The state of Kerala, has 14 districts. Most of the districts in Kerala have the same name as the important town or city in the district. (Exception is Wayanad district).
From South to North order
•Thiruvananthapuram (old anglicised name "Trivandrum")
•Kollam (old anglicised name "Quilon")
•Pathanamthitta
•Alappuzha (old anglicised name "Allepey")
•Kottayam
•Idukki
•Ernakulam
•Thrissur (old anglicised name "Trichur")
•Palakkad (also called "Palghat")
•Malappuram
•Kozhikode (old anglicised name "Calicut")
•Wayanad
•Kannur (old anglicised name "Cannanore")
•Kasaragod
Kerala's fourteen districts are distributed among Kerala's three historical regions:
Malabar (northern Kerala), Kochi (central Kerala), and Travancore (southern Kerala). Kerala's modern-day districts (listed in order from north to south)
•Malabar: Kasaragod, Kannur, Wayanad, Kozhikode, Malappuram, Palakkad
•Kochi: Thrissur, Ernakulam
•Travancore: Kottayam, Idukki, Alappuzha, Pathanamthitta, Kollam, Thiruvananthapuram
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