#language en = 2017/India/Coimbatore = = MANCHESTER OF SOUTH INDIA = . ''' Coimbatore District''' is a district in the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kongu_Nadu|Kongu Nadu]] region of the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_state|state]] of [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tamil_Nadu|Tamil Nadu]]. [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coimbatore|Coimbatore]] is the administrative headquarters of the district. It is one of the most industrialized districts and a major textile, industrial, commercial, educational, information technology, healthcare and manufacturing hub of Tamil Nadu.The region is bounded by [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tiruppur_district|Tiruppur district]] in the east, [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nilgiris_district|Nilgiris district]] in the north, [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erode_district|Erode district]] in the north-east, [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palghat_district|Palghat district]] and [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Idukki_district|Idukki district]] of neighboring state of [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kerala|Kerala]] in the west and south respectively. As of 2011, Coimbatore district had a population of 3,458,045 with a sex-ratio of 1,000 and literacy rate of 84%. . Coimbatore district was part of the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sangam_period|historical]] [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kongu_Nadu|Kongu Nadu]] and was ruled by the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chera_Dynasty|Cheras]] as it served as the eastern entrance to the[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palakkad_Gap|Palakkad Gap]], the principal trade route between the west coast and [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tamil_Nadu|Tamil Nadu]]. Coimbatore was in the middle of the Roman trade route that extended from [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muziris|Muziris]] to [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arikamedu|Arikamedu]] in South India. The [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medieval_Cholas|medieval Cholas]] conquered the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kongu_Nadu|Kongu Nadu]] in the 10th century CE. The region was ruled by [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vijayanagara_Empire|Vijayanagara Empire]] in the 15th century followed by the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madurai_Nayaks|Nayaks]] who introduced the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polygar|Palayakkarar system]] under which Kongu nadu region was divided into 24 ''Palayams''. In the later part of the 18th century, the Coimbatore region came under the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kingdom_of_Mysore|Kingdom of Mysore]] and following the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siege_of_Coimbatore|defeat]] of [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tipu_Sultan|Tipu Sultan]] in the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anglo-Mysore_Wars|Anglo-Mysore Wars]], the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_East_India_Company|British East India Company]] annexed Coimbatore to the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madras_Presidency|Madras Presidency]] in 1799. . The Coimbatore region played a prominent role in the Second [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poligar_War|Poligar War]] (1801) when it was the area of operations of [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dheeran_Chinnamalai|Dheeran Chinnamalai]]. In 1804, Coimbatore was established as the capital of the newly formed Coimbatore district. The district experienced a textile boom in the early 19th century due to the decline of the cotton industry in [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mumbai|Mumbai]]. Post independence, the district has seen rapid growth due to [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Industrialisation|industrialisation]]. == Teams == * [[2017/India/Coimbatore/SNSCT|SNSCT]] == Create a new Team page: == <> ---- CategoryCity2017 CategoryCity2017