Dharapuram

Dharapuram is a town situated along the banks of Amaravati River in Thiruppur district in the state of . Dharapuram is one of the oldest towns in South India and was the capital of Kongu Nadu under the Cheras, Western Ganga Dynasty and later Kongu Cholas, at which time it was known as Veeradapuram.
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  • Type: Town with 100,000 residents
  • Description: historical town in Tamil Nadu, India
  • Also known as: Dhārāpuram” and “Thaarapuram

Dharapuram

Latitude
10.7369° or 10° 44′ 13″ north
Longitude
77.5261° or 77° 31′ 34″ east
Population
100,000
Elevation
250 metres (820 feet)
United Nations Location Code
IN DPM
Open location code
7J2VPGPG+QC
Open­Street­Map ID
node 983080172
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
1272873
Wiki­data ID
Q325951
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In Other Languages

From Asturian to Vietnamese—“Dharapuram” goes by many names.
  • Asturian: Dharapuram
  • Bengali: ধারাপুরম
  • Bishnupriya: ধারাপুরম
  • Bulgarian: Дхарапурам
  • Cebuano: Dharapuram
  • Chinese: 达拉普兰姆
  • Chinese: 达拉普拉姆
  • Chinese: 達拉普蘭姆
  • Dutch: Dharapuram
  • French: Dharapuram
  • German: Dharapuram
  • Gujarati: ધારાપુરમ
  • Hindi: धारापुरम
  • Indonesian: Dharapuram
  • Italian: Dharapuram
  • Japanese: ダラプラム
  • Kannada: ದಾರಾಪುರಂ
  • Kannada: ಧಾರಾಪುರಂ
  • Kannada: ಧಾರಾಪುರಮ್
  • Kashmiri: دہاراپورام
  • Korean: 다라푸람
  • Malay: Dharapuram
  • Malayalam: ധാരാപുരം
  • Newari: धारापुरम
  • Panjabi: ਥਾਰਾਪੂਰਮ
  • Panjabi: ਧਾਰਾਪੂਰਮ
  • Portuguese: Dharapuram
  • Russian: Дхарапурам
  • Santali: ᱛᱷᱟᱨᱟᱯᱩᱨᱚᱢ
  • Santali: ᱫᱷᱟᱨᱟᱯᱩᱨᱚᱢ
  • Spanish: Dharapuram
  • Swedish: Dharapuram
  • Tamil: தாராபுரம்
  • Telugu: ధరపురం
  • Urdu: دہاراپورام
  • Vietnamese: Dharapuram

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