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The urban councils of Kerala date back to the 17th century, when the Dutch Malabar established the municipality of Fort Kochi.In 1664, the municipality of Fort Kochi was established by Dutch Malabar, making it the first municipality in the Indian subcontinent, which was dissolved when the Dutch authority got weaker in the 18th century. [3]
Kerala is the second most urbanized state in India. 47.7% of the total population of Kerala is considered as urban population. It was just 25.9% a decade ago. [when?] [1] The state consists of six city municipal corporations and 87 municipalities across its 14 districts. [2]
It has a population of 1.7 million as per the 2011 Census of India. [2] It is the only city in Kerala with a million-plus urban agglomeration that is yet to be upgraded to a Municipal Corporation. It is the fastest-growing metropolitan area in the world with a 44.1% urban growth between 2015 and 2020 as per the survey conducted by Economist ...
As of 2011, the Thiruvananthapuram Municipal Corporation had a population of 957,730 over an area of 214.86 km2, [12] making it the largest and the most populous city in Kerala. [11] The larger Thiruvananthapuram metropolitan area had over 1.7 million inhabitants within an area of 543 km2. [13]
The Chinese municipality of Chongqing, which is the largest city proper in the world by population, comprises a huge administrative area of 82,403 km 2, around the size of Austria. However, more than 70% of its 30-million population are agricultural workers living in a rural setting .
The following is a list of the 100 largest cities in the Americas by city proper population using the most recent official estimate. [1] [2] [circular reference] São Paulo in Brazil is the most populous city in the Americas, the western hemisphere and also the southern hemisphere. Lima, the capital of Peru, and the second largest city in the ...
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Rank District Pop. Thiruvananthapuram Kozhikode: 1: Thiruvananthapuram: Thiruvananthapuram district: 968,990 Kochi Kollam: 2: Kozhikode: Kozhikode district: 609,224