Coimbatore, also known as Kovai, is a metropolitan city in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu, located on the banks of the Noyyal river and surrounded by the Western Ghats. Long known as the Manchester of South India for its textile mills, Coimbatore has since diversified into engineering, manufacturing and information technology while remaining one of Tamil Nadu's most important industrial centers.
Facts
Area (sq km) Population Estimate Year Elevation (m) Latitude11.000833 degrees north 1 Sources
1. Coimbatore (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia FoundationInfobox: area_total_km2
257.04
Infobox: elevation_m
427
Infobox: population_total
1,601,438
Wikipedia article wikitext, Infobox settlement, population_as_of field
2011
- Wikipedia article wikitext, Infobox settlement, coordinates field (coord template 11|00|03|N, converted from degrees/minutes/seconds to decimal)
- Wikipedia article wikitext, Infobox settlement, coordinates field (coord template 76|57|48|E, converted from degrees/minutes/seconds to decimal)
On Continent: Asia, Lead paragraph names India; continent follows from the atlas record for India
Chennai in terms of population and the 16th largest urban agglomeration in India
View the Source Wikidata: Coimbatore
- Wikidata Q9885, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)
- In Group: Cities of Southern Asia (World), Wikipedia infobox, country field
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