Thoothukudi

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Thoothukudi ( Tuttukkudi; Tamil: தூத்துக்குடி Tūttukkuṭi [TU ː t ː ː ɯk uɖi ] ), formerly anglicised Tuticorin, is a port city in the South Indian state of Tamil Nadu with around 238,000 inhabitants ( 2011 census ). It lies on the Gulf of Mannar, about 100 kilometers northeast of Cape Comorin, the southernmost point of the Indian mainland and 530 kilometers southwest of Chennai. It is the capital of the district of the same name.

Thoothukudi was a major port city in ancient times. In modern times it was an important stronghold of European colonial powers dar. newly founded by the Portuguese around the middle of the 16th century, Thoothukudi was in 1658 in the Netherlands and 1825 in British possession over.

Previously, the pearling main livelihood of the population. Today, the city location of the cotton, fisheries, salt, and tobacco industries. The opened in 1974, man-made seaport is one of the 12 major seaports of India and next to Navi Mumbai and Chennai Hauptumschlagsort for container freight. The port has high annual growth rates, not least thanks to its convenient location near the main shipping routes. 2004/ 05 15.81 million tons were handled here. Of this total, 12.06 million tons (76 percent) on imports, especially coal, piece goods, fertilizers and fertilizer raw materials and copper concentrate. We exported 3.75 million tons, mainly general cargo, granite, building materials and salt. In Thoothukudi there is also a domestic airport. Since June 2011, passenger ferries operate from Thoothukudi to Colombo. Thus, there is a thirty -year hiatus due to the civil war again a ferry service between India and Sri Lanka.

Basilica of Our Lady of the Snows in Thoothukudi