the 14 districts are further divided into 75 taluks, and 941 gram panchayats. some of the districts and their towns were renamed in 1990 like thiruvananthapuram (formerly known as "trivandrum"), kollam ("quilon" or "venad"), alappuzha ("alleppey"),as per go(p) no.133/90/rd dated 7.2.90, government of kerala thrissur ("trichur" or "thirushivaperur"), palakkad ("palghat"), kozhikode ("calicut") and kannur ("cannanore").