Nagapattinam
| Nagapattinam நாகப்பட்டினம் |
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| State : | Tamil Nadu | ||
| District : | Nagapattinam | ||
| Sub-district : | Nagapattinam | ||
| Location : | 10 ° 46 ′ N , 79 ° 51 ′ E | ||
| Height : | 7 m | ||
| Residents : | 102,905 (2011) | ||
Nagapattinam ( Tamil : நாகப்பட்டினம் Nākappaṭṭiṉam [ ˈnaːɡʌpːaʈːinʌm ]; also: Nagapatnam , obsolete: Negapatam ) is a city in the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu with around 103,000 inhabitants (2011 census). It is located in the delta of the Kaveri on the Coromandel coast on the Bay of Bengal around 250 kilometers south of Chennai (Madras). Nagapattinam is the administrative seat of Nagapattinam District .
The city's history dates back to ancient times: The Greek geographer Claudius Ptolemy the place in the 2nd century as is Nigamos and in the 13th century when the Persian historian Rashid ad-Din as Malifattan mentioned. In the 16th century, the Portuguese established a base in Nagapattinam. In 1660 the city fell to the Netherlands and remained the most important Dutch possession in India before being conquered by the British in 1781 . After the Kingdom of Thanjavur came under British rule in 1799, Nagapattinam was made the capital of the newly established Thanjavur District and remained so until 1845. After Indian independence, Nagapattinam became the district capital again in 1991 when the old district of Thanjavur was divided into the districts of Thanjavur and Nagapattinam. In 2004, the Nagapattinam area was one of the stretches of coastline hardest hit by the tsunami in India.
From an administrative point of view, the town of Nagapattinam also includes the town of Nagore , located around six kilometers to the north , an important Muslim pilgrimage site. Here is a shrine ( dargah ) at the tomb of Sufi saint Syed Shahul Hamid Qadir Vali (Nagore Andavar), who lived in the 16th century. Once a year there is a 14-day festival in honor of the saint. Velankanni , the most important Christian pilgrimage site in India, is twelve kilometers south of Nagapattinam .
71 percent of the population are Hindus . There is also a larger minority of Muslims (25 percent) and a smaller Christian minority (4 percent). As in all of Tamil Nadu, the main language is Tamil, which is spoken by 99 percent of the population as their mother tongue.
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- ^ Census of India 2011.
- ^ Census of India 2011: C-1 Population By Religious Community. Tamil Nadu.
- ↑ Census of India 2001: C-16 City: Population by Mother Tongue (Tamil Nadu), accessed under Tabulations Plan of Census Year - 2001 .