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Hampankatta
Heart of Mangalore, Metropolitan Centre
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Hampankatta
Location in Karnataka, India
Coordinates: 12°50′23″N74°47′24″E / 12.83982°N 74.78994°E / 12.83982; 74.78994
CountryFlag of India.svg  India
State Karnataka
District Dakshina Kannada
City Mangalore
Languages
  Official Tulu, Kannada, English
Time zone UTC+5:30 (IST)

Hampankatta (pronounced as 'Hampanakatte' in Tulu and Kannada) is the centre of Mangalore City, Karnataka. Hampankatta also called as Happananakatte/Hampankatte/Hampananakatte/Hampanakatte. Most of the public utilities are located here and the locality boasts the most buzzing commercial activity in the city.[ citation needed ] Hampanakkatte was named by the British in 1920. Its original name was 'Appanakatte'. It was named after a person called Appanna Poojary who constructed a 'well' in the region around 1900, hence it was named Appannakatte. [1]

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He used to feed his bullock cart etc. in those days and used to take rest.

Mangalore Central

Rail connectivity in Mangalore was established in 1907. Mangalore was also the starting point of India's longest rail route. The city has two railway stations, Mangalore Central (at Hampankatta) and Mangalore Junction (at Kankanadi). A metre gauge railway track, built through the Western Ghats, connects Mangalore with Hassan. The broad gauge track connecting Mangalore to Bangalore via Hassan was opened to freight traffic in May 2006 [2] and passenger traffic in December 2007. [3]

Mangalore is also connected to Chennai through the Southern Railway and to Mumbai via the Konkan Railway.

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