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{{Infobox settlement
| name = Kochi Metropolitan Area
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| settlement_type = [[Metropolitan Area]]
| image_skyline = Kochi India.jpg
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| image_caption = [[Marine Drive, Kochi|Marine Drive]], as seen from the [[Vembanad Lake]]
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| pushpin_map_caption = Location in Kerala, India
| subdivision_type = Country
| subdivision_name = [[India]]
| subdivision_type1 = [[States and territories of India|State]]
| subdivision_type2 = [[List of districts of India|District]]
| subdivision_name1 = [[Kerala]]
| subdivision_name2 = [[Ernakulam district|Ernakulam]]
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| unit_pref = Metric
| area_footnotes = <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.demographia.com/db-worldua.pdf|title=Demographia World Urban Areas|website=demographia.com|url-status=live|archive-url=https://www.webcitation.org/619NygDTb?url=http://www.demographia.com/db-worldua.pdf|archive-date=23 August 2011}}</ref>
| area_total_km2 = 440
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| population_total = 2,117,990
| population_as_of = 2020
| population_footnotes = <ref name="Pop_city">{{Cite web|url=http://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011-prov-results/paper2/data_files/india2/Million_Plus_UAs_Cities_2011.pdf|title=Urban Agglomerations/Cities having population 1 million and above|publisher=The Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India|access-date=16 October 2011}}</ref>
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| demographics_type1 = Languages
| demographics1_title1 = Official
| timezone1 = [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]
| utc_offset1 = +5:30
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| area_code = 0484
| area_code_type = Telephone code
| registration_plate = KL-7, KL-39, KL-40, KL-41, KL-42, KL-43,KL-63
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| demographics1_info1 = [[Malayalam language|Malayalam]]
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The '''Kochi metropolitan area''' or '''Kochi urban agglomeration''' is a [[metropolitan area]] centered around the city of [[Kochi]], in [[Ernakulam district]], [[Kerala]], [[India]]. With a population of more than 2.1 million within an area of 440 km², it is the largest and [[Demographics of Kerala#Most populous urban agglomerations|most populous]] metropolitan area in Kerala.<ref>http://www.citymayors.com/statistics/urban_2020_3.html</ref>

==Municipalities and Panchayaths==
The area constituted on the basis of census data 2011, consists of [[Kochi Municipal Corporation]], 9 municipalities, 15 [[Panchayaths]] and parts of 4 [[Panchayaths]]. The 9 municipalities are [[Aluva]], [[Thrippunithura]], [[Maradu]], [[Thrikkakara]], [[Kalamassery]], [[Eloor]], [[North Paravur]], [[Perumbavoor]] and [[Angamali]]. The fifteen [[Panchayaths]] consists of [[Chengamanad, Ernakulam district|Chengamanad]], [[Nedumbassery]], [[Cheranelloor]], [[Varapuzha]], [[Chennamangalam]], [[Kadamakkudy]], [[Mulavukad]], [[Kadungalloor]], [[Alengad]], [[Chottanikkara]], [[Choornikkara]], [[Edathala]], [[Kizhakkambalam]], [[Kumbalam, Ernakulam|Kumbalam]], [[Kottuvally]] and [[Vypin]] Island. {{Citation needed|date=March 2012}}.

The state government and the [[Greater Cochin Development Authority|GCDA]] have plans to include [[Mala, Kerala|Mala]] and [[Kodungallur]] in [[Thrissur district]]; [[Piravom]] and [[Kolenchery]] in [[Ernakulam district]]; [[Thalayolaparambu]] and [[Vaikom]] in [[Kottayam]]; and [[Cherthala]] in [[Alappuzha district]] within the Kochi metropolitan limits. The newly formed metropolis would be put under the charge of a new authority called Kochi Metropolitan Regional Development Authority.

==History==
{{Main| History of Kochi}}
{{IndiaCensusPop
| title= Kochi metropolitan area population over the years
| 1981= 824900
| 1991= 1140600
| 2001= 1536400
| 2011= 2117990
| estimate=
| estyear=
| estref=
| footnote= Source: [[Census of India]]<ref name="Census data">{{Cite web|url=http://mospi.gov.in/comenv2000tab7.2.11.htm |title=TABLE 7.2.11 |publisher=mospi.gov.in |access-date=23 June 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080813081037/http://mospi.gov.in/comenv2000tab7.2.11.htm |archive-date=13 August 2008}}</ref>
}}
Kochi was the princely state under the [[Kingdom of Kochi]] which came into existence in 1102, after the fall of the [[Kulasekhara dynasty (Venad)|Kulasekhara]] empire.<ref>[http://www.corporationofcochin.org/pages/Maintemp.asp?id=3&val=1 Kochi Kingdom] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060620160940/http://corporationofcochin.org/pages/Maintemp.asp?id=3&val=1 |date=20 June 2006 }} Corporation of Cochin official site</ref> The princely state had the Kochi mainland as the capital. The state was ruled by [[Cochin Royal Family]].

On the earlier days, the kingdom of Kochi was always under the shadow of the attacks from [[Zamorin|Samoothirippadu]] (often anglicised as Zamorin), the ruler of Malabar the northern neighbour. From 1503 to 1663, Kochi was allied to [[Portugal]]. Kochi hosted the grave of [[Vasco da Gama]], the first European explorer to set sail for India, who was buried at St. Francis Church until his remains were returned to Portugal in 1539.<ref>[http://encarta.msn.com/encyclopedia_761567498/Vasco_Da_Gama.html Vasco-Da-Gama] {{webarchive|url=https://www.webcitation.org/5kwqieHg1?url=http://encarta.msn.com/encyclopedia_761567498/Vasco_Da_Gama.html |date= 1 November 2009 }} Encarta encyclopedia. [https://www.webcitation.org/5kwqieHg1?url=http://encarta.msn.com/encyclopedia_761567498/Vasco_Da_Gama.html Archived] 2009-11-01.</ref> The Dutch, who had allied with the [[Zamorins]] in order to conquer Kochi, later became an ally of Kochi.

In the battle of Ambalapuzha (3 January 1754), the Dutch allied Kochi was defeated by [[Marthanda Varma]] of [[Travancore]] (who was allied with [[United Kingdom]]) after he defeated the Dutch in the [[Battle of Colachel]]-1741. In 1757 AD, a treaty was concluded between Travancore and Cochin, ensuring peace and stability on the Southern border. By 1773, the Mysore King [[Hyder Ali]] extended his conquest in the [[Malabar Coast|Malabar region]] to Kochi, forcing it to become a tributary of Mysore. The hereditary Prime Ministership of Kochi held by the [[Paliath Achan]]s came to an end during this period. The Dutch, who feared an outbreak of war on the [[Dutch Republic]] [[Anglo-Dutch Treaty of 1814|signed a treaty]] with the United Kingdom, had left South India by then. This was in exchange for the island of [[Bangka Island|Bangka]] as per the treaty.<ref>{{Cite web
|title=HISTORY OF BANGKA ISLAND
|url=http://www.indonesia-tourism.com/bangka-belitung/history.html
|url-status=dead
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121005003059/http://www.indonesia-tourism.com/bangka-belitung/history.html
|archive-date= 5 October 2012
}}</ref> Kochi was thus under the British rule, till [[India]] gained independence in 1947.

In 1949, [[Travancore-Cochin]] state came into being with the merger of Cochin and [[Travancore]]. After the King of Kochi refused to take any official position, The King of Travancore was made the [[Rajpramukh]] of the Travancore-Cochin Union from 1949 to 1956. Travancore-Cochin, was in turn merged with the [[Malabar district]] of the [[Madras]] State. Finally, the [[Government of India]]'s [[States Reorganisation Act]] (1956) inaugurated a new state Kerala; incorporating Travancore-Cochin (excluding the four southern Taluks which were merged with [[Madras State]]), Malabar District, and the [[tehsil|taluk]] of [[Kasaragod taluk|Kasargod]], [[South Kanara]].

The Kochi urban agglomeration was defined in 1998, with the [[corporation of Cochin]], municipalities of [[North Paravur]] [[Aluva]], [[Angamaly]], [[Kalamassery]], and 11 adjoining villages.

== Economy ==
[[File:Marine Drive Kochi Night View DSW.jpg|1100px|center|thumb|A night view of Marine Drive, Kochi]]
{{Main|Economy of Kochi}}

Kochi is known as the financial and economic capital of Kerala.<ref name="Financial Capital">{{cite web|work=[[The Hindu]]|url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-miscellaneous/tp-others/setting-a-scorching-pace-the-metro-saga/article18717013.ece|title=Setting a scorching pace: the metro saga|access-date=22 October 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180303164152/http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-miscellaneous/tp-others/setting-a-scorching-pace-the-metro-saga/article18717013.ece|archive-date=3 March 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|publisher=[[Malayala Manorama]]|url=http://english.manoramaonline.com/news/kerala/2017/06/06/special-features-kochi-metro-three-coach-wonder.html|title=Check out the 10 novelties onboard Kochi Metro|access-date=23 October 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171023064040/http://english.manoramaonline.com/news/kerala/2017/06/06/special-features-kochi-metro-three-coach-wonder.html|archive-date=23 October 2017}}</ref>

The economic growth gathered momentum after [[economic reforms in India]] introduced by the [[Government of India|central government]] in the mid-1990s. Since 2000, the [[Tertiary sector of industry|service sector]] has energized the economy{{Citation needed|date=October 2012}}. Over the years, the city has witnessed rapid commercialisation, and has today grown into the commercial capital of Kerala.<ref>[http://www.kerala.gov.in/statistical/panchayat_statistics2001/ekm_shis.htm Statistics of Ernakulam in 2001] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060528151219/http://www.kerala.gov.in/statistical/panchayat_statistics2001/ekm_shis.htm |date=28 May 2006}} Official site of Government of Kerala</ref>

==References==
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== External links ==
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* [http://www.ekm.kerala.gov.in/ Government of Kerala – Ernakulam Portal]
* [http://ernakulam.nic.in/ Government of India – Ernakulam Portal]

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