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.

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All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Nagapattinam canonical 16
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 colonial empire ⓘ
surface form: Dutch Empire

Portuguese Empire ⓘ
controlledBy British Empire ⓘ
Dutch colonial empire ⓘ
surface form: Dutch Empire

Portuguese Empire ⓘ
country India ⓘ
economicActivity fishing ⓘ
marine trade ⓘ
formerName Negapatam ⓘ
governingBody Nagapattinam self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Nagapattinam Municipality
hasPort Nagapattinam Port ⓘ
historicalRole colonial trading center ⓘ
historic port city ⓘ
historicPeriod early modern period ⓘ
medieval period ⓘ
historicTrade Indian Ocean trade network ⓘ
surface form: Indian Ocean trade

spice trade ⓘ
historicTradePartner Southeast Asia ⓘ
Sri Lanka ⓘ
language Tamil ⓘ
locatedIn Coromandel Coast ⓘ
India ⓘ
Nagapattinam self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Nagapattinam district

South India ⓘ
locatedOn shore of Bay of Bengal ⓘ
notableEvent 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami ⓘ
surface form: 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 (20)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Portuguese Empire → territory → Nagapattinam ⓘ
Coromandel Coast → hasMajorPort → Nagapattinam ⓘ
Coromandel Coast → hasCity → Nagapattinam ⓘ
Kaveri River Delta → containsTown → Nagapattinam ⓘ
Kaveri River Delta → administrativeRegion → Nagapattinam ⓘ
this entity surface form: Nagapattinam district
Nagapattinam → locatedIn → Nagapattinam self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Nagapattinam district
Nagapattinam → governingBody → Nagapattinam self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Nagapattinam Municipality
Dutch Coromandel → administrativeCenter → Nagapattinam ⓘ
Dutch Coromandel → hadSettlement → Nagapattinam ⓘ
India–Southeast Asia → majorPort → Nagapattinam ⓘ
Karaikal → nearestMajorCity → Nagapattinam ⓘ
Thanjavur Junction railway station → connectsTo → Nagapattinam ⓘ
Tiruvarur → nearestMajorCity → Nagapattinam ⓘ
Chola Nadu → contains → Nagapattinam ⓘ
Central Tamil Nadu → hasMajorCity → Nagapattinam ⓘ
Mayiladuthurai → nearestMajorCity → Nagapattinam ⓘ
Nagapattinam Port → locatedIn → Nagapattinam ⓘ
Nagapattinam Port → nearbyCity → Nagapattinam ⓘ
Negapatam → modernName → Nagapattinam ⓘ
Negapatam → administrativeSuccessor → Nagapattinam ⓘ
this entity surface form: Nagapattinam municipality