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The State of Tamil Nadu extends latitudinally between $8^04'$ North and $13^035'$ North.

• The total area of Tamil Nadu is 1,30,058 square km. 
  

• There are 31 district panchayats in Tamil Nadu except the district of  Chennai as it is an Urban District.

• Tamil Nadu is the sixth most populous State of the Indian Union after Uttar Pradesh, Maharashtra, Bihar, West Bengal and Andhra Pradesh.

Total area of Tamil Nadu is about 1,30,058 sq.km., which is 4% of the total land area of India.

• The state of Tamil Nadu is a triangular landmass at the southeastern end of the main continent.

• The palm tree is the state tree of Tamil Nadu. 

• There are 12 municipal corporations in Tamil Nadu.
  
• Larger cities of Tamil Nadu including Chennai, Coimbatore, Madurai, Tiruchirapalli, Tirupur, Salem, Erode, Tirunelveli, Vellore, Thoothukudi, Thanjavur and Dindigul are governed by city municipal corporations.

Tamil Nadu is located in southern India and shares its land borders with the states of Kerala to the west, Karnataka to the northwest, and Andhra Pradesh to the north.