ALLEPPI, or AULAPALAY  , a seaport of southern India, in the state of Travancore, 33 M. south of Cochin, situated on a strip of coast between the sea and one of those backwaters that here form the chief means of inland communication . Pop . (1901) 24,918 . There is a lighthouse, 85 ft. high, with a revolving white light visible 18 m. out at sea . Though the third town in the state in point of population, Alleppi is the first in commercial importance . It commands a fine harbour, affording safe anchorage for the greater part of the year . It was opened to foreign trade towards the latter end of the 18th century . The exports consist of coffee, pepper, cardamoms and coco-nuts . There are factories for coir-matting . The raja has a palace, and Protestant missionaries have a church .