Tuticorin, city, southern India, in Tamil Nadu State, on the Gulf of Mannar. A rail terminus and port, it is connected by boat with Colombo, Sri Lanka. It ships cotton and cotton textiles, fish, coffee, tea, and rice. Industries include cotton milling, saltworking, and processing of coffee, tea, rice, and fish. Founded about 1540 by the Portuguese, the city was ruled mainly by the Dutch from 1658 to 1825, and later by the British. Population (1991) 199,854.Microsoft® Encarta® Online Encyclopedia 2001
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