Nagercoil
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Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Nagercoil
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Municipal corporation
- Settlement.image_caption
- Clockwise from top: Nagercoil Clock Tower, St. Xavier's Cathedral, Nagaraja Temple, Nagercoil Junction railway station
- Settlement.nicknames
- Granary of South Travancore, Greenest City of Tamilnadu, City of Temple Jewels, Southernmost City of India
- Settlement.map_caption
- Nagercoil in Tamil Nadu
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- India Tamil Nadu
- Settlement.pushpin_label_position
- right
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_name
- India
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- State
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Tamil Nadu
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- city
- Country
- India
- Located in
- Kerala
- Area
- +24.247
- Elevation
- +40
- Time zone
- UTC+05:30
- Capital of
- Kanniyakumari district
- Official website
- www.kanyakumari.tn.nic.in/municip.html
- Image
- Nagaraja temple.JPG
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- Etymology
- History
- Demographics
- Economy
- Energy
- Architecture
- Politics
- Law
- Kanniyakumari District Police Department
- Education
- literacy rate
- Culture
- Nanjil Nadu Cuisine
- Transport
- Bus transport
- Rail transport
- Air transport
- Notable people
- Sports
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Nagercoil, natively spelt as Nāgarkovil (, "Temple of the Nāgas", or Nagaraja-Temple), is a municipal corporation and the administrative headquarters of Kanyakumari District in Tamil Nadu state, India. Situated close to the tip of the Indian peninsula, it lies on an undulating terrain between the Western Ghats and the Arabian Sea.
thumb|Nagaraja Temple at Nagercoil