Namakkal

Namakkal district is one of the 38 districts in the state of , . The district was bifurcated from Salem District with city as headquarters on 25 July 1996 and started to function independently from 1 January 1997.
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  • Type: district of India with 1,730,000 residents
  • Description: district of Tamil Nadu in India
  • Also known as: District of Namakkal” and “Namakkal district

Places of Interest

Highlights include Kalangani railway station.

Railway station
is an NSG–6 category Indian railway station in Salem railway division of Southern Railway zone. It is a railway station situated in , Namakkal district in the Indian state of . is situated 6 km northeast of Namakkal.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Namakkal and Kalangani.

is a city and the headquarters of district, . 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.

Village
is a village in Namakkal district, , India, located on the National Highway NH 7, 11 km before on the to Namakkal route. is situated 6 km northeast of Namakkal.

Namakkal

Latitude
11.3° or 11° 18′ north
Longitude
78.13° or 78° 7′ 48″ east
Population
1,730,000
Elevation
190 metres (623 feet)
Abbreviation
“NMK”
Open location code
7J3W74XH+XX
Geo­Names ID
6640313
Wiki­data ID
Q15187
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Western Panjabi—“Namakkal” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: ضاحية نامكل
  • Asturian: distritu de Namakkal
  • Asturian: Namakkal (distritu)
  • Asturian: Namakkal
  • Basque: Namakkal barrutia
  • Bengali: নামাক্কল জেলা
  • Bhojpuri: नमक्कल जिला
  • Cebuano: Namakkal (distrito sa Indya)
  • Cebuano: Namakkal
  • Chinese: Namakkal
  • Chinese: 納馬卡爾縣
  • Chinese: 纳马卡尔县
  • Dutch: Namakkal
  • Egyptian Arabic: نامكل
  • Finnish: Namakkalin piirikunta
  • French: district de Namakkal
  • French: District de Namakkal
  • German: Namakkal
  • Gujarati: નમક્કલ જિલ્લો
  • Gujarati: નમક્કલ
  • Hindi: नमक्कल जिला
  • Hindi: नामक्कल जिला
  • Italian: distretto di Namakkal
  • Italian: Distretto di Namakkal
  • Japanese: ナーマッカル県
  • Malayalam: നാമക്കൽ ജില്ല
  • Marathi: नामक्कल जिल्हा
  • Min Nan Chinese: Namakkal
  • Nepali: नमक्कल जिल्ला
  • Newari: नामक्‍कल जिल्ला
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Namakkal
  • Norwegian: Namakkal
  • Occitan (post 1500): Districte de Namakkal
  • Oriya: ନମକ୍କଲ ଜିଲ୍ଲା
  • Panjabi: ਨਾਮਕੱਕਲ ਜਿਲ੍ਹਾ
  • Panjabi: ਨਾਮਕਕਲ
  • Persian: بخش نمکل
  • Polish: Namakkal
  • Russian: Намаккал
  • Sanskrit: नामक्कलमण्डलम्
  • Santali: ᱱᱚᱢᱚᱠᱠᱚᱞ ᱦᱚᱱᱚᱛ
  • Santali: ᱱᱟᱢᱚᱠᱠᱚᱞ ᱦᱚᱱᱚᱛ
  • Spanish: Distrito de Namakkal
  • Spanish: Namakkal
  • Tamil: நாமக்கல் மாவட்டம்
  • Telugu: నమక్కల్ జిల్లా
  • Urdu: نمکل ضلع
  • Vietnamese: Namakkal
  • Western Panjabi: ضلع ناماکل
  • नमक्कल जिला

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