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Kannur

Our next tourist destination is Kannur also recognized as Cannanore located in  Kerala  State, India. Kannur is the spot placed at 518 kms distance in north direction of capital  Trivandrum .   At the time of British rule, Kannur city was identified as Cannanore (the old name of city). Kannur is placed on 6 th place in list of largest city of  Kerala  following Thiruvananthapuram,  Kochi/Cochin ,  Kozhikode , Thrissur and Kollam. Kannur city was formed in 1867, though today it is one of the biggest town agglomerations of India with average populace of 1,700,000 as per 2011 census. Immaculate beaches of Kannur are world famous, though other popular things of Kannur are arts and handloom. Kannur is important city for military values as well. City is housing 62 military cantonments of India. India’s best Naval Academy is located at Ezhimala, which is only 35 kms away from Kannur City. INA (Indian Naval Academy) is largest naval ac...