Coimbatore , also known as Kovai, is one of the major industrial cities in South India . It is the second largest city in Tamil Nadu and the administrative headquarters of Coimbatore District. Coimbatore is well known for its textile industries, engineering industries, automobile component manufacturers and its engineering colleges. Coimbatore is also known as Koneyammanputhhur, which means birth-place of the goddess (koni amman ).
Coimbatore , known as an industrial hub, is also dubbed the 'Manchester of South India'. It is also well known for educational institutions, its pleasant weather, friendly culture and exceptional hospitality. There is also a significant minority of people of North and West Indian origin in Coimbatore . People here are highly enterprising and industrious, which is one of the reasons cited for its phenomenal industrial growth. A boost for this industrial growth were provided by Naidus who settled here a few centuries before from Andhra Pradesh. This was followed by Gownders who are basically hardworking entrepreneurs. The nearest major cities are Chennai (previously Madras), Bangalore, Trichy, Cochin-sea port, Salem which are 500 km, 335 km, 232 km, 210km and 160 km from Coimbatore, respectively. Coimbatore city is well connected by rail, road and air.
Coimbatore has a very good health and medical care facility. There are large corporate hospitals where high quality and treatment for complicated illnesses are provided.
The Tamil language spoken itself has a flavour of hospitality, and is referred to as 'Kongu Tamil'. Other than Tamil, the languages spoken in Coimbatore include Malayalam, Telugu, Kannada, and English.
Pollachi, a vibrant and expanding town, 40 km from Coimbatore , was known to the Romans of Caesar's day for its spices, as is evidenced by numerous Roman coins from that epoch unearthed in Coimbatore district. During Alexander the Great's stay in India , he ordered diamonds from Coimbatore .
Coimbatore has experienced 6.0 Richter Scale earthquake in the past (It is classified as Class III/IV Zone) which brought black soil up thus making the region fertile.
Coimbatore district exports Rs.15,000 Crores outside India . A PriceWaterHouseCoopers study puts its revenue potential from IT/ITES sector at $1.5 billion.
Coimbatore City is one of the top 10 fastest growing cities of India . Coimbatore district has a population of about 42.25 Lakhs (Census in 2001). Coimbatore is also a district capital. There are more than 25,000 small, medium, large scale industries and textile mills.
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