Thiruvananthapuram
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This article is aboot the ceety. For the destrict, see Thiruvananthapuram destrict. For the urban agglomeration aurie o Thiruvananthapuram, see Thiruvananthapuram metropolitan aurie.
| Thiruvananthapuram തിരുവനന്തപുരം |
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 Thiruvananthapuram
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| Coordinates: 08°29′15″N 76°57′9″E / 8.48750°N 76.95250°E | |
| Kintra |  Indie |
| State | Kerala |
| Destrict | Thiruvananthapuram |
| Govrenment | |
| • Bouk | Thiruvananthapuram Corporation |
| • Mayor | Adv. K. Chandrika |
| • Deputy Mayor | G. Happykumar |
| • Ceety Polis Commissioner | T.J. Jose IPS |
| • Memmer o Pairlament | Shashi Tharoor (Lok Sabha) |
| Area | |
| • Metropolitan Ceety | 214.86 km2 (82.96 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 10 m (30 ft) |
| Population (2011)[1] | |
| • Metropolitan Ceety | 752,490 |
| • Density | 4,454/km2 (11,540/sq mi) |
| • Metro[2] | 1,687,406 |
| Languages | |
| • Offeecial | Malayalam · Inglis |
| • Spoken leids | Malayalam · Inglis · Tamil |
| Time zone | IST (UTC+5:30) |
| PIN | 695 xxx |
| Telephone code | 91 (0)471 |
| Vehicle registration | KL-01, KL-22, KL-15 (for K.S.R.T.C) |
| Coastline | 78 kilometres (48 mi) |
| Sex ratio | 1064[1] ♂/♀ |
| Literacy | 93.72[1]% |
| Planning agency | TRIDA |
| Civic agency | Thiruvananthapuram Corporation |
| Distance frae Mumbai | 1,543 kilometres (959 mi) NW (land) |
| Distance from Delhi | 2,814 kilometres (1,749 mi) N (land) |
| Climate | Am/Aw (Köppen) |
| Precipitation | 1,700 millimetres (67 in) |
| Avg. annual temperatur | 27.2 °C (81.0 °F) |
| Avg. summer temperatur | 35 °C (95 °F) |
| Avg. winter temperatur | 24.4 °C (75.9 °F) |
| Website | www |
Thiruvananthapuram (IPA: [t̪iruʋənɨn̪t̪əpurəm] (
listen)) kent in Inglis as Trivandrum /trᵻˈvændrəm/, is the caipital o the Indie state o Kerala an the heidquairters o the Thiruvananthapuram destrict. It is locatit on the wast coast o Indie near the extreme sooth o the mainland. Referred tae bi Mahatma Gandhi as the "Ivergreen ceety o Indie",[3][4] the ceety is characterisit bi its undulatin terrain o law coastal hills an busy commercial alleys.[5] The ceety haes a population o mair than 750,000 inhabitants an a population o aroond 1.68 million in the urban agglomeration, Thiruvananthapuram is the lairgest an maist populous ceety in Kerala.[6] It is an IT hub o the state wi ower 80% o the state's software exports.[7][8][9]
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- ↑ Evergreencity of India
- ↑ The Indian encyclopaedia: biographical, historical, religious, administrative, ethnological, commercial and scientific. Archery-Banog, Volume 2. Genesis Publishing Pvt Ltd,. 2002. p. Page 7063.
- ↑ "India: metropolitan areas". World Gazetteer. Archived frae the original on 2010-02-28. Retrieved 2010-03-10.
- ↑ "Exports from companies in Technopark: Chapter 21, page:502, section:21.8" (PDF). Information And Communication Technology. Planning Board, Government of Kerala. 2009-12-01. Retrieved 2010-10-22.
- ↑ "Thiruvananthapuram ranked as 4th IT destination in India (page 4)". India's hottest IT destinations. Rediff. Retrieved 2010-10-22.
- ↑ "Exports from companies in Technopark: Chapter 21, page:220, section:21.66" (PDF). Information And Communication Technology. Planning Board, Government of Kerala. 2010-12-01. Retrieved 2011-02-28.
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