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About Mangalore
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Mangalore is the chief port city of the Indian state of Karnataka. It is situated
on the west coast of the country on the Arabian Sea, with the Western Ghat mountain
ranges to Mangalore's east. It is the administrative headquarters of the Dakshina
Kannada (formerly South Canara) district in the southwestern corner of Karnataka. |
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The city of Mangalore derives its name after the local Hindu deity Mangaladevi.
It developed as a port on the Arabian Sea – to this day it remains one of
the major ports of India. Lying on the backwaters formed by the Netravati and Gurupura
rivers, it has long been a roadstead along the Malabar Coast. Its port handles 75%
of India’s coffee exports and the bulk of its cashew nuts. |
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Mangalore is known for its beaches, temples and industries. There are several languages
spoken, including Tulu, Konkani, Kannada, and Beary. The landscape is dominated
by the characteristic coconut palms accompanying rolling hills and streams flowing
into the sea and dotted with tiled-roof buildings, topped with the well-known Mangalore
tiles made from the local hard red clay and typically walled with laterite blocks.
Older houses are commonly found with elaborate woodwork. |
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Mangalore's economy is dominated by the agricultural processing and port-related
activities. New Mangalore Port is India's 9th largest cargo handling port. It handles
75% of India’s coffee exports and the bulk of its cashew nuts. Mangalore roof
tiles are well-known throughout India and still define the city's skyline. Mangalore
is home to the automobile leaf spring industry.The Canara Workshops Ltd. and Lamina
Suspension Products Ltd. are well known leaf spring industries. The Baikampady and
Yeyyadi Industrial areas harbour several small scale industries. Imports include
tropical timber from South-East Asia for furniture making. The city is also one
of the chief entry points for wood to South India. Beedi rolling is a cottage industry
well-known in Mangalore. The major industries are Mangalore Chemicals and Fertilizers
Ltd. (MCF), Kudremukh Iron Ore Company Ltd. (KIOCL), Mangalore Refinery and Petrochemicals
Ltd. (MRPL), BASF, ELF Gas. Major information technology and outsourcing companies
like Infosys, Wipro, MPhasis BPO, First American Corporation have started locating
their facilities here. |
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Schools and colleges in Mangalore either are government-run or run by private trusts
and individuals. The schools are affiliated either with the Karnataka State Board,
Indian Certificate of Secondary Education (ICSE), or the Central Board for Secondary
Education (CBSE) boards. After completing ten years of schooling in secondary education,
the students mostly enroll at Higher Secondary School specializing in one of the
three streams – Arts, Commerce or Science. Since the 1980s, there have been
a large number of professional institutions established in a variety of fields including
engineering, medicine, dentistry, Business management and hotel management. These
institutions attract students from all over the country due to the quality of their
programs. |
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