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Ullal (, Uḷḷāla, Beary dialect, Konkani language: ಉಳ್ಳಾಲ) is a City Municipality in Mangalore Taluk in Dakshina Kannada district. Ullal town is one of the oldest towns in India. In the 15th century it came under the rule of the Portuguese. Still the remains of its glorious history can be seen in the beaches and other parts of Ullal.
It is a small town about 8–10 km south of Mangalore city center close to the border between the two southern states of Karnataka and Kerala. It comprises two revenue villages, Ullal and Parmannur, in Mangalore Taluk. Ullal is adjacent to City Corporation of Mangalore, 10 km from District headquarters. Most of the people in Ullal belong to either Beary or Mogaveera ethnic group. Ullal, which was otherwise considered to be a very peaceful place, became notorious for the communial riots for last few years.
It is very famous for historic locations like Someshwara Temple, Summer Sands Beach Resort, Queen Abbakka Chowta's Fort at Ranipura, Sayyid Madani Darga, K Pandyarajah Ballal Institutes and college of nursing, Kadapara jara Darga, Fish Meal & Oil Plant, and Queen Abbakka's Jain temple at Melangadi.
This quaint little sea town on the shore of Arabian Sea was the setting for wide-scale sea-erosion that occurred in the late 1990s and early this millennium. The local authorities, however, have tried to reduce the damage by placing sand bags near the advancing coastline, the benefits of this step are yet to be noted. Adjacent to summer sands beach resort is subhash nagar. The remains of Rani Abbakka's fort can be seen in the vicinity of Someshwara Temple.
This town is an important trading centre for fish and fish manure. Fishing and Beedi rolling are main occupations of the residents of this town.