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Coimbatore District
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Coimbatore district is one of the most affluent and industrially advanced districts of the state of Tamil Nadu in India. The headquarters of the district is Coimbatore city, the Second largest city in Tamil Nadu which is located approximately 497 km from Chennai and 330 km from Bangalore.
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The district was part of several ruling dynasties of South India. Under the Cholas during 11th Century A.D., the present day Coimbatore came into existence as a jungle village under an Irula chieftain. The district was occupied by Mysore in 1700's from the Madurai rulers and after the Mysore wars in 1799, the district was occupied by the British until the Indian independence in 1947.
It had a population of 4,271,856 as of 2001. Sainik School and Amaravathi Dam, which created Amaravathi Reservoir, are located at Amaravathinagar in Coimbatore district.
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- Palladam - Agricultural and Wind Farms
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- Textile Mills
- Light and Heavy Engineering
- Hosiery and Garments
- Poultry
- Captive Energy (Wind Mills)
- Cotton
- Coconut
- Arenut and Betel
- Corn,Maize and Millets
- Wheat and Rice (Limited areas)
- Sugarcane (Limited areas)
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State of Tamil Nadu Tamil Nadu Topics | History | Politics | Tamil people |
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| Capital | Chennai |
| Districts | Chennai • Coimbatore • Cuddalore • Dharmapuri • Dindigul • Erode • Kanchipuram • Kanyakumari • Karur • Krishnagiri • Madurai • Nagapattinam • Namakkal • Perambalur • Pudukkottai • Ramanathapuram • Salem • Sivaganga • Thanjavur • The Nilgiris • Theni • Thoothukudi • Tiruchirapalli • Tirunelveli • Tiruvallur • Tiruvannamalai • Tiruvarur • Vellore • Viluppuram • Virudhunagar |
| Major cities | Alandur • Avadi • Ambattur • Chennai • Coimbatore • Cuddalore • Dindigul • Erode • Kancheepuram • Karur • Kumbakonam • Madurai • Nagercoil • Neyveli • Pallavaram • Pudukkottai • Rajapalayam • Salem • Tambaram • Thanjavur • Thoothukudi • Tiruchirapalli • Tirunelveli • Tiruppur • Tiruvannamalai • Tiruvottiyur • Vellore |
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