Brief explanation about salem

Steel city - The Existence of Steel plant in the City.

Agriculture City- Salem is gifted with large area of Agricultural lands in and around the city and Salem District.

Limestone City- Salem is also gifted with natural resource like Limestone, Magnesium carbonate and iron ore in the foothills of yercaud. Thus the availability of limestone gives this name to the city.

Electric City- The power grid in Mettur Dam situated near the city. This is a very important source of power for northern parts of TamilNadu and even to Bangalore city in Karnataka.

Mango City- This is the name this city is called right from the earlier days. Salem is larger and biggest market in south India for Mangoes