Salem, a town in the south of India, 120 miles by rail SW. of Madras, stands in a pretty position in a valley backed by hills, and is a clean though straggling place, with extensive cotton manufactures and much general trade. Pop. (1881) 50,667; (1891) 67,750.
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Chambers's Encyclopaedia, Volume 9: Bound to Swansea, p. 105
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