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|native_name            = <!-- Name in native language(s). Leave blank if name is only in English. Separate with line breaks<br> If language uses Latin characters, place name(s) in italics. -->
|conventional_long_name = Quilon
|common_name            = Quilon Division
|subdivision            = Division
|nation                 = Travancore
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|government_type        = Monarchy
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|capital                = Quilon
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|today                  = [[Kerala]], [[India]]
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|year_start             = 1856
|year_end               = 1949
|era                    = [[Travancore]]

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|image_map              = India Central Travancore locator map.svg
|image_map_caption      = Location of Central Travancore

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'''Central Division''' or '''Central Travancore''', sometimes referred to as the '''Quilon Division''' was one of three (or four) [[Travancore#Administrative divisions|administrative subdivisions]] of the [[princely state]] of [[Travancore]] in what is now [[Kerala]]. It was administered by a civil servant of rank Diwan Peishkar equivalent to a [[District Collector]] in [[British India]] and consisted of 8 taluks&nbsp;— [[Karthikapally]], [[Thiruvalla]], [[Pathanamthitta]], [[Ambalappuzha]], [[Chengannur]], [[Kunnathur (Kerala)|Kunnathur]], [[Karunagappalli]], [[Pandalam|Adoor]], [[Mavelikkara]], [[Quilon]] and [[Kottarakara]]. The headquarters was the town of Quilon.

== See also ==
* [[Northern Division (Travancore)]]
* [[Southern Division (Travancore)]]
* [[Trivandrum Division]]

== References ==
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{{Kingdom of Travancore}}
{{Kollam}}

[[Category:Divisions of Travancore]]