A Kodagu taluk in the district's north-east, described as a major arabica-growing region, with cardamom and pepper too.
Somwarpet is the main town of Somwarpet taluk, in the north-east of Kodagu district, where it borders Hassan district. Wikipedia describes coffee as the major crop of the region, and the area also produces cardamom, pepper, cinnamon and ginger. The town sits at about 1,130 m.
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Somwarpet, at about 1,130 m, is listed as Karnataka's second-highest administrative town by elevation.
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- Somwarpet · Wikimedia Foundation
- Kodagu district · Wikimedia Foundation