmopolitan city of Kerala, Kochi, in Ernakulam, is also known as the Queen of the Arabian Sea.
With one of the finest natural harbours in the world, this was once a major centre of commerce and trade with the British, Arabs, Chinese, Portuguese, Dutch etc.