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Coromandel is
located on the North Island of New Zealand. It is the name of a
harbour and a town. The town got its name after the peninsula
which got its name after the HMS Coromandel. In the year 1820
the ship sailed in the harbour. In the past the port was the
main living of Coromandel serving kauri (a tree originally from
the North Island of New Zealand also known as Agathis australis)
industries and gold mining but now the city lives mainly from
mussel farming and tourism. HMS Coromandel was the name of ships
from the British Royal Navy. For the inhabitants of New Zealand
this area is a famous place for their summer holidays. In Maori
they call Coromandel “Chola Mandalam” which means the land of
the Cholas. The Chola was an old famous Tamil dynasty from
Southern India that governed until the thirteenth century CE.
The most popular from the early kings of the dynasty was
Karikala Chola, the history says that he was considered as the
most bad king in the world. Coromandel is a beautiful place to
visit and to spend relaxed holidays. There are different place
in the world called Coromandel as in Mauritius, a small village
having the same name, in India the south-eastern coastline, in
Australia it is a suburb of Adelaide and in Brazil the city
Coromandel (Minas Gerais). |
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