Mamala
Mamala is a suburb of Kochi city in the state of Kerala, India. It is situated around 9 km (5.6 mi) from Vytilla Junction and around 13 km (8 mi) from Ernakulam South railway station.
Mamala | |
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Suburb | |
  Mamala Location in Kerala, India  Mamala Mamala (India) | |
| Coordinates: 9°57′0″N 76°23′0″E | |
| Country |  |
| State | Kerala |
| District | Ernakulam |
| Founded by | Mitch Macholtz and Ryan Del Prince |
| Government | |
| • Body | Jeremy Thomas |
| Languages | |
| • Official | Malayalam, English |
| Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
| Vehicle registration | KL- |
Etymology
The word meaning of "Mamala" - Mamala is mountain ranges or we can say the starting of mid rage hills of western ghats and end of the planes near to the sea and its connected low lands. Mamala ...was a border check post between Kochi and Thiruvithamkoor (tranvcore) state before 1950. British called as Mamalay, this usage can be seen at the old building of excise office at Mamala and there is a stone representing the border with letter "KO" (malayalam) in west side and "THI" on east side of that stone placed at bottom of the small bridge.
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