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Salem district

district of Tamil Nadu state in southern India

Key facts

Country: India
State: Tamil Nadu
Municipal corporation: Salem City Municipal Corporation
Largest city: Salem
Municipalities: Attur Mettur Edappadi Narasingapuram Tharamangalam Edaganasalai Sangagiri
Headquarters: Salem
Taluks: Attur , Gangavalli , Idappadi , Kadayampatti, Mettur , Omalur , Pethanaicken palayam taluk , Salem , Salem South , Salem West , Sangagiri , Vazhapadi , Yercaud , Thalaivasal
Type: District
Body: Salem District Collectorate
District collector: Dr. R. Brindha Devi, IAS
Superintendent of police: Sh. GAUTAM GOYAL, IPS
Total: 5,245 km (2,025 sq mi)
Density: 663.9/km (1,719/sq mi)
Official: Tamil
Time zone: UTC+5:30 ( IST )
Pin: 636xxx
Telephone code: 0427
Iso 3166 code: [[ISO 3166-2:IN|]]

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Salem district is one of the 38 districts of Tamil Nadu state in southern India. The district is now divided into Dharmapuri, Krishnagiri, Namakkal as individual districts. Salem is the district headquarters and other major towns in the district include Mettur, Tharamangalam, Thammampatti, Attur, Omalur, Sangagiri and Edappadi. That Salem dates to at least two thousand years ago is evident from the discovery of silver coins from the Roman Emperor Nero (37–68 CE) found by Koneripatti of Salem in 1987. It was ruled by Mazhavar King Kolli Mazhavan and kings Adhiyaman and Valvil Ori of Sangam age. It is part of Mazhanadu, a vast region that dates to the second century BCE. Salem was the largest district of Tamil Nadu. It was bifurcated into Salem and Dharmapuri districts in 1965 and Namakkal district in 1997. Now Salem has been developed a lot by building many bridges and is considered to be the Smart city. Salem is famous for cultivating mangoes.

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