Kottayam
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Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Kottayam
- Settlement.settlement_type
- City
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Kottayam Collage.jpg
- Settlement.image_caption
- Top to bottom, left to right: MC Mathew memorial at Thirunakkara, Aksharashilpam, Immaculate Heart of Mary Cathedral, Kodimatha Boat Jetty, Kottayam Government Medical College, CMS College Kottayam
- Settlement.native_name_lang
- Malayalam
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- India Kerala#India
- Settlement.pushpin_label_position
- right
- Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
- Kottayam (Kerala)
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- State
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Kerala
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- big city
- Country
- India
- Located in
- Kottayam district
- Area
- +57.2
- Elevation
- +3
- Time zone
- UTC+05:30
- Capital of
- Kottayam district
- Official website
- kottayam.nic.in
- Image
- Kottayam Collage.jpg
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Article
19 sectionsContents
- Etymology
- History
- Thekkumkur rule (1103 - 1753)
- Travancore rule (1753 - 1949)
- Contemporary period (1949 - Present)
- Geography
- Climate
- Demographics
- Literature
- Education
- Media
- Sports
- Governance
- Legislature
- Executive
- Judiciary
- Politics
- References
- External links
Kottayam () is a city in the Kottayam district of Kerala, India. It is the district headquarters of the district and is located about north of the state capital Thiruvananthapuram. As per the 2011 Indian census, Kottayam has a population of 136,812 people, and a population density of . Kottayam is also referred to as "the City of Letters" as many of the first Malayalam daily newspapers, such as Deepika, Malayala Manorama, and Mangalam, were started and are headquartered in Kottayam, as are a number of publishing houses.
==Etymology== The royal palace of the Thekkumkur ruler was protected by a fort called Thaliyilkotta. It is believed that the name Kottayam is derived from a combination of the Malayalam words kotta which means fort (Thaliyilkotta) and akam which means inside. The combined form, Kottaykkakam (കോട്ടയ്ക്കകം), can be translated as "inside the fort".