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[[File:Paikkada road in Kollam city.jpg|right|thumb|Paikkada road in Downtown Kollam - Once this road was the nerve centre of the [[Malabar Coast]]'s business capital '[[Quilon]]']]<br />
'''Downtown Kollam''' is the primary [[central business district]] in the city of [[Kollam]], [[Kerala]], [[India]]. Located entirely within the former municipality of old [[Quilon]], it is approximately bounded by [[Chinnakada]] to the east, [[Tangasseri|Thangassery]] to the West, [[Cutchery]] to the north, and [[Mundakkal]] to the South. The area is popularly known for its business activities. [[Kollam]] was formerly an international emporium of trade and today remains a prosperous commercial centre.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://kollam.nic.in/Tou.html |title=Places to Visit - Kollam |access-date=8 September 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170505101027/http://www.kollam.nic.in/Tou.html |archive-date=5 May 2017 |url-status=dead }}</ref><br />
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The downtown area of Kollam has a long business history. Marco Polo, the Venetian traveller, who was in Chinese service under [[Kubla Khan]] in 1275, visited Kollam and other towns on the west coast, in his capacity as a Chinese mandarin.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://kollam.nic.in/history.html |title=Short History of Kollam |access-date=1 October 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110518045229/http://kollam.nic.in/history.html |archive-date=18 May 2011 |url-status=dead }}</ref> He pointed out that Old Kollam was the only town on the west coast of India with multi-story buildings, some of which still stand today. He found Christians and Jews living in ''Coilum'' (Kollam) as well as merchants from China and Arabia. Polo left a detailed account of Kollam in his writings, extracts of which are reproduced in the ''[[Travancore State Manual]]''. Many clothing, vegetables, stationary, pharmaceuticals, and spice wholesale-retail dealers do business in the downtown area of this old industrial city and there are many hotels in the downtown area. The proximity to [[Kollam Port]] makes this area one of the biggest business centres in [[India]]. It also contains the buildings of the [[Kollam Municipal Corporation]].<br />
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==Big Bazaar and Pharma City==<br />
Nowadays Downtown Kollam is one of the largest [[central business district]]s in the state of [[Kerala]]. The area is noted for its rich trade history and culture. Kollam's main road runs through the center of this downtown business district of Old Quilon.<ref>[http://www.quickerala.com/kollam/big-bazaar/lcty-2103/p-1 Listings in Big bazaar, Downtown Kollam]</ref><ref>[http://maps.mapmyindia.com/explore/big+bazaar+market-kollam-kerala-efet8a Big Bazaar Market, Kollam]</ref> The north-south area of this downtown is popularly known as ''Big bazaar''. As the name indicates, it is the biggest bazaar in city of Kollam. There are many rice, spice and cloth merchants doing business in the Big bazaar area.<ref>[http://www.quickerala.com/kollam/big-bazaar/lcty-2103/p-1 Listings in Big bazaar, Downtown Kollam]</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://kollam.guialis.co.in/guidestreet/chamakkada-bigbazar |title=Companies in Chamakkada Bigbazar of Kollam |access-date=8 September 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305003950/http://kollam.guialis.co.in/guidestreet/chamakkada-bigbazar |archive-date=5 March 2016 |url-status=dead }}</ref><br />
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The area behind Kollam District hospital is known as ''Pharma city'' because of its large number of pharmaceutical and surgical distributors. The place is also a favorite destination of doctors and physicians in the city. There are also many electronics and laptop service centres.<br />
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==Business centres==<br />
[[File:Arial view of off Chinnakada in Downtown Kollam.jpg|right|thumb|Aerial view of off-Chinnakada in Downtown Kollam]]<br />
[[File:RP Mall, Kollam.jpg|thumb|right|[[RP Mall, Kollam|RP Mall]] - A view from Downtown area, [[Kollam]]]]<br />
[[File:Arial view of Chinnakada in 2008.jpg|thumb|right|An aerial view of [[Chinnakada]] in Downtown Kollam during 2008]]<br />
* Valiyakada<br />
* Lakshminada<br />
* [[Chamakada]]<br />
* [[Chinnakada]]<br />
* [[Pullikada]]<br />
* Paikkada<br />
* [[Kadappakada]]<br />
* Kottamukku<br />
* [[Kochupilamoodu]]<br />
* Vadakkumbhagam<br />
* [[Pallithottam]]<br />
* [[Kollam Beach]]<br />
* Vadayattukotta<br />
* [[Thamarakulam]]<br />
* [[Andamukkam]]<br />
* Vaddy<br />
* Kaval<br />
* [[Tangasseri|Thangassery]]<br />
* [[Kollam Port|Port Kollam]]<br />
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==Notable shopping centres==<br />
* [[Bishop Jerome Nagar]]<br />
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==External links==<br />
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[[Category:Neighbourhoods in Kollam]]<br />
[[Category:Economy of Kollam]]<br />
[[Category:Retail markets in Kollam]]<br />
[[Category:Tourist attractions in Kollam]]</div>>Monkbot