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{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2019}} {{Use Indian English|date=January 2019}} {{Infobox settlement | name = Nagercoil | settlement_type = Municipal Corporation City | image_skyline = {{multiple image|perrow = 1/2/2|align = center|total_width=275|caption_align=center| | image1 = Nagercoil Clock Tower.jpg |image4 = Nagaraja Temple, Nagercoil.JPG | image3 = St. Xavier's Church, Kottar.JPG | image2 = Nagercoil Junction Railway Station.JPG }} | image_caption = '''Clockwise from top:''' [[Nagercoil Clock Tower]], St. Xavier's Cathedral, [[Nagaraja Temple, Nagercoil|Nagaraja Temple]], [[Nagercoil Junction railway station]] | image_alt = | nicknames = Granary of South Travancore, Greenest City of Tamilnadu, City of Temple Jewels, Southernmost City of India | map_alt = | map_caption = Nagercoil in Tamil Nadu | pushpin_map = India Tamil Nadu | pushpin_label_position = right | pushpin_map_alt = | pushpin_map_caption = | coordinates = {{coord|8|10|30|N|77|25|50|E|display=inline,title}} | subdivision_type = [[List of sovereign states|Country]] | subdivision_name = {{flag|India}} | subdivision_type1 = [[States and territories of India|State]] | subdivision_name1 = [[File:TamilNadu Logo.svg|22px]] [[Tamil Nadu]] | subdivision_type2 = [[List of districts of India|District]] | subdivision_name2 = [[Kanyakumari district|Kanyakumari]] | named_for = "Temple of the [[Nāga]]s" | government_type = [[Mayor–council government|Mayor–Council]] | governing_body = [[Nagercoil Municipal Corporation]] | leader_title1 = Mayor | leader_name1 = Mr. Magesh [[Bachelor of Arts|BA]] [[Bachelor of Law|BL]] | leader_title2 = Deputy Mayor | leader_name2 = Mrs. Mary Princy [[Master of Arts|MA]] | leader_title3 = Corporation Commissioner | leader_name3 = Mr. Nishant Krishna<ref>{{Cite web |title=Commissioner |url=https://nagercoilcorporation.in/commissioner/ |access-date=2024-04-25 |website=Nagercoil Corporation |language=en-US}}</ref> [[Indian Administrative Service|IAS]] | leader_title4 = Member of Parliament | leader_name4 = [[Vijay Vasanth]] | leader_title5 = | leader_name5 = | unit_pref = | area_footnotes = | area_rank = | area_total_km2 = 61.36 | elevation_footnotes = | elevation_m = 82 | population_total = 289,916 | population_as_of = 2011 | population_density_km2 = auto | population_demonym = | population_footnotes = <ref>{{cite web|url=https://nagercoilcorporation.in/about-nagercoil-corporation/|title=Nagercoil corporation}}</ref> | blank3_name_sec1 = Literacy | blank3_info_sec1 = 96.99%<ref>{{cite web|title=Census2011|url=http://www.census2011.co.in/census/city/490-nagercoil.html|website=Tamil Nadu Population Census data 2011|publisher=Tamil Nadu Government|access-date=2 April 2015}}</ref> | blank2_name_sec2 = [[Climate of India|Climate]] | blank2_info_sec2 = [[Tropical savanna climate|Aw]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://en.climate-data.org/asia/india/tamil-nadu/nagercoil-23976/|title=Nagercoil climate: Average Temperature, weather by month, Nagercoil weather averages - Climate-Data.org|website=en.climate-data.org}}</ref> {{small|([[Köppen climate classification|Köppen]])}} | blank3_name_sec2 = [[Precipitation (meteorology)|Precipitation]] | blank3_info_sec2 = {{convert|2477.7|mm|in}} | demographics_type1 = Languages | demographics1_title1 = Official | demographics1_title2 = Deputy mayor | demographics1_info1 = [[Tamil language|Tamil]] | demographics1_info2 = | timezone1 = [[Indian Standard Time|IST]] | utc_offset1 = +5:30 | postal_code_type = [[Postal Index Number|PIN]] | postal_code = 629001,629002,629003,629004 | area_code_type = Telephone code | area_code = 91-4652 & 91-4651 | registration_plate = TN-74 & TN-75 | leader_title = Member of Legislative Assembly | leader_name = [[M. R. Gandhi]] }} '''Nagercoil''', natively spelt as '''Nāgarkovil''' ({{IPA|ta|n̪aːhɐɾkoːʋil|lang}}, "Temple of the [[Nāga]]s", or Nagaraja-Temple), is a Municipal Corporation city and the administrative headquarters of [[Kanyakumari District]] in [[Tamil Nadu]] state, India. Situated close to the tip of the [[Indian peninsula]], it lies on an undulating terrain between the [[Western Ghats]] and the [[Arabian Sea]].<ref name="test">{{cite web|url=https://www.cleartrip.com/india/nagercoil/|title=Nagercoil Tourism, Nagercoil Travel Guide - Cleartrip|website=Cleartrip Tourism}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://global.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/401660/Nagercoil|title=Nagercoil}}</ref> [[File:Nagaraja_temple.JPG|thumb|Nagaraja Temple at Nagercoil]] Nagercoil is a centre for a range of economic activities in the small but densely-populated [[Kanyakumari District]]. Economic activities in and around the city include [[tourism]], [[Wind power|wind energy]], [[IT services]], marine fish production and exports, rubber and cloves plantations, agro-crops, floral production, manufacture of fishnets, rubber products among other activities.<ref>{{cite web|title=Kanyakumari District Statistical Handbook |url=https://cdn.s3waas.gov.in/s38fe0093bb30d6f8c31474bd0764e6ac0/uploads/2018/04/2018041097.pdf}}</ref> 'Nagercoil Cloves' is a distinct quality of dried cloves in the spices market, noted for its aroma and medicinal value.<ref>{{cite book|title=Cultivation of Spices |date = 11 February 2003| publisher=Asia Pacific Business Press |isbn = 9788178330648|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0tKiCwAAQBAJ&q=cloves+nagercoil+spices+board&pg=PT115 }}</ref> [[Cloves]], pepper and other spices are grown in estates in the [[Western Ghats]], outside the town. Nagercoil is also the nearest city to the [[ISRO Propulsion Complex]], [[Mahendragiri, Tamil Nadu|Mahendragiri]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://frontline.thehindu.com/science-and-technology/swadeshi-success/article9731146.ece|title=Swadeshi success|website=Frontline|date=21 June 2017 }}</ref> and the [[Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=March 2011 |title=Site Evaluation Report for KKNPP Units 3 to 6 |url=https://www.npcil.nic.in/WriteReadData/userfiles/file/SER_KKNPP_3_6_21jun2012.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221213222240/https://www.npcil.nic.in/WriteReadData/userfiles/file/SER_KKNPP_3_6_21jun2012.pdf |archive-date=Dec 13, 2022 |website=npcil.nic.in}}</ref> The city, along with the district of Kanyakumari, stands at the top in many [[Human Development Index]] parameters in Tamil Nadu state, including education, per capita income, health indices, etc.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/tamil-nadu/kanniyakumari-tops-hdi-rankings/article18470625.ece|title=Kanniyakumari tops HDI rankings|first=T.|last=Ramakrishnan|newspaper=The Hindu|date=17 May 2017}}</ref> The municipality of Nagercoil was upgraded as a Municipal corporation on the eve of its 100th year as a city on 14 February 2019.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/chennai/tamil-nadus-hosur-nagercoil-to-become-corporations/articleshow/67976076.cms|title=Tamil Nadu's Hosur, Nagercoil to become corporations |website=The Times of India|date=13 February 2019 |access-date=2019-02-14 |first=Julie |last=Mariappan }}</ref>
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