- Ernakulam was formerly known as Rishinagakkulam
- The district with most number of vehicles registered - Ernakulam
- First international container transhipment terminal of India - Vallarpadam terminal
- The place formerly known as `Gosri' or Terumbadappu Swaroopam' - Kochi
- Industrial Capital of Kerala - Ernakulam
- The district in which maximum number of national highways pass through Ernakulam
- The first fully 'iterated district in Kerala. Ernakulam (2010)
- Headquarters of Ernakulam district Kakkanadu
- First palace constructed by Europeans in India - Mattanchery Palace (1555)
- The palace known as 'Dutch Palace' Mattanchery Palace
- Cochin port was constructed by Robert Bristo
- First Metro Railway in Kerala - Kochi
- Hill Palace Museum is situated at Thrippunithura
- The famous Bird Sanctuary situated in the heart of Cochin city - Mangalavanam
- Spices Board is situated at - Palarivattom (Kochi)
- Parishith Thampuran Museum situated at - Ernakulam
- Shanmugham Chetty, the First Finance Minister of India called Kochi as 'Queen of Arabian sea'
- Sri Narayana Guru founded Advaita Ashram at - Aluva
- The foreign country associated with the development of Cochin Port - Japan
- The foreign country associated with Cochin Oil refinery - America
- Cochin oil refinery is situated at Ambalamugal
- Thattekad Bird Sanctuary (Salim Ali Bird Sanctuary) is at - Ernakulam
- The only stock exchange in Kerala Kochi (1978)
- The only woman ruler of Kochi Gangadhara Lakshmi
- The only major port in Kerala - Cochin port
- The headquarters of aromatic and medical plant research centre - Odakkali
- First successful heart transplantation in Kerala held at - Medical Trust Hospital (13' May 2003)
- Team of doctors headed by - Dr. Jose Chacko Periyapuram
- First successful liver transplantation in Kerala held at - Amritha Institute of Medical Science (Ernakulam)
- Only man made Island in Kerala Wellington
- District with highest jews population Ernakulam
- Jewish street is situated at - Mattanchery
- First rubber park in India situated at Irapuram
- Idamalayar Project, Bhuthathankettu Dam are situated in - Ernakulam
- First English School in Mattancherry was established by - J. Dawson
- Milk producing ATM by Milma was established in - Kochi
- The place known by `Rippolin' in European Scripts - Idapally
- Oldest Coin of Kochi - Kaliameni
- First tourism village in Kerala -Kumbalangi
- The first fort built by portuguese in India Pallippuram Fort (Ernakulam)
- Sivarathri festival held in Aluva (banks of the river Periyar)
- Electronic voting machine was first used in North Paravoor
- The leading producer of Pineapple in Kerala Ernakulam
Ernakulam - Headquarters
Brahmapuram Diesel Power Plant ErnakulamKerala State Ware Housing Corporation Kochi
Coconut Development Board - Kochi
Kerala State civil supplies corporation Kochi
Info park - Kochi
Bamboo Corporation - Angamali
FACT - Udyogamandal (Aluva)
Travancore Cochin Chemicals Udyogamandal (Aluva)
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