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{{Infobox settlement<br />
| name = Chinnakada<br />
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| other_name = Chinnakkada<br />
| nickname = <br />
| settlement_type = [[Central business district|CBD]] & [[Neighbourhood]]<br />
| image_skyline = Chinnakada Collage, May 2020.jpg<br />
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| image_caption = From top clockwise: [[Chinnakada Clock Tower|Clock Tower]], [[RP Mall, Kollam|RP Mall]], [[Bishop Jerome Nagar]], [[Residency Road]]<br />
| pushpin_map = India Kollam#Kerala<br />
| pushpin_label_position = right<br />
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| pushpin_map_caption = Location in [[Kollam]], [[India]]<br />
| coordinates = {{coord|8.887|N|76.591|E|display=inline,title}}<br />
| subdivision_type = Country<br />
| subdivision_name = {{flag|India}}<br />
| subdivision_type1 = [[States and territories of India|State]]<br />
| subdivision_name1 = [[Kerala]]<br />
| subdivision_type2 = [[List of districts of India|District]]<br />
| subdivision_name2 = [[Kollam district|Kollam]]<br />
| established_title = <!-- Established --><br />
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| founder = <br />
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| governing_body = [[Kollam Municipal Corporation|Kollam Municipal Corporation(KMC)]]<br />
| unit_pref = Metric<br />
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| population_density_km2 = auto<br />
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| demographics_type1 = Languages<br />
| demographics1_title1 = Official<br />
| demographics1_info1 = [[Malayalam language|Malayalam]], [[English language|English]]<br />
| timezone1 = [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]<br />
| utc_offset1 = +5:30<br />
| postal_code_type = [[Postal Index Number|PIN]]<br />
| postal_code = 691001<br />
| registration_plate = KL-02<br />
| blank1_name_sec1 = [[Lok Sabha]] constituency<br />
| blank1_info_sec1 = [[Kollam (Lok Sabha constituency)|Kollam]]<br />
| blank2_name_sec1 = Civic agency<br />
| blank2_info_sec1 = [[Kollam Municipal Corporation]]<br />
| blank1_name_sec2 = Avg. summer temperature<br />
| blank1_info_sec2 = {{convert|34|°C|°F}}<br />
| blank2_name_sec2 = Avg. winter temperature<br />
| blank2_info_sec2 = {{convert|22|°C|°F}}<br />
| website = http://www.kollam.nic.in<br />
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'''Chinnakada''' or '''Chinnakkada''' is considered as the heart of the [[Kollam|city of Kollam]] in [[Kerala]], [[India]]. Chinnakada is a busy junction where 5 city roads and one National highway interconnect at a traffic roundabout. The city's symbolic [[Chinnakada Clock Tower|clock tower]] is located in Chinnakada. To reduce the traffic congestion in Chinnakada, [[Kollam Municipal Corporation]] constructed an underpass near to clock tower.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/thiruvananthapuram/Its-traffic-nightmare-in-Kollam-as-underpass-work-resumes/articleshow/35133911.cms | title=It's traffic nightmare in Kollam as underpass work resumes | date=15 May 2014 | newspaper=The Times of India | access-date=18 May 2018 }}</ref> [[Marine Products Export Development Authority|Marine Products Export Development Authority (MPEDA)]]'s [[Kollam]] sub-regional office is situated at Chinnakada.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.mpeda.com/overview/our.htm |title=MPEDA |access-date=9 February 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150126132602/http://www.mpeda.com/overview/our.htm |archive-date=26 January 2015 }}</ref><br />
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==Toponomy==<br />
The name ''Chinnakada'' may be derived from ''China-Kada'', which means China [[bazaar]]. Another explanation is that due to the presence of a large number of [[Tamil people]] in Kollam, they named the area ''Chinnakada'', which means "small market" in the [[Tamil language]]. This derivation fits with the toponomy of ''Valiakada'' adjacent to Chinnakada, which means "big market" in [[Malayalam]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://paru.in/history-of-kollam |title=Archived copy |access-date=2015-11-05 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150602135640/http://paru.in/history-of-kollam |archive-date=2015-06-02 }} History of Kollam</ref><br />
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;Other areas in Kollam ending with the word ''kada'' in the name<br />
*[[Kadappakada]]<br />
*Payikkada<br />
*[[Pullikada]]<br />
*[[Chamakada]]<br />
*Valiyakada<br />
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== History==<br />
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The ancient city of [[Kollam]], then known as Quilon, was an important center for trade with the [[China|Chinese]].<ref>[http://www.ecostat.kerala.gov.in/docs/pdf/district/klm.pdf] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140102192431/http://www.ecostat.kerala.gov.in/docs/pdf/district/klm.pdf |date=2 January 2014 }} Short History - Kollam</ref><br />
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== Chinnakada Underpass ==<br />
[[File:Arial view of Chinnakada in 2008.jpg|thumb|left|Aerial view of Chinnakada in 2008]]<br />
The Chinnakada Underpass is a public road infrastructure project for the city of [[Kollam]] as part of the Kerala Sustainable Urban Development Project supported by the [[Asian Development Bank|Asian Development Bank (ADB)]] to ease traffic congestion at Chinnakada, the city [[central business district|CBD]] of [[Kollam]].<ref>[http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-kerala/chinnakada-underpass-dispute-settled/article1242555.ece Chinnakada underpass: dispute settled]</ref> The presence of an existing Railway over bridge and three close intersections with heavy traffic limits the option for traffic management measures including junction improvement. That caused the authorities to think about this underpass at Chinnakada. Chinnakada is a complex junction where roads from [[Thiruvananthapuram]], [[Alappuzha]], [[Downtown Kollam|Downtown]], [[Sengottai]], [[Asramam Maidan|Ashramam]], [[Kollam Beach]] and the [[Andamukkam City Bus Stand|City bus stand]] road meets.<br />
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Preliminary design for underpass was prepared by NATPAC'' (NATPAC - National Transportation Planning and Research Centre)''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.natpac.kerala.gov.in/ |title=NATPAC |access-date=9 February 2017}}</ref> involving the acquisition of {{convert|0.08|hectare}} of government land on a temporary basis.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://indiagovernance.gov.in/files/kerala.pdf |title=ADB Resettlement Planning Document - Chinnakada underpass |access-date=23 June 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714122130/http://indiagovernance.gov.in/files/kerala.pdf |archive-date=14 July 2014 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Height of the road passage above the underpass was increased to {{convert|5.5|m}} from {{convert|5|m}} to facilitate movement of modern container trucks through the underpass. Underpass has been thrown open to the public by the end of May 2015.<ref>[http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-kerala/chinnakada-underpass-work-to-be-over-by-september/article6093999.ece Chinnakada underpass work to be over by September]</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-kerala/traffic-remains-messy-at-chinnakada/article7280892.ece |title=Traffic remains messy at Chinnakada - The Hindu |access-date=4 June 2015}}</ref><br />
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== Gallery ==<br />
{{wide image|Chinnakada Panorama, Sep 2015.jpg|1500px|Panorama of Chinnakada, the [[central business district|CBD]] of [[Kollam|Kollam (Quilon)]] city in [[India]] in September 2015}}<br />
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File:Upcoming Pulimootil Silks at Chinnakada, Kollam.jpg|Upcoming Pulimootil Silks building at Chinnakada, [[Kollam]]<br />
File:Chinnakada Roundabout, Kollam.jpg|Chinnakada Roundabout, [[Kollam]]<br />
File:Bishop Jerome Nagar, Kollam.jpg|Bishop Jerome Nagar: One of the popular shopping destinations in [[Kollam]] city<br />
File:RP Mall, Kollam.jpg|RP Mall, off Chinnakada<br />
File:Front view of Bishop Jerome Nagar, Kollam.jpg|Front view of Bishop Jerome Nagar<br />
File:Clock tower in Chinnakkada, Kollam.jpg|[[Chinnakada Clock Tower|Clock tower]] in Chinnakada<br />
File:Chinnakada bus stop, Kollam.jpg|Chinnakada bus stop<br />
File:Chinnakada Clocktower, Jul 2015.jpg|Renovated Chinnakada flyover and Clocktower<br />
</gallery><br />
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== See also ==<br />
* [[Kollam]]<br />
* [[Kollam Junction railway station]]<br />
* [[Kollam district]]<br />
* [[Kollam Port]]<br />
* [[Kollam Beach]]<br />
* [[Kollam pooram|Kollam Pooram]]<br />
* [[Andamukkam City Bus Stand]]<br />
* [[Kadappakada]]<br />
* [[Asramam Maidan]]<br />
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== References ==<br />
{{Commons category|Chinnakada}}<br />
{{reflist}}<br />
{{Kollam |state=expanded}}<br />
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[[Category:Neighbourhoods in Kollam]]<br />
[[Category:Shopping districts and streets in India]]</div>>Monkbot