Angamaly
Sign in to savethumb|Angamaly Junction Angamaly () is a municipality in the Ernakulam district of Kerala, India. Angamaly is part of the Kochi metropolitan area and is located northeast of the Kochi city centre. As of the 2011 Indian census, the municipality has a population of 33,465 people and a population density of .
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- Angamaly
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- Angamali
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- Municipality
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- Angamaly Junction
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- Airport City
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- town
- Country
- India
- Located in
- Kerala
- Official language
- Malayalam
- Currency
- Indian rupee
- Population
- +33424
- Elevation
- +31
- Time zone
- UTC+05:30
- Form of government
- parliamentary system
- Shares border with
- Chalakudy
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thumb|Angamaly Junction Angamaly () is a municipality in the Ernakulam district of Kerala, India. Angamaly is part of the Kochi metropolitan area and is located northeast of the Kochi city centre. As of the 2011 Indian census, the municipality has a population of 33,465 people and a population density of .
== History == Several old coins and other artifacts demonstrate that this region was predominantly Buddhist and Jain. Malayatoor Church, an international shrine, is located nearby. Tradition states that Thomas the Apostle visited the region from Kodungaloor port in AD 52. There is evidence of churches in the locality built as early as AD 409 and AD 822. Angamaly was the headquarters of Mar Abraham, the last East Syriac bishop of the Archdiocese of Angamaly.