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Kuzhithurai
Kuzhithurai is a panchayat town in Kanniyakumari, close to the Tamil Nadu-Kerala border. It lies on Kochi-Trivandrum-Kanyakumari National highway 47 Kuzhithurai is a city and a municipality in Kanniyakumari District in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. It is the administrative headquarters of the Vilavancode Taluk. It has a historical seaport (thurai) where ancient merchants came from across the Arabian sea in ancient times. It is mentioned in ancient Indian maps. As of 2011, the town had a population of 21,307.