Chamakada Chamakkada | |
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Neighbourhood | |
 Busy Main road in Chamakada | |
  Chamakada Location in Kollam, India Show map of Kollam Chamakada Chamakada (Kerala) Show map of Kerala Chamakada Chamakada (India) Show map of India | |
| Coordinates:8°53′05″N76°35′03″E / 8.884683°N 76.584040°E /8.884683; 76.584040 | |
| Country |  India |
| State | Kerala |
| District | Kollam |
| City | Kollam |
| Government | |
| • Body | Kollam Municipal Corporation(KMC) |
| Languages | |
| • Official | Malayalam,English |
| Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
| PIN | 691001 |
| Vehicle registration | KL-02 |
| Lok Sabha constituency | Kollam |
| Civic agency | Kollam Municipal Corporation |
| Avg. summer temperature | 34 °C (93 °F) |
| Avg. winter temperature | 22 °C (72 °F) |
| Website | http://www.kollam.nic.in |
Chamakada orChamakkada is a trade hub of the city ofKollam, India, in the coreDowntown Kollam area.[1] The area has wholesale dealers and rice merchants.[2] Chamakada is the second main commercial centre ofKollam city afterChinnakada.[3]
Chamakada is an export and commercial hub ofKollam city. The ancient Kollam city was one of the famous trade centers.[4]Marco Polo visited Kollam and other towns on the west coast, in his capacity as a Chinese mandarin.[5]
Because of the importance of Chamakada as a trade & export hub, Export Inspection Council of India (EICI) runs a Sub office with lab facility at Chamakada.[6] It is one among the 7 Sub offices of EICI inSouth India.[7] As an important commercial centre inKerala, Kerala Fire Force is running a Fire Station at Chamakada.[8][9]
Kollam Canal is part of the Trivandrum-Shornur Canal (TS Canal) system, under the justification of the Inland Navigation Department. It was an arterial inland waterway of oldQuilon city and the major trade channel ofTravancore. Processed cashew from various factories in theCashew Capital along with other goods from the wholesale markets of old Quilon city for export was the major export material handled at Chamakada that time.[10]
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