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{{Infobox settlement
| name = Kolenchery
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| settlement_type = Suburb
| image_skyline = File:Kolenchery church.JPG
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| image_caption = Kolenchery church
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| pushpin_map_caption = Location in Kerala, India
| coordinates = {{coord|9.982968|N|76.476388|E|display=inline,title}}
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| subdivision_type1 = [[States and territories of India|State]]
| subdivision_name1 = [[Kerala]]
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| subdivision_name2 = [[Ernakulam district|Ernakulam]]
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| timezone1 = [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]
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| postal_code = 682311
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| area_code = 0484
| registration_plate = KL-17
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'''Kolenchery''' is a town and the easternmost suburb of the city of [[Kochi]] in [[Kerala]], [[India]]. Located on National Highway 49 ([[National Highway 49 (India)|NH 49]]) it is situated 22 kilometres away from [[Cochin]]. It is part of the [[Kunnathunad (State Assembly constituency)|Kunnathunad]] State Assembly constituency and is part of the [[Chalakudy (Lok Sabha constituency)|Chalakudy]] Lok Sabha constituency. Kolenchery is situated approximately midway between [[Cochin]] and [[Muvattupuzha]]. It lies in the transition between "''Edanad''" (midlands) and "''Keezhmalanad''" (higher midlands).

[[St. Peter and St. Paul's Church, Kolenchery|St. Peter's and St. Paul's Orthodox Church, Kolenchery]] is an ancient and historic church at Kolenchery, built by Thankan Mappila of the Kolenchery family in the 6th century. The name Kolenchery is derived from the place [[Kozhencherry|Kozhenchery]] in [[Pathanamthitta district|Pathanamthitta]] from where Thankan Mappila had migrated.<ref name="(India)Menon1982">{{cite book|author1=Kerala (India)|author2=A. Sreedhara Menon|title=Kerala District Gazetteers: Arnakulam|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=pby1AAAAIAAJ|access-date=18 March 2011|year=1982|publisher=printed by the Superintendent of Govt. Presses}}</ref> Kolenchery is a [[Saint Thomas Christians|Syrian Christian]] with the [[Jacobite Syrian Christian Church|Jacobites]] faction being the majority than the [[Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church]] faction. St Peter's College in the town has conducted botanical research.<ref name="Centre2008">{{cite book|author=Indian National Scientific Documentation Centre|title=Indian science abstracts|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=oq_aAAAAMAAJ|access-date=18 March 2011|year=2008|publisher=Indian National Scientific Documentation Centre.}}</ref>

==Location==

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{{Geographic Location
|title = '''Destinations from Kolenchery'''
|Northwest = [[Kakkanad]]
|North = [[Perumbavoor]]
|Northeast = Nellad
|Centre = Kolenchery
|East = [[Muvattupuzha]]
|Southwest = [[Mulanthuruthy]]
|South = [[Piravom]]
|Southeast = [[Pampakuda]]
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==See also==
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malankara_Orthodox_Syrian_Church_Medical_College,_Kolenchery

==References==
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==External links==
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