Namakkal

Also known as Naamakkal

Key facts

Settlement.name: Namakkal
Settlement.other_name: Namagiri
Settlement.settlement_type: City
Settlement.nicknames: Egg City, Poultry Town, Transport Town
Settlement.pushpin_map: India Tamil Nadu
Settlement.pushpin_label_position: Bottom
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_type1: State
Settlement.subdivision_type2: District
Settlement.subdivision_type3: Region
Settlement.subdivision_type4: City
Settlement.subdivision_name1: 22px Tamil Nadu
Settlement.subdivision_name2: Namakkal
Settlement.subdivision_name4: Namakkal
Settlement.established_title: Established
Settlement.named_for: Namakkal Rock in the middle of the town
Settlement.government_type: Mayor–council government
Settlement.governing_body: Namakkal City Municipal Corporation

via Wikipedia infobox

~11 min read

Encyclopedic overview

18 sections

Contents

History
Demographics
Tourism
Namakkal Anjaneyar temple
Namagiri Lakshmi Narasimar swami temple
Namakkal Fort
Geography
Climate
Platinum
Politics
Transport
Road
Railway
Airports
Gallery
See also
References
External links

Namakkal () is a city and the headquarters of Namakkal district, Tamil Nadu. It is the first ISO 14001-2004 certified municipality in Asia for environmental management, specifically the provision and maintenance of water supply, solid waste and sewage management, town planning, lighting and other social services. Namakkal is known as the Egg City due to its large egg production and Transport city.

==History== thumb|left|250px|View of a Mandapam in the Narasimhaswamy Temple, Namakkal|Narasimhaswamy temple

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Namakkal” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.