Kodagu is a district of Karnataka State in southern India. It is also known by its anglicised name of Coorg. It occupies about 4,100 square kilometers (1,580 mi²) of land in the Western Ghats of southwestern Karnataka. As of 2001, the population was 5,48,561, with some 13.74% of the population residing in the district's urban centers.

Kodagu's capital is Madikeri. The district is bordered by Dakshina Kannada District to the northwest, Hassan District to the north, Mysore District to the east, the Kannur District of Kerala to the southwest, and the Wayanad District of Kerala to the south.

Kodagu is considered rich with wildlife and has three wildlife sanctuaries and one national park: Brahmagiri Wildlife Sanctuary, Talakaveri Wildlife Sanctuary, Pushpagiri Wildlife Sanctuary and Nagarahole or Rajiv Gandhi National Park.

The flora of the jungle includes MicheliaChampaca (Champak), Mesua (Ironwood), Diospyros (Ebony and other species), Toona Ciliata (Indian mahogany), Chukrasia Tabularis, Calophyllum Angustifolium (Poon spar), Canarium Strictum (Black Dammar), Artocarpus, Dipterocarpus, Garcinia, Euonymus, Cinnamomum, Myristica, Vaccinium, Myrtaceae, Melastomataceae, Rubus (three species) and a rose. In the undergrowth are found Cardamom, Areca, Plantains, Canes, Wild Black Pepper, tree and other ferns, and Arums.

In the forest of the less thickly-wooded bamboo country in the west of Kodagu the most common trees are the Dalbergia Latifolia (Black wood), Pterocarpus Marsupium (Kino tree), Terminalia Tomentosa (Matthi), Lagerstroemia Parviflora (Benteak), AnogeissusLatifolia (Dindul), Bassia Latifolia, Butea Monosperma, Nauclea Parvifiora, and several species of Acacia. Teak and Sandalwood also grow in the eastern part of the district.

The fauna include the Asian elephant, Tiger, Leopard, Dhole, Gaur, Boar, and several species of Deer.