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'''[[Thiruvananthapuram]]''' ([[Malayalam language|Malayalam]]: തിരുവനന്തപുരം), [[Indian renaming controversy|formerly]] known as '''Trivandrum''', is the capital of the [[India]]n state of [[Kerala]] and the headquarters of [[Thiruvananthapuram District]]. It is located on the west coast of [[India]] near the extreme south of the mainland.It is characterized by its undulating terrain of low coastal hills with wide, clean roads and busy commercial alleys. India's Father of Nation [[Mahatma Gandhi]] had referred and designated this lovely beach side city built on hills as the "Ever Green City of India".
With almost 745,000 inhabitants at the 2001 census, the city itself is the largest and most populous city in Kerala; the wider urban agglomeration has a population of about one million.

The city is the State Capital and houses several Central and State Government offices, organizations and companies. Apart from being the political nerve center of [[Kerala]], it is also a major academic hub and is home to several premier educational institutions including the [[Kerala University]], and to many science and technology institutions, the most prominent being the Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre (VSSC). The city also has the first [[Information technology]] park of its kind and first [[Biotechnology]] Center, Rajiv Gandhi Centre for Biotechnology (RGCB) of its kind in India. Situated near Kazhakoottam, [[Technopark Kerala|Technopark]] is home to many of the world's leading technology companies. ([[Thiruvananthapuram|'''more...''']])

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