its 10.011736 n & 76.32766 e. when i lie on bed, and 10.020456 when i sit right. (if they measure it in latitude and longitude) and i often see the sun up above my head by noon every day. that's my place, cochin, and often called as queen of arabian sea, and of course the king resides at vazhakkala. soldiers of the chempumukku does the ceremonial parade everyday at 7 am, and i receive their salutes if i'm awake. (a rare coincidence on a day people call as bluemoon.)the population of this great city would have been 564037 if i were not born. the altitude is "sea level" (though it raises much more on weekends :-)