Nagapattinam

E74721

city district headquarters municipality port city

Nagapattinam is a historic port city on the southeastern coast of India that served as an important colonial trading center successively controlled by the Portuguese, Dutch, and British.

Aliases (2)

Nagapattinam district ×2
Nagapattinam Municipality ×1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	city → district headquarters → municipality → port city →
administrativeDivision	Tamil Nadu →
climate	tropical climate →
coast	Bay of Bengal →
coastalCity	true →
coastlineFeature	fishing harbour →
colonialPower	British Empire → Dutch Empire → Portuguese Empire →
controlledBy	British Empire → Dutch Empire → Portuguese Empire →
country	India →
economicActivity	fishing → marine trade →
formerName	Negapatam →
governingBody	Nagapattinam Municipality →
hasPort	Nagapattinam Port →
historicalRole	colonial trading center → historic port city →
historicPeriod	early modern period → medieval period →
historicTrade	Indian Ocean trade → spice trade →
historicTradePartner	Southeast Asia → Sri Lanka →
language	Tamil →
locatedIn	Coromandel Coast → India → Nagapattinam district → South India →
locatedOn	shore of Bay of Bengal →
notableEvent	2004 Indian Ocean tsunami →
officialLanguage	Tamil →
region	southeastern coast of India →
religion	Christianity → Hinduism → Islam →
state	Tamil Nadu →
timeZone	Indian Standard Time →
transport	railway station → road network →
tsunamiImpact	severe damage in 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami →
UTCOffset	+05:30 →

Referenced by (9)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Dutch Coromandel →	administrativeCenter
Kaveri River Delta ("Nagapattinam district") →	administrativeRegion
Kaveri River Delta →	containsTown
Nagapattinam ("Nagapattinam Municipality") →	governingBody
Dutch Coromandel →	hadSettlement
Coromandel Coast →	hasCity
Coromandel Coast →	hasMajorPort
Nagapattinam ("Nagapattinam district") →	locatedIn
Portuguese Empire →	territory