Tuticorin

Tuticorin,

city, India: see ThoothukudiThoothukudi
or Tuticorin
, city (1991 pop. 280,091), Tamil Nadu state, SE India. An important seaport and fishing center, it has a Fishing Technological Institute and is also famous for its pearl oysters. The nearby V. O.
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Tuticorin

 

(Tuttukkudi), a port city on the southeast coast of India, in the state of Tamil Nadu; situated on the Gulf of Mannar in the Indian Ocean. Population, 154,800 (1971). Tuticorin’s industries include cotton textiles, food processing, the production of salt, and commercial fishing.