Kanniyakumari, Tamil Nādu, India


🇮🇳 Kanyakumari; lit. "The Virgin Princess" is a town in Kanyakumari District near Nagercoil in the state of Tamil Nadu in India. It is the southern tip of Indian subcontinent. The southernmost town in mainland India, it is sometimes referred to as 'The Land's End'. A popular tourist destination in India, it is famous for its unique ocean sunrise, sunset and moonrise, the 41-metre (133 ft) Thiruvalluvar Statue and Vivekananda Rock Memorial off the coast, and as a pilgrimage centre. Lying at the tip of peninsular India, Kanyakumari is bordered on the west, south and east by the Laccadive Sea. It has a coastal line of 71.5 km stretched on the three sides.

The town is situated 90 km south of Trivandrum, the headquarters of Kanyakumari District, and about 200 km south of Theni. On the shores of the town is a temple dedicated to Goddess Kanyakumari (the virgin Goddess), after which the town is named. Kanyakumari has been a city since the Sangam period and has been referred to in old Malayalam literature and in the accounts of Marco Polo and Ptolemy.

Kanniyakumari, Tamil Nādu, India 
<b>Kanniyakumari, Tamil Nādu, India</b>
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Kanniyakumari has a population of over 29,760 people. Kanniyakumari also forms part of the wider Kanyakumari District which has a population of over 1,870,374 people. Kanniyakumari is situated 18 km south-east of Nagercoil.

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Antipodal to Kanniyakumari is: -102.433,-8.083

Locations Near: Kanniyakumari 77.5667,8.08333

🇮🇳 Nagercoil 77.432,8.169 d: 17.6  

🇮🇳 Tirunelveli 77.687,8.727 d: 72.8  

🇮🇳 Thiruvananthapuram 76.953,8.487 d: 81.1  

🇮🇳 Trivandrum 76.946,8.483 d: 81.5  

🇮🇳 Varkala 76.726,8.734 d: 117.5  

🇮🇳 Kollam 76.591,8.884 d: 139.4  

🇮🇳 Pathanamthitta 76.783,9.261 d: 156.7  

🇮🇳 Srivilliputhur 77.633,9.512 d: 159  

🇮🇳 Kayamkulam 76.498,9.172 d: 168.7  

🇮🇳 Virudhunagar 77.95,9.567 d: 170.2  

Antipodal to: Kanniyakumari -102.433,-8.083

🇵🇪 Talara -81.267,-4.567 d: 17643.9  

🇵🇪 Máncora -81.05,-4.1 d: 17610.3  

🇵🇪 Piura -80.633,-5.2 d: 17586.5  

🇺🇸 Sterling Heights -83.001,2.544 d: 17557.2  

🇪🇨 Salinas -80.968,-2.207 d: 17550.9  

🇪🇨 La Libertad -80.9,-2.233 d: 17544.4  

🇪🇨 Santa Elena -80.858,-2.227 d: 17539.7  

🇵🇪 Chiclayo -79.844,-6.764 d: 17520.4  

🇪🇨 Manta -80.7,-0.95 d: 17480.3  

🇪🇨 Machala -79.967,-3.267 d: 17473  

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