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Phalodi is a town and a municipality in Jodhpur district in the Indian state of Rajasthan. It is the headquarters for Phalodi tehsil. Phalodi is also called the "salt city" due to the concentration of a large number of salt industries located in Rin. Phalodi is in the buffer zone of Thar Desert and often subject to extreme temperature conditions due to arid climate. It holds the record for the highest verified temperature recorded in India at 51 °C on 19 May 2016.