Theni

Theni
தேனி
Theni; தேனி
Neighbourhood
	From top: Theni view from the forest road, Theni view from mary matha school
	Nickname: Gateway to highland
	Theni; தேனி Theni, Tamil Nadu, India
	Coordinates: 10°00′28″N 77°28′25″E / 10.0079°N 77.4735°E
Country	India
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Theni
Government
• Type	Municipality
• Body	Theni Municipality
• Chairman	S Murugesan
• Commissioner	S Nagarajan
Elevation	339 m (1,112 ft)
Population (2011)
• Total	202,100
Languages
• Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, English, Kannada	Tamil
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN	625531
Telephone code	04546
Vehicle registration	TN 60, TN 60Z
Distance from State Capital Chennai	498 kilometres (309 mi) southwest
Climate	Average and moderate cool at winter (Köppen)
Precipitation	658 millimetres (25.9 in)
Avg. summer temperature	39.5 °C (103.1 °F)
Avg. winter temperature	25.8 °C (78.4 °F)
Website	www.theni.tn.nic.in

Theni (Template:Lang-ta) is a valley town situated in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu at the foothills of Western Ghats. It is the headquarters of the Theni district, located at a distance of 70km from Madurai. It is known for the large-scale trading of garlic, cotton, cardamom, grapes, bananas, mango and chilli. It hosts the second largest weekly market in Tamil Nadu and the fourth largest in South India.^{[citation needed]}

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