Kozhikode

Kozhikode (कोझिकोड, കോഴിക്കോട്), also known as Calicut, is a city in the state of Kerala in southern India. Kozhikode is the third largest city in Kerala. It is part of the second largest urban agglomeration in Kerala with a metropolitan population of 2,030,519 as per 2011 census. The city lies about 380 kilometres (236 mi) north of the state capital Thiruvananthapuram.

Kozhikode Media

• Periplous of the Erythraean Sea.svg

  Names, routes and locations of the Periplus of the Erythraean Sea (1st century CE)

• Calicut 1572.jpg

  Painting of Kozhikode, India titled 'Calicut, the most famous trading center of India' from Georg Braun and Frans Hogenberg's atlas Civitates Orbis terrarum, 1572

• Vascodagama.JPG

  Vasco da Gama's arrival in Calicut in 1498 ushered in five centuries of rule of the Portuguese Empire in India, lasting until 1961.

• Uru.jpg

  Uru, a type of ship that was historically used for maritime trade, built at Beypore, Kozhikode

• Caminho maritimo para a India.png

  The path Vasco da Gama took to reach Kozhikode (black line) in 1498, which was also the discovery of a sea route from Europe to India, and eventually paved way for the European colonisation of Indian subcontinent.

• Map of Kampili kingdom.png

  India in early 1320 CE. Most of the parts of present-day state of Kerala was under the influence of the Zamorin of Kozhikode.

• CPI(M) election symbol - Hammer Sickle and Star.svg

  CPI(M) election symbol - Hammer Sickle and Star

• BJP election symbol.svg -783x768.png

  BJP election symbol.svg -783x768

• No official flag.

• High-rises near NH Bypass Calicut