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class="mw-page-title-main">Machilipatnam</span></h1> <div id="p-lang-btn" class="vector-dropdown mw-portlet mw-portlet-lang" > <input type="checkbox" id="p-lang-btn-checkbox" role="button" aria-haspopup="true" data-event-name="ui.dropdown-p-lang-btn" class="vector-dropdown-checkbox mw-interlanguage-selector" aria-label="Go to an article in another language. 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interwiki-ast mw-list-item"><a href="https://ast.wikipedia.org/wiki/Machilipatnam" title="Machilipatnam – Asturian" lang="ast" hreflang="ast" data-title="Machilipatnam" data-language-autonym="Asturianu" data-language-local-name="Asturian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Asturianu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bn mw-list-item"><a href="https://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%AE%E0%A6%B8%E0%A7%81%E0%A6%B2%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%AA%E0%A6%A4%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%A4%E0%A6%A8%E0%A6%AE" title="মসুলিপত্তনম – Bangla" lang="bn" hreflang="bn" data-title="মসুলিপত্তনম" data-language-autonym="বাংলা" data-language-local-name="Bangla" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>বাংলা</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-zh-min-nan mw-list-item"><a href="https://zh-min-nan.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masulipatnam" title="Masulipatnam – Minnan" lang="nan" hreflang="nan" data-title="Masulipatnam" data-language-autonym="閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú" data-language-local-name="Minnan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bh mw-list-item"><a href="https://bh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%AE%E0%A4%9B%E0%A4%B2%E0%A5%80%E0%A4%AA%E0%A4%9F%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%9F%E0%A4%A8%E0%A4%AE" title="मछलीपट्टनम – Bhojpuri" lang="bh" hreflang="bh" data-title="मछलीपट्टनम" data-language-autonym="भोजपुरी" data-language-local-name="Bhojpuri" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>भोजपुरी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masulipatam" title="Masulipatam – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Masulipatam" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ceb mw-list-item"><a href="https://ceb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Machil%C4%ABpatnam" title="Machilīpatnam – Cebuano" lang="ceb" hreflang="ceb" data-title="Machilīpatnam" data-language-autonym="Cebuano" data-language-local-name="Cebuano" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cebuano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ma%C4%8Dil%C3%ADpatnam" title="Mačilípatnam – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Mačilípatnam" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Machilipatnam" title="Machilipatnam – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Machilipatnam" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Machilipatnam" title="Machilipatnam – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Machilipatnam" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ma%C4%89ilipatnam" title="Maĉilipatnam – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Maĉilipatnam" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%A7%DA%86%DB%8C%D9%84%DB%8C%D9%BE%D8%A7%D8%AA%D9%86%D8%A7%D9%85" title="ماچیلیپاتنام – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="ماچیلیپاتنام" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hif mw-list-item"><a href="https://hif.wikipedia.org/wiki/Machilipatnam" title="Machilipatnam – Fiji Hindi" lang="hif" hreflang="hif" data-title="Machilipatnam" data-language-autonym="Fiji Hindi" data-language-local-name="Fiji Hindi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Fiji Hindi</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Machilipatnam" title="Machilipatnam – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Machilipatnam" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gu mw-list-item"><a href="https://gu.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%AA%AE%E0%AA%9B%E0%AA%B2%E0%AB%80%E0%AA%AA%E0%AA%9F%E0%AA%A8%E0%AA%AE" title="મછલીપટનમ – Gujarati" lang="gu" hreflang="gu" data-title="મછલીપટનમ" data-language-autonym="ગુજરાતી" data-language-local-name="Gujarati" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ગુજરાતી</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EB%A7%88%EC%8B%A4%EB%A6%AC%ED%8C%8C%ED%8A%B8%EB%82%A8" title="마실리파트남 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="마실리파트남" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hi mw-list-item"><a href="https://hi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%AE%E0%A4%9B%E0%A4%B2%E0%A5%80%E0%A4%AA%E0%A4%9F%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%9F%E0%A4%A8%E0%A4%AE" title="मछलीपट्टनम – Hindi" lang="hi" hreflang="hi" data-title="मछलीपट्टनम" data-language-autonym="हिन्दी" data-language-local-name="Hindi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>हिन्दी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bpy mw-list-item"><a href="https://bpy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%AE%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%9A%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%B2%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%AA%E0%A6%A4%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%A8%E0%A6%AE" title="মাচিলিপত্নম – Bishnupriya" lang="bpy" hreflang="bpy" data-title="মাচিলিপত্নম" data-language-autonym="বিষ্ণুপ্রিয়া মণিপুরী" data-language-local-name="Bishnupriya" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>বিষ্ণুপ্রিয়া মণিপুরী</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Machilipatnam" title="Machilipatnam – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Machilipatnam" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pam mw-list-item"><a href="https://pam.wikipedia.org/wiki/Machilipatnam" title="Machilipatnam – Pampanga" lang="pam" hreflang="pam" data-title="Machilipatnam" data-language-autonym="Kapampangan" data-language-local-name="Pampanga" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kapampangan</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lld mw-list-item"><a href="https://lld.wikipedia.org/wiki/Machilipatnam" title="Machilipatnam – Ladin" lang="lld" hreflang="lld" data-title="Machilipatnam" data-language-autonym="Ladin" data-language-local-name="Ladin" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ladin</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mg mw-list-item"><a href="https://mg.wikipedia.org/wiki/Machilipatnam" title="Machilipatnam – Malagasy" lang="mg" hreflang="mg" data-title="Machilipatnam" data-language-autonym="Malagasy" data-language-local-name="Malagasy" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Malagasy</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ml mw-list-item"><a href="https://ml.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B4%AE%E0%B4%9A%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%9A%E0%B4%BF%E0%B4%B2%E0%B4%BF%E0%B4%AA%E0%B4%9F%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%9F%E0%B4%A3%E0%B4%82" title="മച്ചിലിപട്ടണം – Malayalam" lang="ml" hreflang="ml" data-title="മച്ചിലിപട്ടണം" data-language-autonym="മലയാളം" data-language-local-name="Malayalam" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>മലയാളം</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mr mw-list-item"><a href="https://mr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%AE%E0%A4%9B%E0%A4%B2%E0%A5%80%E0%A4%AA%E0%A4%9F%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%9F%E0%A4%A3%E0%A4%AE" title="मछलीपट्टणम – Marathi" lang="mr" hreflang="mr" data-title="मछलीपट्टणम" data-language-autonym="मराठी" data-language-local-name="Marathi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>मराठी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-arz mw-list-item"><a href="https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%AA%D8%B4%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%AA%D9%86%D8%A7%D9%85" title="ماتشيليباتنام – Egyptian Arabic" lang="arz" hreflang="arz" data-title="ماتشيليباتنام" data-language-autonym="مصرى" data-language-local-name="Egyptian Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>مصرى</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ms mw-list-item"><a href="https://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Machilipatnam" title="Machilipatnam – Malay" lang="ms" hreflang="ms" data-title="Machilipatnam" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Melayu" data-language-local-name="Malay" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Melayu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masulipatnam" title="Masulipatnam – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Masulipatnam" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ne mw-list-item"><a href="https://ne.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%AE%E0%A4%9B%E0%A4%B2%E0%A5%80%E0%A4%AA%E0%A4%9F%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%9F%E0%A4%A8%E0%A4%AE" title="मछलीपट्टनम – Nepali" lang="ne" hreflang="ne" data-title="मछलीपट्टनम" data-language-autonym="नेपाली" data-language-local-name="Nepali" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>नेपाली</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-new mw-list-item"><a href="https://new.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%AE%E0%A4%9B%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%B2%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%AA%E0%A4%9F%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%A8%E0%A4%AE" title="मछिलिपट्नम – Newari" 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.ib-settlement .maptable{border:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement .infobox-header,.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement .infobox-below{text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement .infobox-above{font-size:125%;line-height:1.3em}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement .infobox-subheader{background-color:#cddeff;font-weight:bold}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-native{font-weight:normal;padding-top:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-other-name{font-size:78%}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-official{font-weight:bold}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-caption{padding:0.3em 0 0 0}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-caption-link{padding:0.2em 0}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-nickname{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-fn{font-weight:normal;display:inline}</style><table class="infobox ib-settlement vcard"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above"><div class="fn org">Machilipatnam</div> <div class="nickname ib-settlement-other-name">Masulipatnam<br />Bandar</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-subheader"><div class="category"><a href="/wiki/City" title="City">City</a></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Robertson_Square.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Koneru Centre"><img alt="Koneru Centre" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f9/Robertson_Square.jpg/250px-Robertson_Square.jpg" decoding="async" width="250" height="118" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f9/Robertson_Square.jpg/375px-Robertson_Square.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f9/Robertson_Square.jpg/500px-Robertson_Square.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3751" data-file-height="1777" /></a></span><div class="ib-settlement-caption">Koneru Centre</div></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><div class="switcher-container"><style 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typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:India_Andhra_Pradesh_location_map_(current).svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Machilipatnam is located in Andhra Pradesh"><img alt="Machilipatnam is located in Andhra Pradesh" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/93/India_Andhra_Pradesh_location_map_%28current%29.svg/250px-India_Andhra_Pradesh_location_map_%28current%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="250" height="207" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/93/India_Andhra_Pradesh_location_map_%28current%29.svg/375px-India_Andhra_Pradesh_location_map_%28current%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/93/India_Andhra_Pradesh_location_map_%28current%29.svg/500px-India_Andhra_Pradesh_location_map_%28current%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1027" data-file-height="849" /></a></span><div class="od notheme" style="top:46.861%;left:54.195%;font-size:91%"><div class="id" style="left:-3px;top:-3px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Machilipatnam"><img alt="Machilipatnam" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/6px-Red_pog.svg.png" decoding="async" width="6" height="6" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/9px-Red_pog.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/12px-Red_pog.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="64" data-file-height="64" /></span></span></div><div class="pr" style="width:6em;left:4px"><div>Machilipatnam</div></div></div></div><div style="padding-top:0.2em">Location in <a href="/wiki/Andhra_Pradesh" title="Andhra Pradesh">Andhra Pradesh</a>, <a href="/wiki/India" title="India">India</a></div><span class="switcher-label" style="display:none">Show map of Andhra Pradesh</span></div></div></div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238443738"><div class="center"><div class="locmap" style="width:250px;float:none;clear:both;margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto"><div style="width:250px;padding:0"><div style="position:relative;width:250px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:India_location_map.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Machilipatnam is located in India"><img alt="Machilipatnam is located in India" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/India_location_map.svg/250px-India_location_map.svg.png" decoding="async" width="250" height="269" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/India_location_map.svg/375px-India_location_map.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/India_location_map.svg/500px-India_location_map.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1500" data-file-height="1615" /></a></span><div class="od notheme" style="top:65.631%;left:44.156%;font-size:91%"><div class="id" style="left:-3px;top:-3px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Machilipatnam"><img alt="Machilipatnam" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/6px-Red_pog.svg.png" decoding="async" width="6" height="6" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/9px-Red_pog.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/12px-Red_pog.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="64" data-file-height="64" /></span></span></div><div class="pr" style="width:6em;left:4px"><div>Machilipatnam</div></div></div></div><div style="padding-top:0.2em">Machilipatnam (India)</div><span class="switcher-label" style="display:none">Show map of India</span></div></div></div></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedbottomrow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data">Coordinates: <span class="geo-inline"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1156832818">.mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct,.mw-parser-output .geo-inline-hidden{display:none}.mw-parser-output .longitude,.mw-parser-output .latitude{white-space:nowrap}</style><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Machilipatnam&params=16.17_N_81.13_E_type:city_region:IN-AP"><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">16°10′N</span> <span class="longitude">81°08′E</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">16.17°N 81.13°E</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">16.17; 81.13</span></span></span></a></span></span></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Country</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/India" title="India">India</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/States_and_territories_of_India" class="mw-redirect" title="States and territories of India">State</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Andhra_Pradesh" title="Andhra Pradesh">Andhra Pradesh</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/List_of_districts_in_Andhra_Pradesh" class="mw-redirect" title="List of districts in Andhra Pradesh">District</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Krishna_district" title="Krishna district">Krishna district</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Founded</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/14th_century" title="14th century">14th century</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Government<div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Type</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Municipal_Corporation" class="mw-redirect" title="Municipal Corporation">Municipal Corporation</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Body</th><td class="infobox-data agent"><a href="/wiki/Machilipatnam_Municipal_Corporation" title="Machilipatnam Municipal Corporation">Machilipatnam Municipal Corporation</a>, <a href="/wiki/Machilipatnam_Area_Development_Authority" class="mw-redirect" title="Machilipatnam Area Development Authority">MUDA</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • <a href="/wiki/Member_of_Legislative_Assembly_(India)" class="mw-redirect" title="Member of Legislative Assembly (India)">MLA</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Kollu_Ravindra" title="Kollu Ravindra">Kollu Ravindra</a> (<a href="/wiki/Telugu_Desam_Party" title="Telugu Desam Party">Telugu Desam Party</a>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • <a href="/wiki/Municipal_commissioner" title="Municipal commissioner">Municipal commissioner</a></th><td class="infobox-data">Chandraiah</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Area<div class="ib-settlement-fn"><sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="white-space:nowrap;"> • <a href="/wiki/City" title="City">City</a></div></th><td class="infobox-data">26.67 km<sup>2</sup> (10.30 sq mi)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Elevation<div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th><td class="infobox-data">14 m (46 ft)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Population<div class="ib-settlement-fn"><span class="nowrap"> </span>(2011)<sup id="cite_ref-population_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-population-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Density</th><td class="infobox-data">6,875/km<sup>2</sup> (17,810/sq mi)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • <a href="/wiki/Urban_area" title="Urban area">Urban</a><div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th><td class="infobox-data">232,000</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Languages<div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Official</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Telugu_language" title="Telugu language">Telugu</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Time_zone" title="Time zone">Time zone</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/UTC%2B5:30" class="mw-redirect" title="UTC+5:30">UTC+5:30</a> (<a href="/wiki/Indian_Standard_Time" title="Indian Standard Time">IST</a>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Postal_Index_Number" title="Postal Index Number">PIN</a></th><td class="infobox-data adr"><div class="postal-code">521001,002,003,004</div></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Telephone code</th><td class="infobox-data">91-08672</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Vehicle_registration_plate" title="Vehicle registration plate">Vehicle registration</a></th><td class="infobox-data">AP-39</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://machilipatnam.cdma.ap.gov.in/">machilipatnam<wbr />.cdma<wbr />.ap<wbr />.gov<wbr />.in</a></span></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Machilipatnam</b> (<style 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<b>Masulipatnam</b> and <b>Bandar</b> (<link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1177148991"><span class="IPA-label IPA-label-small">Telugu:</span> <span class="IPA nowrap" lang="te-Latn-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Help:IPA/Telugu" title="Help:IPA/Telugu">[bɐn̪d̪ɐɾ]</a></span>),<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTERao200212_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTERao200212-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> is a city in <a href="/wiki/Krishna_district" title="Krishna district">Krishna district</a> of the Indian state of <a href="/wiki/Andhra_Pradesh" title="Andhra Pradesh">Andhra Pradesh</a>. It is a <a href="/wiki/Municipal_corporation" title="Municipal corporation">municipal corporation</a> and the administrative headquarters of Krishna district.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It is also the <a href="/wiki/Tehsil" title="Tehsil">mandal</a> headquarters of <a href="/wiki/Machilipatnam_mandal" title="Machilipatnam mandal">Machilipatnam mandal</a> in <a href="/wiki/Machilipatnam_revenue_division" title="Machilipatnam revenue division">Machilipatnam revenue division</a> of the district.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-census_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-census-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The ancient port town served as the settlement of European traders from the 16th century, and it was a major trading port for the <a href="/wiki/Portuguese_Empire" title="Portuguese Empire">Portuguese</a>, <a href="/wiki/British_Empire" title="British Empire">British</a>, <a href="/wiki/Dutch_colonial_empire" title="Dutch colonial empire">Dutch</a> and <a href="/wiki/French_colonial_empire" title="French colonial empire">French</a> in the 17th century.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEReddy200872_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEReddy200872-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Etymology">Etymology</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Machilipatnam&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Etymology"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>During the 17th century, it was known by the names <i>Masulipatnam</i> , in local <a href="/wiki/Telugu_language" title="Telugu language">Telugu language</a>, 'Masuli'/'Machili' means fish and 'Patnam' means city. <i>Masula</i> and <i>Bandar</i> (Bandar translates to 'port' in <a href="/wiki/Persian_language" title="Persian language">Persian language</a>).<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEGeorgeDuggalBhatiaChakrabarti55_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEGeorgeDuggalBhatiaChakrabarti55-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBroeze2010_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBroeze2010-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The port town in the ancient times was also referred with the name <i>Maesolia</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-maesolia_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-maesolia-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Machilipatnam&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Masulipatam_mg_8557.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0d/Masulipatam_mg_8557.jpg/250px-Masulipatam_mg_8557.jpg" decoding="async" width="250" height="180" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0d/Masulipatam_mg_8557.jpg/375px-Masulipatam_mg_8557.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0d/Masulipatam_mg_8557.jpg/500px-Masulipatam_mg_8557.jpg 2x" data-file-width="976" data-file-height="703" /></a><figcaption>View of Masulipatam in 1676</figcaption></figure> <p>The town has existed since at least the 3rd century BCE (<a href="/wiki/Satavahana" class="mw-redirect" title="Satavahana">Satavahana</a> period) when, according to <a href="/wiki/Ptolemy" title="Ptolemy">Ptolemy</a>, it was known as Maisolos. The <i><a href="/wiki/Periplus_of_the_Erythraean_Sea" title="Periplus of the Erythraean Sea">Periplus of the Erythraean Sea</a></i> calls it Masalia in the 1st-century BCE.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The port is on the southeastern, or <a href="/wiki/Coromandel_Coast" title="Coromandel Coast">Coromandel Coast</a>, of India. At the mouth of the <a href="/wiki/River_Krishna" class="mw-redirect" title="River Krishna">River Krishna</a> on the Bay of Bengal, the Masula port saw flourishing sea trade.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (September 2022)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>Muslin was traded by ancient Greeks from the town and the word <i><a href="/wiki/Muslin" title="Muslin">muslin</a></i> originated from the name Maisolos.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Muslin was an important source of income for the town, being a favourite of Roman traders for domestic consumption. Several Roman coins were found during excavations of Buddhist towns near Machilipatnam.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The town served as the primary sea port for the <a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_Golkonda" class="mw-redirect" title="Kingdom of Golkonda">Kingdom of Golkonda</a>. It was an outlet for textiles produced in the <a href="/wiki/Godavari_Delta" class="mw-redirect" title="Godavari Delta">Godavari Delta</a>. It was a major source of income for the kingdom, and contributed to its immense prosperity in the 1620s and 1630s.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEEaton2008157_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEEaton2008157-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>By the end of the 17th century, the port city had fallen into decline. This coincided with the <a href="/wiki/Siege_of_Golconda" title="Siege of Golconda">Mughal conquest of Golkonda</a>. However, mismanagement prior to the conquest may have also been a factor in the city's decline.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEEaton2008159_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEEaton2008159-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Salabat_Jung" title="Salabat Jung">Salabat Jung</a>, the son of Nizam-ul-Mulk <a href="/wiki/Nizam-ul-Mulk,_Asaf_Jah_I" title="Nizam-ul-Mulk, Asaf Jah I">Asaf Jah I</a>, who was indebted for his elevation to the throne to the <a href="/wiki/French_East_India_Company" title="French East India Company">French East India Company</a>, granted them in return for their services the district of <a href="/wiki/Kondavid" class="mw-redirect" title="Kondavid">Kondavid</a> or <a href="/wiki/Guntur" title="Guntur">Guntur</a>, and soon afterwards the remainder of the <a href="/wiki/Northern_Circars" title="Northern Circars">Circars</a>. The Circars were captured by the British from the French in 1759 and were returned to the Nizam, however, Masulipatnam was retained by the <a href="/wiki/East_India_Company" title="East India Company">East India Company</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-EB1911_17-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-EB1911-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The town was the district headquarters of the then, Masulipatnam district and now to the <a href="/wiki/Krishna_district" title="Krishna district">Krishna district</a>, which was formed in 1859 in the composite <a href="/wiki/Madras_state" class="mw-redirect" title="Madras state">Madras state</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-census_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-census-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEPoole186589_18-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEPoole186589-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Geographical_area">Geographical area</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Machilipatnam&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Geographical area"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Machilipatnam city is at <span class="geo-inline"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1156832818"><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Machilipatnam&params=16.17_N_81.13_E_"><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">16°10′N</span> <span class="longitude">81°08′E</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">16.17°N 81.13°E</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">16.17; 81.13</span></span></span></a></span></span> on the southeast coast of India and in the east coast of Andhra Pradesh.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The city has an average elevation of 14 meters (45 feet).<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Climate">Climate</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Machilipatnam&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Climate"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Machilipatnam (city) gets most of its annual rainfall due to the <a href="/wiki/Southwest_monsoon" class="mw-redirect" title="Southwest monsoon">southwest monsoon</a>. It has a <a href="/wiki/Tropical_savanna_climate" title="Tropical savanna climate">tropical savanna climate</a> (<a href="/wiki/K%C3%B6ppen_climate_classification" title="Köppen climate classification">Köppen climate classification</a> <i>Aw</i>) with hot summers and moderate winters. The hottest months are between April and June. The average normal rainfall in the district is 959 millimetres (37.8 in) and Machilipatnam is vulnerable to high surges of the sea due to <a href="/wiki/Cyclone" title="Cyclone">cyclones</a>. The <a href="/wiki/1977_Andhra_Pradesh_cyclone" title="1977 Andhra Pradesh cyclone">1977 Andhra Pradesh cyclone</a> crossed the coast near <a href="/wiki/Nizampatnam" title="Nizampatnam">Nizampatnam</a> and took approximately 10,000 lives. As the storm approached the coast, gale winds reaching 200 km/h lashed <a href="/wiki/Prakasam_district" title="Prakasam district">Prakasam</a>, <a href="/wiki/Guntur" title="Guntur">Guntur</a>, <a href="/wiki/Krishna" title="Krishna">Krishna</a>, <a href="/wiki/East_Godavari" class="mw-redirect" title="East Godavari">East Godavari</a> and <a href="/wiki/West_Godavari" class="mw-redirect" title="West Godavari">West Godavari</a> districts. A storm surge, 5 meters high, inundated the Krishna <a href="/wiki/Estuary" title="Estuary">estuary</a> and the coast south of the city (Bandar). </p><p>On 8 December 2004, a high capacity S-Band Doppler cyclone warning radar was installed, commissioned and made operational at the city<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> by the German manufacturer Gematronik. With the installation of the radar, it is hoped the state will be better equipped to track cyclones. The facility will monitor the 960 km long coastline of the state.<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div> <table class="wikitable mw-collapsible" style="width:auto; text-align:center; line-height:1.2em;"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="14">Climate data for Machilipatnam (1991–2020, extremes 1901–2020) </th></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Month </th> <th scope="col">Jan </th> <th scope="col">Feb </th> <th scope="col">Mar </th> <th scope="col">Apr </th> <th scope="col">May </th> <th scope="col">Jun </th> <th scope="col">Jul </th> <th scope="col">Aug </th> <th scope="col">Sep </th> <th scope="col">Oct </th> <th scope="col">Nov </th> <th scope="col">Dec </th> <th scope="col" style="border-left-width:medium">Year </th></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Record high °C (°F) </th> <td style="background: #FF3000; color:#000000;" class="notheme">34.5<br />(94.1) </td> <td style="background: #FF1C00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">37.4<br />(99.3) </td> <td style="background: #F50000; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">42.2<br />(108.0) </td> <td style="background: #D70000; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">44.4<br />(111.9) </td> <td style="background: #A80000; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">47.8<br />(118.0) </td> <td style="background: #B30000; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">47.0<br />(116.6) </td> <td style="background: #ED0000; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">42.8<br />(109.0) </td> <td style="background: #FF0B00; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">39.8<br />(103.6) </td> <td style="background: #FF1600; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">38.2<br />(100.8) </td> <td style="background: #FF1900; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">37.8<br />(100.0) </td> <td style="background: #FF2A00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">35.4<br />(95.7) </td> <td style="background: #FF2F00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">34.6<br />(94.3) </td> <td style="background: #A80000; color:#FFFFFF; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">47.8<br />(118.0) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Mean daily maximum °C (°F) </th> <td style="background: #FF5200; color:#000000;" class="notheme">29.5<br />(85.1) </td> <td style="background: #FF4600; color:#000000;" class="notheme">31.3<br />(88.3) </td> <td style="background: #FF3700; color:#000000;" class="notheme">33.5<br />(92.3) </td> <td style="background: #FF2A00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">35.4<br />(95.7) </td> <td style="background: #FF1900; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">37.8<br />(100.0) </td> <td style="background: #FF2000; color:#000000;" class="notheme">36.8<br />(98.2) </td> <td style="background: #FF3200; color:#000000;" class="notheme">34.2<br />(93.6) </td> <td style="background: #FF3800; color:#000000;" class="notheme">33.3<br />(91.9) </td> <td style="background: #FF3800; color:#000000;" class="notheme">33.3<br />(91.9) </td> <td style="background: #FF4000; color:#000000;" class="notheme">32.2<br />(90.0) </td> <td style="background: #FF4900; color:#000000;" class="notheme">30.8<br />(87.4) </td> <td style="background: #FF5200; color:#000000;" class="notheme">29.6<br />(85.3) </td> <td style="background: #FF3900; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">33.1<br />(91.6) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Daily mean °C (°F) </th> <td style="background: #FF7200; color:#000000;" class="notheme">24.9<br />(76.8) </td> <td style="background: #FF6800; color:#000000;" class="notheme">26.3<br />(79.3) </td> <td style="background: #FF5900; color:#000000;" class="notheme">28.5<br />(83.3) </td> <td style="background: #FF4900; color:#000000;" class="notheme">30.8<br />(87.4) </td> <td style="background: #FF3B00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">32.9<br />(91.2) </td> <td style="background: #FF4000; color:#000000;" class="notheme">32.1<br />(89.8) </td> <td style="background: #FF4D00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">30.3<br />(86.5) </td> <td style="background: #FF5000; color:#000000;" class="notheme">29.8<br />(85.6) </td> <td style="background: #FF5100; color:#000000;" class="notheme">29.7<br />(85.5) </td> <td style="background: #FF5900; color:#000000;" class="notheme">28.5<br />(83.3) </td> <td style="background: #FF6500; color:#000000;" class="notheme">26.8<br />(80.2) </td> <td style="background: #FF7100; color:#000000;" class="notheme">25.0<br />(77.0) </td> <td style="background: #FF5700; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">28.8<br />(83.8) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Mean daily minimum °C (°F) </th> <td style="background: #FF9226; color:#000000;" class="notheme">20.2<br />(68.4) </td> <td style="background: #FF8A16; color:#000000;" class="notheme">21.4<br />(70.5) </td> <td style="background: #FF7B00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">23.6<br />(74.5) </td> <td style="background: #FF6900; color:#000000;" class="notheme">26.2<br />(79.2) </td> <td style="background: #FF5B00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">28.2<br />(82.8) </td> <td style="background: #FF5F00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">27.7<br />(81.9) </td> <td style="background: #FF6800; color:#000000;" class="notheme">26.4<br />(79.5) </td> <td style="background: #FF6A00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">26.1<br />(79.0) </td> <td style="background: #FF6A00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">26.1<br />(79.0) </td> <td style="background: #FF7100; color:#000000;" class="notheme">25.0<br />(77.0) </td> <td style="background: #FF8002; color:#000000;" class="notheme">22.8<br />(73.0) </td> <td style="background: #FF9022; color:#000000;" class="notheme">20.5<br />(68.9) </td> <td style="background: #FF7500; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">24.5<br />(76.1) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Record low °C (°F) </th> <td style="background: #FFC184; color:#000000;" class="notheme">13.4<br />(56.1) </td> <td style="background: #FFBA76; color:#000000;" class="notheme">14.4<br />(57.9) </td> <td style="background: #FFAF5F; color:#000000;" class="notheme">16.1<br />(61.0) </td> <td style="background: #FFA144; color:#000000;" class="notheme">18.0<br />(64.4) </td> <td style="background: #FFA347; color:#000000;" class="notheme">17.8<br />(64.0) </td> <td style="background: #FF9429; color:#000000;" class="notheme">20.0<br />(68.0) </td> <td style="background: #FF9B37; color:#000000;" class="notheme">19.0<br />(66.2) </td> <td style="background: #FF9B37; color:#000000;" class="notheme">19.0<br />(66.2) </td> <td style="background: #FF9F40; color:#000000;" class="notheme">18.3<br />(64.9) </td> <td style="background: #FFA144; color:#000000;" class="notheme">18.0<br />(64.4) </td> <td style="background: #FFBE7D; color:#000000;" class="notheme">13.9<br />(57.0) </td> <td style="background: #FFC387; color:#000000;" class="notheme">13.2<br />(55.8) </td> <td style="background: #FFC387; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">13.2<br />(55.8) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Average rainfall mm (inches) </th> <td style="background: #F4FFF4; color:#000000;" class="notheme">6.9<br />(0.27) </td> <td style="background: #EAFFEA; color:#000000;" class="notheme">12.4<br />(0.49) </td> <td style="background: #FDFFFD; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.9<br />(0.04) </td> <td style="background: #F0FFF0; color:#000000;" class="notheme">9.3<br />(0.37) </td> <td style="background: #BEFFBE; color:#000000;" class="notheme">43.3<br />(1.70) </td> <td style="background: #3FFF3F; color:#000000;" class="notheme">124.4<br />(4.90) </td> <td style="background: #00ED00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">182.9<br />(7.20) </td> <td style="background: #00FB00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">173.4<br />(6.83) </td> <td style="background: #00E300; color:#000000;" class="notheme">183.7<br />(7.23) </td> <td style="background: #00C700; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">208.1<br />(8.19) </td> <td style="background: #4EFF4E; color:#000000;" class="notheme">114.4<br />(4.50) </td> <td style="background: #E8FFE8; color:#000000;" class="notheme">15.3<br />(0.60) </td> <td style="background: #77FF77; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">1,074.9<br />(42.32) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Average rainy days </th> <td style="background: #F7F7FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.6 </td> <td style="background: #F6F6FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.6 </td> <td style="background: #FCFCFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.2 </td> <td style="background: #F7F7FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.6 </td> <td style="background: #E7E7FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">1.9 </td> <td style="background: #ACACFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">6.5 </td> <td style="background: #7D7DFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">10.5 </td> <td style="background: #7E7EFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">10.4 </td> <td style="background: #9090FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">8.7 </td> <td style="background: #9494FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">8.6 </td> <td style="background: #CFCFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">3.7 </td> <td style="background: #F3F3FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.9 </td> <td style="background: #C7C7FF; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">53.1 </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Average <a href="/wiki/Relative_humidity" class="mw-redirect" title="Relative humidity">relative humidity</a> (%) <span style="font-size:90%;" class="nowrap">(at 17:30 <a href="/wiki/Indian_Standard_Time" title="Indian Standard Time">IST</a>)</span> </th> <td style="background: #0000F9; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">68 </td> <td style="background: #0202FF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">66 </td> <td style="background: #0000FD; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">67 </td> <td style="background: #0000F9; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">68 </td> <td style="background: #0A0AFF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">64 </td> <td style="background: #1515FF; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">61 </td> <td style="background: #0000FD; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">67 </td> <td style="background: #0000F2; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">70 </td> <td style="background: #0000E6; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">73 </td> <td style="background: #0000DB; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">76 </td> <td style="background: #0000E2; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">74 </td> <td style="background: #0000F2; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">70 </td> <td style="background: #0000F6; color:#FFFFFF; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">69 </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="14" style="text-align:center;font-size:95%;">Source 1: <a href="/wiki/India_Meteorological_Department" title="India Meteorological Department">India Meteorological Department</a><sup id="cite_ref-IMDnormals_23-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-IMDnormals-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-IMDextremes_24-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-IMDextremes-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="14" style="text-align:center;font-size:95%;">Source 2: Tokyo Climate Center (mean temperatures 1991–2020)<sup id="cite_ref-TCC1_25-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TCC1-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr></tbody></table> </div><figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Musalipatam_Mschilipatnam_port_in_1759.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4b/Musalipatam_Mschilipatnam_port_in_1759.jpg/220px-Musalipatam_Mschilipatnam_port_in_1759.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="181" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4b/Musalipatam_Mschilipatnam_port_in_1759.jpg/330px-Musalipatam_Mschilipatnam_port_in_1759.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4b/Musalipatam_Mschilipatnam_port_in_1759.jpg/440px-Musalipatam_Mschilipatnam_port_in_1759.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1216" data-file-height="998" /></a><figcaption>Masulipatam port in 1759</figcaption></figure><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236656977">.mw-parser-output .abbr-header{white-space:nowrap}.mw-parser-output .caption-purple{border:1px #a2a9b1 solid;border-bottom:none;background-color:lavender}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .caption-purple{background:inherit!important}}.mw-parser-output .table-pale{border:1px #a2a9b1 solid;border-top:none;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:5px}@media screen and (max-width:640px){.mw-parser-output .table-pale{border-top:1px #a2a9b1 solid!important}.mw-parser-output .caption-purple{border:none}}</style><table class="table-pale" style="width:15em;border-top-width:0;border-spacing: 0;float:right;clear:right;margin:0.5em 0 1em 0.5em;"><caption class="caption-purple" style="padding:0.25em;font-weight:bold">Historical population</caption><tbody><tr style="font-size:95%"><th style="border-bottom:1px solid var(--color-base, #000000);padding:1px;width:3em">Year</th><th style="border-bottom:1px solid var(--color-base, #000000);padding:1px 2px;text-align:right"><abbr title="Population" class="abbr-header">Pop.</abbr></th><th style="border-bottom:1px solid var(--color-base, #000000);padding:1px;text-align:right"><abbr title="Percent change" class="abbr-header">±%</abbr></th></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">1871 </th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">36,188</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">—    </td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">1881 </th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">35,056</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">−3.1%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">1891 </th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">38,809</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+10.7%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">1901 </th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">39,507</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+1.8%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px;border-bottom:1px solid #bbbbbb">1911 </th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px;border-bottom:1px solid #bbbbbb">42,123</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px;border-bottom:1px solid #bbbbbb">+6.6%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">1921 </th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">43,940</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+4.3%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">1931 </th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">56,928</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+29.6%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">1941 </th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">59,146</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+3.9%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">1951 </th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">77,953</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+31.8%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px;border-bottom:1px solid #bbbbbb">1961 </th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px;border-bottom:1px solid #bbbbbb">101,417</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px;border-bottom:1px solid #bbbbbb">+30.1%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">1971 </th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">112,612</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+11.0%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">1981 </th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">138,525</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+23.0%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">1991 </th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">159,110</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+14.9%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">2001 </th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">179,353</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+12.7%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">2011 </th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">169,892</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">−5.3%</td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Demographics">Demographics</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Machilipatnam&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Demographics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>As of 2011<sup class="plainlinks noexcerpt noprint asof-tag update" style="display:none;"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Machilipatnam&action=edit">[update]</a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Census_of_India" title="Census of India">census</a>, Machilipatnam had a population of 2,32,000. The total population constitutes 1,13,286 males and 1,18,714 females — a sex ratio of 1047 females per 1000 males. 13,778 children are in the age group of 0–6 years, of which 7,076 are boys and 6,702 are girls. The average literacy rate stands at 83.32% with 130,173 literates, significantly higher than the state average of 67.41%.<sup id="cite_ref-population_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-population-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Governance">Governance</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Machilipatnam&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Governance"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Civic_administration">Civic administration</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Machilipatnam&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Civic administration"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Machilipatnam_Municipal_Corporation" title="Machilipatnam Municipal Corporation">Machilipatnam Municipal Corporation</a> is the civic body of the city. It was constituted as a municipality in 1866 and was upgraded to corporation from special grade municipality on 9 December 2015.<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It covers an area of 26.67 km<sup>2</sup> (10.30 sq mi) under its jurisdiction. The present commissioner of the corporation is Sampath and the municipal chairperson is Motamarri Venkata Baba Prasad.<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Machilipatnam_Urban_Development_Authority" title="Machilipatnam Urban Development Authority">Machilipatnam Urban Development Authority</a> is the <a href="/wiki/Urban_planning" title="Urban planning">urban planning</a> authority, headquartered at Machilipatnam.<sup id="cite_ref-info2_30-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-info2-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Politics">Politics</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Machilipatnam&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Politics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Machilipatnam is a part of <a href="/wiki/Machilipatnam_(Assembly_constituency)" class="mw-redirect" title="Machilipatnam (Assembly constituency)">Machilipatnam (Assembly constituency)</a> for <a href="/wiki/Andhra_Pradesh_Legislative_Assembly" title="Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly">Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly</a>. <a href="/wiki/Kollu_Ravindra" title="Kollu Ravindra">Kollu Ravindra</a> is the present <a href="/wiki/Member_of_Legislative_Assembly_(India)" class="mw-redirect" title="Member of Legislative Assembly (India)">MLA</a> of the constituency from the <a href="/wiki/Telugu_Desam_Party" title="Telugu Desam Party">Telugu Desam Party</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The assembly segment is also a part of <a href="/wiki/Machilipatnam_(Lok_Sabha_constituency)" class="mw-redirect" title="Machilipatnam (Lok Sabha constituency)">Machilipatnam (Lok Sabha constituency)</a>, which was won by <a href="/wiki/Balashowry_Vallabhaneni" class="mw-redirect" title="Balashowry Vallabhaneni">Balashowry Vallabhaneni</a> of Janasena Party.<sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Economy">Economy</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Machilipatnam&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Economy"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Machilipatnam_lighthouse_from_Manginapudi_Beach.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e1/Machilipatnam_lighthouse_from_Manginapudi_Beach.jpg/220px-Machilipatnam_lighthouse_from_Manginapudi_Beach.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e1/Machilipatnam_lighthouse_from_Manginapudi_Beach.jpg/330px-Machilipatnam_lighthouse_from_Manginapudi_Beach.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e1/Machilipatnam_lighthouse_from_Manginapudi_Beach.jpg/440px-Machilipatnam_lighthouse_from_Manginapudi_Beach.jpg 2x" data-file-width="6000" data-file-height="4000" /></a><figcaption>Lighthouse near Manginapudi Beach</figcaption></figure> <p>Machilipatnam is known for its <a href="/wiki/Handloom" class="mw-redirect" title="Handloom">handloom</a> industry, which produces Kalamkari textiles exported to United States and other Asian countries.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (June 2020)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>Other notable local industries are <a href="/wiki/Boat_building" title="Boat building">boat building</a> and <a href="/wiki/Fishing_industry" title="Fishing industry">fishing</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-port_industries_34-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-port_industries-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Machilipatnam was a trading base for the <a href="/wiki/Europeans" class="mw-redirect" title="Europeans">Europeans</a> in the 17th century and known for <a href="/wiki/Mint_(facility)" title="Mint (facility)">minting</a> copper coins, exporting diamonds, textiles etc., through the port.<sup id="cite_ref-Maesolia_port_35-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Maesolia_port-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The AP state government is taking measures to bring back the glory of the former port city. On 7 February 2019, it has started construction of a deep <a href="/wiki/Seaport" class="mw-redirect" title="Seaport">seaport</a> and associated <a href="/wiki/Industrial_corridor" title="Industrial corridor">industrial corridor</a> under the Machilipatnam Area Development Authority.<sup id="cite_ref-port_industries_34-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-port_industries-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Culture">Culture</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Machilipatnam&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Culture"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Art_and_handicrafts">Art and handicrafts</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Machilipatnam&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Art and handicrafts"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><i>Machilipatnam Kalamkari</i> is a <a href="/wiki/Handcrafted" class="mw-redirect" title="Handcrafted">handcrafted</a> <a href="/wiki/Dyed" class="mw-redirect" title="Dyed">dyed</a> block-painting of a <a href="/wiki/Textile" title="Textile">fabric</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It is performed at the nearby town of <a href="/wiki/Pedana" title="Pedana">Pedana</a> and was registered with <a href="/wiki/Geographical_indication" title="Geographical indication">geographical indication</a> from Andhra Pradesh.<sup id="cite_ref-38" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Machilipatnam and Srikalahasti styles are the only existing Kalamkari style works present in India.<sup id="cite_ref-style_39-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-style-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Dance">Dance</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Machilipatnam&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Dance"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><i><a href="/wiki/Kuchipudi" title="Kuchipudi">Kuchipudi</a></i>, a popular <a href="/wiki/Indian_Classical_Dance" class="mw-redirect" title="Indian Classical Dance">Indian Classical Dance</a> form, originated at <a href="/wiki/Kuchipudi,_Krishna" class="mw-redirect" title="Kuchipudi, Krishna">Kuchipudi</a>, 25 kilometers from Machilipatnam.<sup id="cite_ref-40" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Cuisine">Cuisine</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Machilipatnam&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Cuisine"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The city is well known for a sweet known as <i><a href="/wiki/Laddu" title="Laddu">Bandar Laddu</a></i> and Bandar Halwa.<sup id="cite_ref-41" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Almond Milkshake is also largely famous in Machilipatanam which are Mostly centred in Koneru Centre. Bandar Biryani is delicious,which is made by Shia Muslims in Moharram rituals . </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Religious_worship">Religious worship</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Machilipatnam&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Religious worship"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>There are many religions with worship centers in and around the city, such as Panduranga Temple at Chilakalapudi, Agastheeswara Temple etc. Dattashram is a pilgrimage site on the coast and home to ancient <a href="/wiki/Shiva" title="Shiva">Shiva</a> and <a href="/wiki/Dattatreya" title="Dattatreya">Datta</a> temples. Manginapudi is popularly known as "Datta Rameswaram" due to the consecration of 12 wells for bathing (recalling those at <a href="/wiki/Rameswaram" title="Rameswaram">Rameswaram</a>).<sup id="cite_ref-42" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Shia_Muslims">Shia Muslims</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Machilipatnam&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Shia Muslims"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Machilipatnam is home to the largest Shia Population in Entire Andhra Pradesh state .There are more than 100 Astanas/Imambargahs (Moharram ritual places).The Famous Chest beatings happens on Ashura in the Koneru Centre circle,attracting thousands of mourners and Visitors from other religions too .There are Imambargahs that are more than 600 years old like Zari Astana ,Baraimam Astana,Naqla Astana..etc .The Baraimam Alam is taken out for procession around streets of Machilipatnam ,It is taken out a night before Ashura and the krishna district police offers dhati (A cloth) to the Alam .Hundreds of Shia Muslisms from Hyderabad ,Chennai,Bangalore,Visakhapatnam visit Chehlum Astana for the 17th Safar of Islamic Calender,where Hazrat Abbas(as)'Arabaeen is done attracting many mourners across south India . </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Tourism">Tourism</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Machilipatnam&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Tourism"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Manginapudi_Beach" title="Manginapudi Beach">Manginapudi Beach</a> is on the coast of the city.<sup id="cite_ref-43" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Machilipatnam also has the ruined buildings built by the Europeans who settled here.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (September 2022)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Transport">Transport</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Machilipatnam&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: Transport"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The city has a total road length of 359.09 km (223.13 mi).<sup id="cite_ref-44" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/National_Highway_65_(India)" title="National Highway 65 (India)">National Highway 65</a> connects Machilipatnam to <a href="/wiki/Pune" title="Pune">Pune</a> via <a href="/wiki/Hyderabad" title="Hyderabad">Hyderabad</a>, <a href="/wiki/Suryapet" title="Suryapet">Suryapet</a> and <a href="/wiki/Vijayawada" title="Vijayawada">Vijayawada</a>. <a href="/wiki/National_Highway_216_(India)" title="National Highway 216 (India)">NH 216</a> from <a href="/wiki/Kattipudi" title="Kattipudi">Kattipudi</a> to <a href="/wiki/Ongole" title="Ongole">Ongole</a>, passes through the city. </p><p>The city's bus station is owned and operated by <a href="/wiki/Andhra_Pradesh_State_Road_Transport_Corporation" title="Andhra Pradesh State Road Transport Corporation">Andhra Pradesh State Road Transport Corporation</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-45" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-46" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The station is equipped with a <a href="/wiki/Bus_garage" title="Bus garage">bus depot</a> for storage and maintenance of buses.<sup id="cite_ref-47" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Machilipatnam_railway_station" title="Machilipatnam railway station">Machilipatnam railway station</a> is a 'B–Category' and 'Adarsh station' under the jurisdiction of <a href="/wiki/Vijayawada_railway_division" title="Vijayawada railway division">Vijayawada railway division</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-48" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It is the terminal station of <a href="/wiki/Vijayawada-Machilipatnam_branch_line" class="mw-redirect" title="Vijayawada-Machilipatnam branch line">Vijayawada-Machilipatnam branch line</a> that connects <a href="/wiki/Howrah-Chennai_main_line" class="mw-redirect" title="Howrah-Chennai main line">Howrah-Chennai main line</a> at <a href="/wiki/Vijayawada_railway_station" class="mw-redirect" title="Vijayawada railway station">Vijayawada</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-49" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-49"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Machilipatnam port was damaged by a giant ocean wave on 1 November 1864.<sup id="cite_ref-Maesolia_port_35-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Maesolia_port-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Since then, there were many efforts to build a new port. Navayuga Engineering Company Limited is in the process of building a <a href="/wiki/Deep_water_port" class="mw-redirect" title="Deep water port">deep water port</a> at Gilakaladinne of the city.<sup id="cite_ref-50" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-50"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>50<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The nearest International airport is <a href="/wiki/Vijayawada_Airport" title="Vijayawada Airport">Gannavaram, Vijayawada</a> (63 kms). </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Education">Education</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Machilipatnam&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: Education"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The primary and secondary school education is imparted by government, aided, and private schools of the School Education Department of the state.<sup id="cite_ref-51" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-51"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>51<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-52" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-52"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>52<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Krishna_University" title="Krishna University">Krishna University</a> is located in Machilipatnam. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notable_natives">Notable natives</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Machilipatnam&action=edit&section=19" title="Edit section: Notable natives"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Divi_Gopalacharlu" title="Divi Gopalacharlu">Divi Gopalacharlu</a> - Ayurvedic scholar<sup id="cite_ref-53" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-53"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>53<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Timmarusu" title="Timmarusu">Timmarusu</a> - Prime Minister of <a href="/wiki/Krishnadevaraya" title="Krishnadevaraya">Raja Krishnadevaraya</a>, the emperor of <a href="/wiki/Vijayanagara_Empire" title="Vijayanagara Empire">Vijayanagara Empire</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pingali_Venkayya" title="Pingali Venkayya">Pingali Venkayya</a> - Independence activist; designer of the national flag</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chitrapu_Narayana_Murthy" class="mw-redirect" title="Chitrapu Narayana Murthy">Chitrapu Narayana Murthy</a> - Indian director known for films like <a href="/wiki/AVM_Studios" class="mw-redirect" title="AVM Studios">AVM's</a> <a href="/wiki/Bhakta_Prahlada_(1967_film)" title="Bhakta Prahlada (1967 film)">Bhaktha Prahlada</a> (1967)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mutnuri_Krishna_Rao" title="Mutnuri Krishna Rao">Mutnuri Krishna Rao</a> - Independence activist and journalist</li> <li><a href="/wiki/U._G._Krishnamurti" title="U. G. Krishnamurti">U. G. Krishnamurthy</a> - Philosopher</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bhogaraju_Pattabhi_Sitaramayya" title="Bhogaraju Pattabhi Sitaramayya">Bhogaraju Pattabhisitaramayya</a> - Indian independence activist and political leader</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Raghupathi_Venkaiah_Naidu" title="Raghupathi Venkaiah Naidu">Raghupathi Venkaiah Naidu</a> - father of <a href="/wiki/Telugu_cinema" title="Telugu cinema">Telugu cinema</a>, Indian artiste and film maker</li> <li><a href="/wiki/C._K._Nayudu" title="C. K. Nayudu">C. K. Nayudu</a> - Indian cricketer</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Poornima_(Telugu_actress)" title="Poornima (Telugu actress)">Poornima</a> - Indian actress who starred in many Telugu, Tamil, Kannada and Malayalam films.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jagapathi_Babu" title="Jagapathi Babu">Jagapathi Babu</a> - Telugu actor.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/B._Vasantha" title="B. Vasantha">B. Vasantha</a> - South Indian playback singer.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Master_Venu" title="Master Venu">Master Venu</a> - Music composer of the Telugu and Tamil cinemas.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/C._S._R._Anjaneyulu" title="C. S. R. Anjaneyulu">C. S. R. Anjaneyulu</a> - C. S. R., was an Indian film method actor, and thespian best known for his works in Telugu cinema and Telugu theater.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nirmalamma" title="Nirmalamma">Nirmalamma</a> - Telugu actress known for her grandmother roles in old films.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maruthi" title="Maruthi">Maruthi</a> - Indian director, screenwriter, producer who works primarily in Telugu cinema.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mani_Sharma" title="Mani Sharma">Mani Sharma</a> - Indian composer, singer, arranger, multi-instrumentalist and music producer known for his works primarily in the Telugu and Tamil cinema along with Hindi and Kannada films.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Achyuth" title="Achyuth">Achyuth</a> - Indian actor</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Srikanth_Bolla" title="Srikanth Bolla">Srikanth Bolla</a> - First <a href="/wiki/Indian_people" title="Indian people">Indian</a> blind boy to study at <a href="/wiki/Massachusetts_Institute_of_Technology" title="Massachusetts Institute of Technology">Massachusetts Institute of Technology</a> and an entrepreneur and founder of Bollant Industries.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Turaga_Desiraju" title="Turaga Desiraju">Turaga Desiraju</a> - neurophysiologist and a professor at National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Machilipatnam&action=edit&section=20" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_cities_in_Andhra_Pradesh" class="mw-redirect" title="List of cities in Andhra Pradesh">List of cities in Andhra Pradesh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_municipal_corporations_in_Andhra_Pradesh" class="mw-redirect" title="List of municipal corporations in Andhra Pradesh">List of municipal corporations in Andhra Pradesh</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Machilipatnam&action=edit&section=21" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap mw-references-columns"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20160109213331/http://mmc.ind.in/">"Machilipatnam at Glance"</a>. 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