A major industrial city in Tamil Nadu, a South Indian state.

Coimbatore (Tamil: கோயம்பத்தூர்), also known as Kovai (Tamil: கோவை), is a major industrial city in India. It is the second largest city in Tamil Nadu with a population of 1.4 million.http://www.world-gazetteer.com/wg.php?x=&men=gcis&lng=en&dat=32&geo=-104&srt=pnan&col=aohdq&pt=c&va=&geo=-1881 Tamil Nadu: largest cities and towns and statistics of their population, World gazzeter It is the administrative headquarters of Coimbatore District.