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Thiruvananthapuram

Southern Asia

Thiruvananthapuram, also known as Trivandrum, is the capital city of the Indian state of Kerala. As of 2011 the Thiruvananthapuram Municipal Corporation had a population of 957,730 over an area of 214.86 square kilometers, the most populous city in Kerala, while the wider metropolitan area has over 1.7 million inhabitants. It is among the few cities in India serving as a state capital that is also a center for heritage, maritime activity, information technology, space research, defence and biosciences, and one of the few cities in the world with both an international airport and an international seaport close to its center.

Facts
Population
957,730 1
Area (sq km)
214.86 2
Elevation (m)
10 2
Latitude
8.4875 degrees north 2
Longitude
76.9525 degrees east 2
Elevation Band
Lowland 3
Coastal
Yes 1
Climate Zone
Tropical 4
Time Zone
UTC+05:30 3
Connections

Capital Of

Kerala, States or Territories
Source GeoNames: Thiruvananthapuram - GeoNames
Sources
1. Thiruvananthapuram (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia Foundation
  • Lead
    an international airport and an international seaport are located within the city in close proximity to the city centre
  • Lead section
    As of 2011, the Thiruvananthapuram Municipal Corporation had a population of 957,730 over an area of 214.86 km2, making it the most populous city in Kerala.
  • On Continent: Asia, Lead paragraph names India; continent follows from the atlas record for India
    within an area of 543 km2. Thiruvananthapuram is one of the few cities in India
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2. Thiruvananthapuram (Wikidata)
  • P625 (coordinate location)
    latitude 8.4875, longitude 76.9525
  • P2044 (elevation above sea level)
    elevation 10 m
  • P2046 (area)
    area 214.86 sq km
  • In Group: Cities of Southern Asia (World), Wikipedia infobox, country field
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3. GeoNames: Thiruvananthapuram - GeoNames
GeoNames
  • cities500 record 1254163
    8.4855 76.94924 P PPLA IN 13 601 5691 788271 18 Asia/Kolkata
  • Place record, elevation
    Elevation ca. 18 m
  • Capital Of: Kerala, cities500 record 1254163, feature code PPLA (seat of first-order division 13)
    8.4855 76.94924 P PPLA IN 13 601 5691 788271 18 Asia/Kolkata
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4. Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna): World Map of the Koeppen-Geiger Climate Classification, present climate data
Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna)Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 8.25, 76.75
Quote, Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 8.25, 76.75
8.25 76.75 Aw
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Wikidata: Thiruvananthapuram
Wikidata Q167715, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)View the Source
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