Salem
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.Photo: Arulmuru182002, Public domain.
Essential Destinations
Top destinations include Salem and Yercaud.
Salem
Photo: Sabari Selvaraj, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Salem is a city in Tamil Nadu. Nicknamed the Steel City, it is best known in modern times for its steel plant and manufacturing industry. It is also a short trip away from the hills of the Eastern Ghats, offering natural scenic beauty.
Yercaud
Photo: Swarthika Palanisamy, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Yercaud is a hill station at an altitude of 1515 metres altitude in the state of Tamil Nadu in Southern India.
Aragalur
Aragalur is a village in Salem district, Tamil Nadu, India. It is about 6 km from Thalaivasal and 70 km from Salem.Salem
- Type: district of India with 3,480,000 residents
- Description: district of Tamil Nadu state in southern India
- Also known as: “Salem district” and “Salem District”
- Neighbors: Dharmapuri, Erode, Namakkal, and Tiruchirappalli
- Location: Kongu Nadu, Tamil Nadu, Southern India, India, South Asia, Asia
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Vietnamese—“Salem” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “ضاحية سالم”
- Asturian: “distritu de Salem”
- Asturian: “Salem (distritu)”
- Asturian: “Salem”
- Basque: “Salem barrutia”
- Bengali: “সালেম জেলা”
- Bhojpuri: “सलेम जिला”
- Catalan: “districte de Salem”
- Catalan: “Districte de Salem”
- Cebuano: “Salem”
- Chinese: “Salem”
- Chinese: “塞勒姆县”
- Chinese: “塞勒姆縣”
- Dutch: “Salem”
- Egyptian Arabic: “سالم”
- Egyptian Arabic: “منطقة سالم”
- Esperanto: “Distrikto Salem”
- Finnish: “Salemin piirikunta”
- French: “district de Salem”
- French: “District de Salem”
- German: “Salem”
- Gujarati: “સેલમ જિલ્લો”
- Hindi: “सलेम जिला”
- Hindi: “सेलम जिला”
- Italian: “distretto di Salem”
- Italian: “Distretto di Salem”
- Japanese: “セーラム県”
- Kannada: “ಸೇಲಂ ಜಿಲ್ಲೆ”
- Kashmiri: “سیلم ضِلہٕ”
- Magahi: “सेलं मण्डल”
- Malayalam: “സേലം ജില്ല”
- Marathi: “सेलम जिल्हा”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Salem”
- Nepali: “सलेम जिल्ला”
- Newari: “सेलम जिल्ला”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Salem”
- Norwegian: “Salem”
- Oriya: “ସଲେମ ଜିଲ୍ଲା”
- Persian: “بخش سیلم”
- Polish: “Salem”
- Portuguese: “Salem”
- Russian: “Салем”
- Sanskrit: “सेलंमण्डलम्”
- Sanskrit: “सेलम्-मण्डलम्”
- Santali: “ᱥᱚᱞᱮᱢ ᱦᱚᱱᱚᱛ”
- Santali: “ᱥᱟᱞᱮᱢ ᱦᱚᱱᱚᱛ”
- Spanish: “Distrito de Salem”
- Spanish: “Salem”
- Swedish: “Salem”
- Tamil: “சேலம் மாவட்டம்”
- Tamil: “பெரிய சேலம்”
- Telugu: “సాలెం జిల్లా”
- Telugu: “సేలం జిల్లా”
- Urdu: “سیلم ضلع”
- Vietnamese: “Salem”
- “सलेम जिला”
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