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Spice cities, markets and growing areas

245 places where spices are grown, traded, ground and sold, with a trail idea for each.

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South Asia

Growing area, India, 5 spicesKerala Growing area, India, 5 spicesManipur Growing area, India, 4 spicesGoa Growing area, India, 4 spicesNagaland Growing area, Indonesia, 3 spicesMaluku Islands Growing area, India, 2 spicesAssam Growing area, India, 2 spicesHimachal Pradesh Growing area, India, 2 spicesSikkim Growing area, India, 1 spiceAlmora Growing area, India, 1 spiceArambol Growing area, India, 1 spiceAzamgarh Growing area, India, 1 spiceBallia Growing area, India, 1 spiceBrahmapur Growing area, India, 1 spiceChhatrapur Growing area, India, 1 spiceCoimbatore Growing area, United States, 1 spiceCollinsville Growing area, India, 1 spiceDhule Growing area, India, 1 spiceDidwana Growing area, United States, 1 spiceEau Claire Growing area, India, 1 spiceEdayur Growing area, India, 1 spiceGanjam district Growing area, India, 1 spiceGhazipur Growing area, India, 1 spiceGopalpur-on-Sea Growing area, India, 1 spiceGunturThe Andhra town at the centre of India's largest chilli-growing belt, with a huge chilli market and cold stores.Growing area, India, 1 spiceHaveri district Growing area, India, 1 spiceHisar district Growing area, India, 1 spiceJaintia Hills Growing area, India, 1 spiceJaunpur Growing area, India, 1 spiceKalimpong district Growing area, India, 1 spiceKashmir Growing area, India, 1 spiceKhammam Growing area, Bangladesh, 1 spiceKhulna Division Growing area, India, 1 spiceLakadong Growing area, India, 1 spiceLakhora Growing area, India, 1 spiceMadhya Pradesh Growing area, India, 1 spiceMaharashtra Growing area, India, 1 spiceMalabar Coast Growing area, India, 1 spiceMalappuram district Growing area, Indonesia, 1 spiceMoluccas Growing area, India, 1 spiceMudukulathur Growing area, Nepal, 1 spiceMustang Growing area, India, 1 spiceNandurbar Growing area, India, 1 spiceOdisha Growing area, India, 1 spicePernem Growing area, India, 1 spicePrakasam Growing area, India, 1 spiceRamanathapuram district Growing area, India, 1 spiceSambhar Growing area, Pakistan, 1 spiceSindh Growing area, India, 1 spiceSirarakhong Growing area, India, 1 spiceSouthern Karnataka Growing area, India, 1 spiceTamil Nadu Growing area, India, 1 spiceThar Desert Growing area, India, 1 spiceTiruvadanai Growing area, India, 1 spiceTripura Growing area, United States, 1 spiceTule Lake Growing area, India, 1 spiceUkhrul district Growing area, India, 1 spiceUttarakhand Growing area, India, 1 spiceVaranasi Growing area, India, 1 spiceWarangal Growing area, India, 1 spiceWest Bengal Growing area, India, 1 spiceWestern Tamil Nadu Growing area, GuatemalaAlta Verapaz Growing area, IndiaAndaman Islands Growing area, IndiaBhiwapur Growing area, IndiaCanacona Growing area, SpainCosta del Sol Growing area, IndiaDarjeeling Growing area, IndiaGujarat Growing area, IndiaIdukkiA high-range district in Kerala known for cardamom, pepper and other plantation spices.Growing area, IndiaKanpur Growing area, IndiaKhola Growing area, IranKhorasan Growing area, IndiaLakadong, Jaintia HillsA hill area of Meghalaya known for Lakadong turmeric, a variety noted for its high curcumin content.Growing area, Sri LankaMataleA hill district in Sri Lanka's centre known for spice gardens growing cardamom, pepper, clove, nutmeg and cinnamon.Growing area, IndiaMunnarA high hill station in Kerala best known for tea, with cardamom and other spices grown on the slopes nearby.Growing area, IndiaNagpur district Growing area, IndiaPalakkad Growing area, MalaysiaPenang Island Growing area, AustraliaQueensland Growing area, IndiaRatnagiri Growing area, IndiaSindhudurg Growing area, IndiaSouthern Kerala Growing area, IndiaSouthern Tamil Nadu Growing area, IndiaUmred taluka Growing area, IndiaWayanadA hill district in north Kerala where pepper, cardamom, coffee and ginger are grown on small farms and estates.Growing area, IndiaWestern Ghats Growing area, IndiaWynad

Southeast Asia

Growing area, Indonesia, 3 spicesJava Growing area, Indonesia, 2 spicesSumatra Growing area, China, 2 spicesYunnan Growing area, Indonesia, 1 spiceBanda IslandsA small island group in eastern Indonesia that was, for centuries, the only source of nutmeg and mace in the world.Growing area, Indonesia, 1 spiceBorneo Growing area, Cambodia, 1 spiceKampot Province Growing area, Cambodia, 1 spiceKep Province Growing area, Indonesia, 1 spiceKerinci Growing area, India, 1 spiceMeghalaya Growing area, India, 1 spiceMizoram Growing area, Indonesia, 1 spiceTernate Growing area, China, 1 spiceYunnan Province Growing area, PhilippinesBohol Growing area, PhilippinesCapiz Growing area, PhilippinesGuimaras Growing area, CambodiaKampotA Cambodian river town whose pepper, with a protected geographical indication, was prized by French chefs.Growing area, MalaysiaKuchingThe capital of Sarawak on Borneo, the centre of Malaysia's Sarawak pepper and its Chinese and Dayak food.Growing area, IndonesiaMaluku Growing area, IndonesiaTernate and TidoreTwin volcanic islands in the Moluccas, once the world's chief source of cloves and ruled by rival sultanates.

East Asia

Growing area, China, 3 spicesSichuan Growing area, Japan, 1 spiceAichi Prefecture Growing area, Japan, 1 spiceAzumino Growing area, China, 1 spiceGuizhou Growing area, China, 1 spiceHainan Growing area, China, 1 spiceHainan Island Growing area, Japan, 1 spiceHita Growing area, Japan, 1 spiceIwate Prefecture Growing area, Japan, 1 spiceIzu Peninsula Growing area, Japan, 1 spiceMiyako-jima Growing area, Japan, 1 spiceMount Hiko Growing area, Japan, 1 spiceNagano Prefecture Growing area, Japan, 1 spiceShimane Prefecture Growing area, Japan, 1 spiceShizuoka Prefecture Growing area, Japan, 1 spiceSoeda Growing area, Japan, 1 spiceToyohashi Growing area, Japan, 1 spiceWakayama Prefecture Growing area, China, 1 spiceXinhui Growing area, China, 1 spiceYongfeng Growing area, China, 1 spiceZhejiang Growing area, ChinaHanyuanA county in the mountains of western Sichuan known for hongpao huajiao, the red Sichuan pepper with a strong aroma.Growing area, JapanTokushima Prefecture

Central Asia and the Caucasus

Growing area, Netherlands, 1 spiceHolland Growing area, Georgia, 1 spiceSvanetia Growing area, Georgia, 1 spiceUpper Svaneti

Middle East

Growing area, Israel, 1 spiceAshkelon Growing area, Israel, 1 spiceAtlit-Yam Growing area, Turkey, 1 spiceÇeşme peninsula Growing area, Greece, 1 spiceChios Growing area, Israel, 1 spiceJudaean Mountains Growing area, Israel, 1 spiceMount Carmel Growing area, Israel, 1 spiceNahal Hemar Cave Growing area, Portugal, 1 spicenorth-central Portugal Growing area, Morocco, 1 spicenorthern Morocco Growing area, Syria, 1 spicenorthern Syria Growing area, Greece, 1 spicePylos Growing area, India, 1 spiceRajasthan Growing area, Palestine, 1 spiceSamaria Growing area, Spain, 1 spicesouthern Spain Growing area, Turkey, 1 spicesouthern Turkey Growing area, Israel, 1 spiceUpper Galilee Growing area, Turkey, 1 spiceUrfa Growing area, OmanSalalah and DhofarThe Dhofar region of southern Oman, home of the frankincense trees that supplied the ancient incense routes.

Sub-Saharan Africa

Growing area, Cameroon, 1 spicePenja Valley Growing area, MadagascarSambava and the SAVA regionThe north-east of Madagascar, where the SAVA region grows most of the island's vanilla.Growing area, TanzaniaZanzibar and PembaThe Spice Islands of East Africa, long the world's leading source of cloves, with farms also growing nutmeg, cinnamon, pepper and vanilla.

Europe

Growing area, France, 2 spicesÎle de Ré Growing area, Hungary, 2 spicesKalocsaA Hungarian town on the Danube, one of the two main paprika regions of the country, with a paprika museum.Growing area, France, 1 spiceAinhoa Growing area, Portugal, 1 spiceAlcochete Growing area, France, 1 spiceBresse Growing area, France, 1 spiceBurgundy Growing area, France, 1 spiceCambo-les-Bains Growing area, Italy, 1 spiceCervia Growing area, Slovakia, 1 spiceDanubian Lowland Growing area, Spain, 1 spiceEbro Delta Growing area, France, 1 spiceEspelette Growing area, Greece, 1 spiceFlorina Growing area, France, 1 spiceFranche-Comté Growing area, France, 1 spiceGuerande Growing area, France, 1 spiceGuérande Growing area, Germany, 1 spiceHallertau Growing area, France, 1 spiceHalsou Growing area, France, 1 spiceIle de Noirmoutier Growing area, France, 1 spiceItxassou Growing area, France, 1 spiceJatxou Growing area, Syria, 1 spiceJerf el Ahmar Growing area, United Kingdom, 1 spiceKent Growing area, Spain, 1 spiceLa VeraA valley in Extremadura where peppers are smoke-dried over oak fires to make Pimenton de la Vera, the smoked paprika of Spain.Growing area, Spain, 1 spiceLodosa Growing area, Spain, 1 spiceMajorca Growing area, France, 1 spiceNoirmoutier Growing area, Portugal, 1 spiceRia Formosa Growing area, France, 1 spiceRomenay Growing area, Spain, 1 spiceSalinas d'Es Trenc Growing area, Italy, 1 spiceSulmona Growing area, Hungary, 1 spiceSzentes Growing area, Italy, 1 spiceTuscany Growing area, Italy, 1 spiceValle Peligna Growing area, Greece, 1 spiceWestern Macedonia Growing area, Czech Republic, 1 spiceŽatec Growing area, Slovakia, 1 spiceŽitava river valley Growing area, ItalyFagnano Alto Growing area, ItalyFontecchio Growing area, SpainHerbón Growing area, FranceLautrec Growing area, ItalyMolina Aterno Growing area, ItalyNavelli plateau Growing area, SpainPadrón Growing area, ItalySubequana Valley Growing area, ItalyTione degli Abruzzi

North America

Growing area, United States, 2 spicesChimayó Growing area, United States, 2 spicesNew Mexico Growing area, Canada, 1 spiceAlberta Growing area, United States, 1 spiceAnaheim Growing area, Mexico, 1 spiceBaja California Growing area, United States, 1 spiceEast Texas Growing area, United States, 1 spiceFresno County Growing area, United States, 1 spiceHatch Valley Growing area, United States, 1 spicePacific Northwest Growing area, United States, 1 spiceRancho Cucamonga Growing area, United States, 1 spiceSan Joaquin Valley Growing area, Canada, 1 spiceSaskatchewan Growing area, United States, 1 spiceSouthern California Growing area, United States, 1 spiceSt. Augustine Growing area, United States, 1 spiceWisconsin Growing area, United StatesHatchA small New Mexico village in the Rio Grande valley that is known for its green and red chile peppers.Growing area, United StatesLas Cruces

Latin America and the Caribbean

Growing area, Mexico, 3 spicesVeracruz Growing area, United States, 2 spicesCalifornia Growing area, Mexico, 2 spicesChihuahua Growing area, Mexico, 2 spicesSinaloa Growing area, Brazil, 1 spiceBorba Growing area, Comoros, 1 spiceComoros Islands Growing area, United States, 1 spiceFlorida Keys Growing area, Mexico, 1 spiceHidalgo Growing area, Trinidad and Tobago, 1 spiceMoruga Growing area, Mexico, 1 spiceOaxaca Valley Growing area, Mexico, 1 spicePapantlaA Totonac town in Veracruz, the region where vanilla was first cultivated, and the home of the Voladores.Growing area, Hungary, 1 spiceSzeged Growing area, Mexico, 1 spiceTabasco Growing area, Mexico, 1 spiceYucatán Peninsula Growing area, Mexico, 1 spiceZacatecas Growing area, MexicoCañada Growing area, MexicoChiapas Growing area, GuatemalaCobanThe highland city of Guatemala's Alta Verapaz, the heart of the world's largest cardamom crop.Growing area, GuatemalaCobán Growing area, United StatesCoronado National Forest Growing area, GrenadaGrenada, Isle of SpiceThe Caribbean island known as the Isle of Spice, a leading producer of nutmeg and mace, with a nutmeg on its flag.Growing area, MexicoHuasteca Growing area, GuatemalaJacaltenango Growing area, MexicoSonora Growing area, MexicoYucatán

Oceania

Growing area, United States, 2 spicesLouisiana Growing area, Australia, 1 spiceBarrington Tops Growing area, Australia, 1 spiceGawler Growing area, Australia, 1 spiceGirraween National Park Growing area, Australia, 1 spiceNorthern Tablelands Growing area, FijiTaveuniA green island in Fiji where vanilla, turmeric and ginger are grown, and the 180th meridian crosses.

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