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Salem district

district of Tamil Nadu state in southern India
AdministrativeArea district_of_india Q15192
Salem district
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Salem district

Summary

Salem district is a district of India[1]. It ranks in the top 6% of district_of_india entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (364 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Salem district is located in Tamil Nadu[3].
  • Salem district is in the country of India[4].
  • Salem district's image is recorded as Salem Seelanaickenpati.jpg[5].
  • Salem district's instance of is recorded as district of India[6].
  • Salem district's capital is recorded as Salem[7].
  • Salem district's shares border with is recorded as Dharmapuri district[8].
  • Salem district's shares border with is recorded as Perambalur district[9].
  • Salem district's shares border with is recorded as Tiruchirappalli district[10].
  • Salem district's shares border with is recorded as Namakkal district[11].
  • Salem district's shares border with is recorded as Erode district[12].
  • Salem district's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 138407790[13].
  • Salem district's GND ID is recorded as 4358370-2[14].
  • Salem district's locator map image is recorded as Salem in Tamil Nadu (India).svg[15].
  • Salem district's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as n82272161[16].
  • Salem district's postal code is recorded as 636xxx[17].
  • Salem district's Commons category is recorded as Salem district[18].
  • Salem district's OpenStreetMap relation ID is recorded as 1819322[19].
  • Salem district's located in time zone is recorded as UTC+05:30[20].
  • Salem district's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 11.6646, 'lon': 78.146}[21].
  • Salem district's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0cmpj7[22].
  • Salem district's official website is recorded as https://salem.nic.in/[23].
  • Salem district's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Salem district[24].
  • Salem district's population is recorded as {'amount': '+3016346'}[25].
  • Salem district's population is recorded as {'amount': '+3482056'}[26].
  • Salem district's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[27].

Body

Geography

Salem district is in the country of India[4]. It is located in Tamil Nadu[3].

Physical Characteristics

Salem district's area is recorded as {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+5219'}[28]. Population counts include {'amount': '+3016346'}[25] and {'amount': '+3482056'}[26].

Designation and Status

Salem district's instance of is recorded as district of India[6].

Why It Matters

Salem district ranks in the top 6% of district_of_india entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (364 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 18 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[29]

Related Entities

India Periyar University

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . 2011 census of India. censusindia.gov.in. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [29] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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