A plantation town in the Anaimalai Hills of Coimbatore district, with coffee estates dating to 1846.
Valparai is a plantation town in Coimbatore district, Tamil Nadu, at about 1,059 m in the Anaimalai Hills. Its economy centers on tea and coffee estates. Coffee plantations began in 1846 and tea expanded significantly after 1890.
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Wikipedia says coffee and tea estates cluster around Valparai on the northern slopes of the Anamalais, where annual rain varies from 2,000 to 5,000 mm.
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- Valparai · Wikimedia Foundation
- Anaimalai Hills · Wikimedia Foundation