Thoothukudi is a port and industrial city in Thoothukudi district in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu, on the Coromandel Coast of the Bay of Bengal, serving as capital and headquarters of the district. It has the second highest Human Development Index in Tamil Nadu after Chennai, is headquarters to Tamilnad Mercantile Bank, and its V.O. Chidambaranar Port Authority is one of the major ports in India.
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Elevation (m) Elevation Band Climate Zone Sources
1. Thoothukudi (Wikipedia)
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It lies on the Coromandel Coast of the Bay of Bengal.
Article text
The city is administered by the Thoothukudi Municipal Corporation, which covers an area of 353.07 km2 (136.32 sq mi) and had a population of 500,000 in 2024.The urban agglomeration had a population of 526,000 as of 2011.
On Continent: Asia, Lead paragraph names India; continent follows from the atlas record for India
Tamilnad Mercantile Bank Limited, one of the leading private sector banks in India
View the Source 2. Thoothukudi (Wikidata)
P625 (coordinate location)
latitude 8.783333, longitude 78.133333
P2044 (elevation above sea level)
elevation 4 m
- In Group: Cities of Southern Asia (World), Wikipedia infobox, country field
View the Source3. GeoNames: Thoothukudi - GeoNames
GeoNamescities500 record 8629640
8.76735 78.13425 P PPL IN 25 627 5866 410760 2 Asia/Kolkata
Place record, elevation
Elevation ca. 2 m
View the Source 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 8.75, 78.25Quote, Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 8.75, 78.25
8.75 78.25 Aw
Wikidata: Thoothukudi
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