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srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/76/Saumyanatha_temple.JPG/210px-Saumyanatha_temple.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/76/Saumyanatha_temple.JPG/280px-Saumyanatha_temple.JPG 2x" data-file-width="3264" data-file-height="2448" /></a></span></div></div><div class="tsingle" style="width:96px;max-width:96px"><div style=";height:105px;overflow:hidden"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:200_years_memorable_pylon.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/62/200_years_memorable_pylon.jpg/94px-200_years_memorable_pylon.jpg" decoding="async" width="94" height="106" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/62/200_years_memorable_pylon.jpg/141px-200_years_memorable_pylon.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/62/200_years_memorable_pylon.jpg/188px-200_years_memorable_pylon.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2496" data-file-height="2813" /></a></span></div></div></div></div></div><div class="ib-settlement-caption">Clockwise from top: <a href="/wiki/Koundinya_Wildlife_Sanctuary" title="Koundinya Wildlife Sanctuary">Koundinya Wildlife Sanctuary</a>, <a href="/wiki/Monolithic_Bull,_Andhra_Pradesh" title="Monolithic Bull, Andhra Pradesh">Lepakshi Monolithic Bull</a>, <a href="/wiki/Tirumala" title="Tirumala">Tirumala</a> Garudasila, 200 years memorable Pylon in <a href="/wiki/Kadapa" title="Kadapa">Kadapa</a>, Saumyanatha Temple, Konda Reddy Fort, and <a href="/wiki/Venkateswara_Temple" class="mw-redirect" title="Venkateswara Temple">Venkateswara Temple</a>.</div></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data">Nickname: <div class="ib-settlement-nickname nickname">Cultural Region of Andhra Pradesh</div></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Rayalaseema_Andhra_Pradesh_new_districts.png" class="mw-file-description" title="Rayalaseema in Andhra Pradesh"><img alt="Rayalaseema in Andhra Pradesh" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/72/Rayalaseema_Andhra_Pradesh_new_districts.png/250px-Rayalaseema_Andhra_Pradesh_new_districts.png" decoding="async" width="250" height="207" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/72/Rayalaseema_Andhra_Pradesh_new_districts.png/375px-Rayalaseema_Andhra_Pradesh_new_districts.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/72/Rayalaseema_Andhra_Pradesh_new_districts.png/500px-Rayalaseema_Andhra_Pradesh_new_districts.png 2x" data-file-width="5000" data-file-height="4132" /></a></span><div class="ib-settlement-caption">Rayalaseema in Andhra Pradesh</div></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Country" title="Country">Country</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_India.svg/23px-Flag_of_India.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_India.svg/35px-Flag_of_India.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_India.svg/45px-Flag_of_India.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span>India</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/States_and_union_territories_of_India" title="States and union territories of India">State</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="flagicon"><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/Flag_placeholder.svg/23px-Flag_placeholder.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/Flag_placeholder.svg/35px-Flag_placeholder.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/Flag_placeholder.svg/45px-Flag_placeholder.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="24" data-file-height="16" /></span></span></span><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/District" title="District">District(s)</a></th><td class="infobox-data"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Anantapuramu_district" class="mw-redirect" title="Anantapuramu district">Anantapuramu district</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Annamayya_district" title="Annamayya district">Annamayya district</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chittoor_district" title="Chittoor district">Chittoor district</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kurnool_district" title="Kurnool district">Kurnool district</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nandyal_district" title="Nandyal district">Nandyal district</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sri_Sathya_Sai_district" title="Sri Sathya Sai district">Sri Sathya Sai district</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tirupati_district" title="Tirupati district">Tirupati district</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kadapa_district" title="Kadapa district">YSR district</a></li></ul> </td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Largest cities</th><td class="infobox-data"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Kurnool" title="Kurnool">Kurnool</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tirupati" title="Tirupati">Tirupati</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kadapa" title="Kadapa">Kadapa</a></li></ul> </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;"> • Total</div></th><td class="infobox-data">77,424 km<sup>2</sup> (29,894 sq mi)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Rank</th><td class="infobox-data">17</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Population<div class="ib-settlement-fn"><span class="nowrap"> </span>(2011)</div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="white-space:nowrap;"> • Total</div></th><td class="infobox-data">15,184,908</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Density</th><td class="infobox-data">226/km<sup>2</sup> (590/sq mi)</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%2B05:30" title="UTC+05:30">UTC+05:30</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/Vehicle_registration_plate" title="Vehicle registration plate">Vehicle registration</a></th><td class="infobox-data">AP02, AP03, AP04, AP21, AP39, AP40</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Largest airport</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Tirupati_Airport" title="Tirupati Airport">Tirupati Airport</a></td></tr></tbody></table> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Gooty_Fort_Watchtower.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e1/Gooty_Fort_Watchtower.jpg/220px-Gooty_Fort_Watchtower.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="293" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e1/Gooty_Fort_Watchtower.jpg/330px-Gooty_Fort_Watchtower.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e1/Gooty_Fort_Watchtower.jpg/440px-Gooty_Fort_Watchtower.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2448" data-file-height="3264" /></a><figcaption>Gooty Fort In Anantapur District</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Gandikota_fort_view.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e1/Gandikota_fort_view.jpg/220px-Gandikota_fort_view.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="132" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e1/Gandikota_fort_view.jpg/330px-Gandikota_fort_view.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e1/Gandikota_fort_view.jpg/440px-Gandikota_fort_view.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4160" data-file-height="2496" /></a><figcaption>Gandikota Fort view</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:PSLV-C40-_Lift_off_from_First_Launch_Pad_of_SDSC_SHAR_Sriharikota_004.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4b/PSLV-C40-_Lift_off_from_First_Launch_Pad_of_SDSC_SHAR_Sriharikota_004.jpg/220px-PSLV-C40-_Lift_off_from_First_Launch_Pad_of_SDSC_SHAR_Sriharikota_004.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="146" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4b/PSLV-C40-_Lift_off_from_First_Launch_Pad_of_SDSC_SHAR_Sriharikota_004.jpg/330px-PSLV-C40-_Lift_off_from_First_Launch_Pad_of_SDSC_SHAR_Sriharikota_004.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4b/PSLV-C40-_Lift_off_from_First_Launch_Pad_of_SDSC_SHAR_Sriharikota_004.jpg/440px-PSLV-C40-_Lift_off_from_First_Launch_Pad_of_SDSC_SHAR_Sriharikota_004.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2464" data-file-height="1640" /></a><figcaption>Satish Dhawan Space Centre In Tirupati District</figcaption></figure> <p><b>Rayalaseema</b> (<a href="/wiki/International_Alphabet_of_Sanskrit_Transliteration" title="International Alphabet of Sanskrit Transliteration">IAST</a>: <i>Rāyalasīma</i>) is a geographic region in the <a href="/wiki/Indian_state" class="mw-redirect" title="Indian state">Indian state</a> of <a href="/wiki/Andhra_Pradesh" title="Andhra Pradesh">Andhra Pradesh</a>. It comprises four southern districts of the State, from prior to the districts reorganisation in 2022, namely <a href="/wiki/Kurnool_district" title="Kurnool district">Kurnool</a>, <a href="/wiki/Anantapur_district" title="Anantapur district">Anantapur</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kadapa_district" title="Kadapa district">YSR</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Chittoor_district" title="Chittoor district">Chittoor</a>. Four new districts were created from these, namely <a href="/wiki/Sri_Sathya_Sai_district" title="Sri Sathya Sai district">Sri Sathya Sai</a>, <a href="/wiki/Nandyal_district" title="Nandyal district">Nandyal</a>, <a href="/wiki/Annamayya_district" title="Annamayya district">Annamayya</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Tirupati_district" title="Tirupati district">Tirupati</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> As of <a href="/wiki/2011_census_of_India" title="2011 census of India">2011 census of India</a>, the western four districts (before the district realignment) of the region had a population of 15,184,908 and cover an area of 77,424 km<sup>2</sup> (29,894 sq mi).<sup id="cite_ref-census_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-census-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<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=Rayalaseema&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Etymology"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The region was previously called <i>Ceded districts</i> during the rule of the <a href="/wiki/British_Raj" title="British Raj">British Raj</a>. This is with reference to the time when the <a href="/wiki/Nizam_of_Hyderabad" title="Nizam of Hyderabad">Nizam of Hyderabad</a>, Ali Khan, ceded the region to the British as a part of subsidiary alliance. Chilukuri Narayana Rao, a Telugu lecturer and activist from Anantapur, deemed the term "ceded" as derogatory and coined the term <i>Rayalaseema</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In the Andhra Mahasabha and Ceded Districts Conference held at <a href="/wiki/Nandyal" title="Nandyal">Nandyala</a> in November 1928, he moved a resolution to the effect which was accepted by the other delegates of the conference. </p><p>The name <i>Rayalaseema</i> hearkened back to the <a href="/wiki/Vijayanagara" title="Vijayanagara">Vijayanagara</a> times, whose Kings used a suffix <i>Rāya</i> (tadbhava of Sanskrit Rāja) or <i>Rāyalu</i> in Telugu as their regnal title. The boundaries of Rayalaseema roughly match the territorial extent of the <a href="/wiki/Aravidu_dynasty" title="Aravidu dynasty">Aravidu dynasty</a>, the last dynasty to rule the Vijayanagara Empire.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> People of region coined their land as a <b>Raya Desam.</b> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Post_independence">Post independence</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Rayalaseema&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Post independence"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main articles: <a href="/wiki/Andhra_State" title="Andhra State">Andhra State</a> and <a href="/wiki/Andhra_Pradesh_Reorganisation_Act,_2014" title="Andhra Pradesh Reorganisation Act, 2014">Andhra Pradesh Reorganisation Act, 2014</a></div> <p>The four districts of the region were part of the <a href="/wiki/Madras_Presidency" title="Madras Presidency">Madras Presidency</a> until 1953.<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> From 1953 to 1956, the region was a part of <a href="/wiki/Andhra_State" title="Andhra State">Andhra State</a> and in 1956, the <a href="/wiki/Telangana" title="Telangana">Telangana</a> region was merged with <a href="/wiki/Andhra_State" title="Andhra State">Andhra State</a> to form <a href="/wiki/Andhra_Pradesh" title="Andhra Pradesh">Andhra Pradesh</a> State.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On 2 February 1970, three taluks from <a href="/wiki/Kurnool_district" title="Kurnool district">Kurnool</a> i.e., <a href="/wiki/Markapur" title="Markapur">Markapur</a>, <a href="/wiki/Cumbum,_Andhra_Pradesh" title="Cumbum, Andhra Pradesh">Cumbum</a> and <a href="/wiki/Giddalur" class="mw-redirect" title="Giddalur">Giddalur</a> were merged along with some other taluks of <a href="/wiki/Nellore_district" title="Nellore district">Nellore district</a> and <a href="/wiki/Guntur_district" title="Guntur district">Guntur district</a> to form <a href="/wiki/Prakasam_district" title="Prakasam district">Prakasam district</a>. </p><p>In February 2014, the <a href="/wiki/Andhra_Pradesh_Reorganisation_Act,_2014" title="Andhra Pradesh Reorganisation Act, 2014">Andhra Pradesh Reorganisation Act, 2014</a> bill was passed by the <a href="/wiki/Parliament_of_India" title="Parliament of India">Parliament of India</a> for the formation of <a href="/wiki/Telangana" title="Telangana">Telangana</a> state comprising <a href="/wiki/List_of_districts_in_Telangana" class="mw-redirect" title="List of districts in Telangana">ten districts</a>. <a href="/wiki/Hyderabad" title="Hyderabad">Hyderabad</a> will remain as a joint capital for 10 years for both Andhra Pradesh and Telangana.<sup id="cite_ref-reorganisation_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-reorganisation-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The new State of Telangana came into existence on 2 June 2014 after approval from the <a href="/wiki/President_of_India" title="President of India">President of India</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> The formation of a new state named <i>Telangana</i> from <i>Andhra Pradesh</i> is not considered an amendment to the Constitution of India per article 3 and 4 of that document.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Rayalaseema_in_Andhra_Pradesh.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7e/Rayalaseema_in_Andhra_Pradesh.png/200px-Rayalaseema_in_Andhra_Pradesh.png" decoding="async" width="200" height="186" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7e/Rayalaseema_in_Andhra_Pradesh.png/300px-Rayalaseema_in_Andhra_Pradesh.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7e/Rayalaseema_in_Andhra_Pradesh.png/400px-Rayalaseema_in_Andhra_Pradesh.png 2x" data-file-width="643" data-file-height="599" 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class="smooth-pie-legend-container"><div class="smooth-pie-caption">Languages of Rayalaseema <sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></div> <ol class="smooth-pie-legend"> <li><span class="l-color" style="-webkit-print-color-adjust: exact; print-color-adjust: exact;background:steelblue;color:#000"></span><span class="l-label"><a href="/wiki/Telugu_language" title="Telugu language">Telugu</a> (81.09%)</span></li> <li><span class="l-color" style="-webkit-print-color-adjust: exact; print-color-adjust: exact;background:green;color:#000"></span><span class="l-label"><a href="/wiki/Urdu" title="Urdu">Urdu</a> (12.1%)</span></li> <li><span class="l-color" style="-webkit-print-color-adjust: exact; print-color-adjust: exact;background:cornflowerblue;color:#000"></span><span class="l-label"><a href="/wiki/Tamil_language" title="Tamil language">Tamil</a> (3%)</span></li> <li><span class="l-color" style="-webkit-print-color-adjust: exact; print-color-adjust: exact;background:darkslateblue;color:#000"></span><span class="l-label"><a href="/wiki/Kannada" title="Kannada">Kannada</a> (2.13%)</span></li> <li><span class="l-color" style="-webkit-print-color-adjust: exact; print-color-adjust: exact;background:grey;color:#000"></span><span class="l-label">Others (1.68%)</span></li> </ol> </div> <div class="smooth-pie" style="width:200px;height:200px;background:grey;color:#000;-webkit-print-color-adjust: exact; print-color-adjust: exact;" title="Others (1.68%)" aria-hidden="true"> <div class="pie50" style="background:steelblue;color:#000" title="Telugu (81.09%)"></div> <div class="pie50" style="background:steelblue;color:#000; transform: rotate(0.311turn)" title="Telugu (81.09%)"></div> <div class="pie7" style="background:green;color:#000; transform: rotate(0.811turn)" title="Urdu (12.1%)"></div> <div class="pie7" style="background:green;color:#000; transform: rotate(0.862turn)" title="Urdu (12.1%)"></div> <div style="transform: rotate(0.932turn); background:cornflowerblue;color:#000; clip-path: polygon(0% 0%, 19.07602022% 0%, 0 100%)" title="Tamil (3%)"></div> <div style="transform: rotate(0.962turn); background:darkslateblue;color:#000; clip-path: polygon(0% 0%, 13.27179928% 0%, 0 100%)" title="Kannada (2.13%)"></div> </div> </div></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Geography">Geography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Rayalaseema&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Geography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Rayalaseema region is located in the southern region of the state of Andhra Pradesh. The region borders the state of <a href="/wiki/Tamil_Nadu" title="Tamil Nadu">Tamil Nadu</a> to the south, <a href="/wiki/Karnataka" title="Karnataka">Karnataka</a> to the west and <a href="/wiki/Telangana" title="Telangana">Telangana</a> to the north, Nellore, Prakasam districts and bay of bengal in the east. Some areas in <a href="/wiki/Coastal_Andhra" title="Coastal Andhra">Coastal Andhra</a>, such as <a href="/wiki/Markapur_revenue_division" title="Markapur revenue division">Markapur revenue division</a> of Prakasam district, share similar geography, culture and climate to Rayalaseema as they are once part of the Kurnool district.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </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=Rayalaseema&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Education"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Universities">Universities</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Rayalaseema&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Universities"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Sri_Venkateswara_University" title="Sri Venkateswara University">Sri Venkateswara University</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sri_Krishna_Devaraya_University" class="mw-redirect" title="Sri Krishna Devaraya University">Sri Krishna Devaraya University</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yogi_Vemana_University" title="Yogi Vemana University">Yogi Vemana University</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rayalaseema_University" title="Rayalaseema University">Rayalaseema University</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dr._Abdul_Haq_Urdu_University" title="Dr. Abdul Haq Urdu University">Dr. Abdul Haq Urdu University</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dravidian_University" title="Dravidian University">Dravidian University</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sri_Padmavati_Mahila_Visvavidyalayam" title="Sri Padmavati Mahila Visvavidyalayam">Sri Padmavati Mahila Visvavidyalayam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/JNTU_Anantapur" class="mw-redirect" title="JNTU Anantapur">JNTU Anantapur</a></li> <li>Sanskrit Vidyapeeth</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Medical_colleges">Medical colleges</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Rayalaseema&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Medical colleges"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Sri_Venkateswara_Medical_College" title="Sri Venkateswara Medical College">Sri Venkateswara Medical College</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rajiv_Gandhi_Institute_of_Medical_Sciences,_Kadapa" class="mw-redirect" title="Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Medical Sciences, Kadapa">Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Medical Sciences, Kadapa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kurnool_Medical_College" title="Kurnool Medical College">Kurnool Medical College</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Government_Medical_College,_Anantapur" title="Government Medical College, Anantapur">Government Medical College, Anantapur</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/SVIMS_-_Sri_Padmavathi_Medical_College_for_Women" class="mw-redirect" title="SVIMS - Sri Padmavathi Medical College for Women">Sri Padmavathi Medical College for Women</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Santharam_Medical_College,_Nandyal&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Santharam Medical College, Nandyal (page does not exist)">Santharam Medical College, Nandyal</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=PES_Institute_of_Medical_Sciences_%26_Research,_Kuppam&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="PES Institute of Medical Sciences & Research, Kuppam (page does not exist)">PES Institute of Medical Sciences & Research, Kuppam</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Central_institutions">Central institutions</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Rayalaseema&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Central institutions"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Indian_Institute_of_Technology,_Tirupati" class="mw-redirect" title="Indian Institute of Technology, Tirupati">Indian Institute of Technology, Tirupati</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Indian_Institute_of_Science_Education_and_Research,_Tirupati" title="Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Tirupati">Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Tirupati</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Indian_Culinary_Institute,_Tirupati" title="Indian Culinary Institute, Tirupati">Indian Culinary Institute, Tirupati</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Sanskrit_University" title="National Sanskrit University">National Sanskrit University</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Indian_Institute_of_Information_Technology,_Design_and_Manufacturing,_Kurnool" title="Indian Institute of Information Technology, Design and Manufacturing, Kurnool">Indian Institute of Information Technology, Design and Manufacturing, Kurnool</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Central_University_of_Andhra_Pradesh" title="Central University of Andhra Pradesh">Central University of Andhra Pradesh</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Deemed_universities">Deemed universities</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Rayalaseema&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Deemed universities"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Sri_Sathya_Sai_University" class="mw-redirect" title="Sri Sathya Sai University">Sri Sathya Sai University</a>, Puttaparthi</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Annamacharya_Institute_of_Technology_And_Science&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Annamacharya Institute of Technology And Science (page does not exist)">Annamacharya Institute of Technology And Science</a>, Rajampeta</li></ul> <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=Rayalaseema&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Transport"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Roadways">Roadways</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Rayalaseema&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Roadways"><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:Plvd-Kdp_road.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7b/Plvd-Kdp_road.jpg/220px-Plvd-Kdp_road.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="132" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7b/Plvd-Kdp_road.jpg/330px-Plvd-Kdp_road.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7b/Plvd-Kdp_road.jpg/440px-Plvd-Kdp_road.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4160" data-file-height="2496" /></a><figcaption>Pulivendula-Kadapa 4 lane road near pulivendula</figcaption></figure> <p>The road network in region consists of many <a href="/wiki/National_Highway_(India)" class="mw-redirect" title="National Highway (India)">National Highways</a> such as, <a href="/wiki/National_Highway_40_(India)" title="National Highway 40 (India)">NH 40</a>, <a href="/wiki/National_Highway_42_(India)" title="National Highway 42 (India)">NH 42</a>, <a href="/wiki/National_Highway_44_(India)" title="National Highway 44 (India)">NH 44</a>, <a href="/wiki/National_Highway_140_(India)" title="National Highway 140 (India)">NH 140</a>, <a href="/wiki/National_Highway_167_(India)" title="National Highway 167 (India)">NH 167</a>, <a href="/wiki/National_Highway_340_(India)" title="National Highway 340 (India)">NH 340</a>, <a href="/wiki/National_Highway_67_(India)" title="National Highway 67 (India)">NH 67</a>, <a href="/wiki/National_Highway_69_(India)" title="National Highway 69 (India)">NH 69</a>, <a href="/wiki/National_Highway_71_(India)" title="National Highway 71 (India)">NH 71</a>, <a href="/wiki/National_Highway_716_(India)" title="National Highway 716 (India)">NH 716</a>. </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:NH_716_Near_Renigunta.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/99/NH_716_Near_Renigunta.jpg/220px-NH_716_Near_Renigunta.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/99/NH_716_Near_Renigunta.jpg/330px-NH_716_Near_Renigunta.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/99/NH_716_Near_Renigunta.jpg/440px-NH_716_Near_Renigunta.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4032" data-file-height="3024" /></a><figcaption>NH 716 Near Renigunta</figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Railways">Railways</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Rayalaseema&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Railways"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Guntakal_railway_division" title="Guntakal railway division">Guntakal railway division</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Long_View_of_Station_Building.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/55/Long_View_of_Station_Building.jpg/220px-Long_View_of_Station_Building.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="132" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/55/Long_View_of_Station_Building.jpg/330px-Long_View_of_Station_Building.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/55/Long_View_of_Station_Building.jpg/440px-Long_View_of_Station_Building.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1198" data-file-height="719" /></a><figcaption>Kadapa Railway Station Premises</figcaption></figure> <p>The rail connectivity is getting better with the projects allocated or being part of the region such as, <a href="/wiki/Nandyal%E2%80%93Yerraguntla_section" title="Nandyal–Yerraguntla section">Nandyal–Yerraguntla</a>, <a href="/wiki/Nadikudi%E2%80%93Srikalahasti_section" title="Nadikudi–Srikalahasti section">Nadikudi–Srikalahasti</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kadapa%E2%80%93Bangalore_section" title="Kadapa–Bangalore section">Kadapa–Bangalore sections</a> are the under development projects which forms a part of the region.<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> Most of the region falls under the jurisdiction of <a href="/wiki/Guntakal_railway_division" title="Guntakal railway division">Guntakal railway division</a> of <a href="/wiki/South_Central_Railway_zone" title="South Central Railway zone">South Central Railway zone</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Airports">Airports</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Rayalaseema&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Airports"><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:Air_India_and_Jetairways.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/Air_India_and_Jetairways.jpg/220px-Air_India_and_Jetairways.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/Air_India_and_Jetairways.jpg/330px-Air_India_and_Jetairways.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/Air_India_and_Jetairways.jpg/440px-Air_India_and_Jetairways.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1600" data-file-height="1200" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Air_India" title="Air India">Air India</a> and <a href="/wiki/Jet_Airways" title="Jet Airways">Jet Airways</a> at <a href="/wiki/Tirupati_Airport" title="Tirupati Airport">Tirupati Airport</a></figcaption></figure> <p>Rayalaseema region has air connectivity with four airports <a href="/wiki/Tirupati_International_Airport" class="mw-redirect" title="Tirupati International Airport">Tirupati International Airport</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sri_Sathya_Sai_Airport" title="Sri Sathya Sai Airport">Sri Sathya Sai Airport</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kadapa_Airport" title="Kadapa Airport">Kadapa Airport</a> and <a href="/wiki/Kurnool_Airport" title="Kurnool Airport">Kurnool Airport</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Waterways">Waterways</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Rayalaseema&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Waterways"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Dugarajapatnam_Port" title="Dugarajapatnam Port">Dugarajapatnam Port</a> is a proposed port in <a href="/wiki/Tirupati_district" title="Tirupati district">Tirupati district</a>.<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> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Infrastructure">Infrastructure</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Rayalaseema&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Infrastructure"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Power">Power</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Rayalaseema&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Power"><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:Rayalaseema_Thermal_Power_Station.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d1/Rayalaseema_Thermal_Power_Station.jpg/220px-Rayalaseema_Thermal_Power_Station.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="80" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d1/Rayalaseema_Thermal_Power_Station.jpg/330px-Rayalaseema_Thermal_Power_Station.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d1/Rayalaseema_Thermal_Power_Station.jpg/440px-Rayalaseema_Thermal_Power_Station.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1749" data-file-height="633" /></a><figcaption>Rayalaseema Thermal Power Station</figcaption></figure> <p>Rayalaseema Region has thermal as well solar power plants. <a href="/wiki/Rayalaseema_Thermal_Power_Station" title="Rayalaseema Thermal Power Station">Rayalaseema Thermal Power Station</a> is located in <a href="/wiki/Kadapa_district" title="Kadapa district">Kadapa district</a> and Andhra Pradesh government recently sanctioned solar power parks in Rayalaseema districts<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> with a capacity of 4000MW's.Today the state of Andhra Pradesh stood No.1 position in solar power generation with an installed capacity of 1868 MW<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In India and also offers world's largest solar power park of 1000 MW is also located in Andhra Pradesh. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Lake">Lake</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Rayalaseema&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Lake"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The only Lake located in the region of Rayalaseema is <a href="/wiki/Pulicat_Lake" title="Pulicat Lake">Pulicat Lake</a>. The major part of the Lake is located in <a href="/wiki/Sullurupeta_revenue_division" title="Sullurupeta revenue division">Sullurpeta</a> division of <a href="/wiki/Tirupati_district" title="Tirupati district">Tirupati district</a>. </p><p><a href="/wiki/Pulicat_Lake" title="Pulicat Lake">Pulicat Lake</a> is the second largest <a href="/wiki/Brackish_water" title="Brackish water">brackish water</a> <a href="/wiki/Lagoon" title="Lagoon">lagoon</a> in <a href="/wiki/India" title="India">India</a>, (after <a href="/wiki/Chilika_Lake" title="Chilika Lake">Chilika Lake</a>), measuring 759 square kilometres (293 sq mi). Major part of the lagoon comes under <a href="/wiki/Tirupati_district" title="Tirupati district">Tirupati district</a> of Andhra Pradesh. The lagoon is one of the three important wetlands to attract <a href="/wiki/Northeast_monsoon" class="mw-redirect" title="Northeast monsoon">northeast monsoon</a> rain clouds during the October to December season. The lagoon comprises the following regions, which adds up 759 square kilometres (293 sq mi) according to <a href="/wiki/Andhra_Pradesh" title="Andhra Pradesh">Andhra Pradesh</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Politics">Politics</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Rayalaseema&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: Politics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Neelam_Sanjiva_Reddy" title="Neelam Sanjiva Reddy">Neelam Sanjiva Reddy</a>, <a href="/wiki/Damodaram_Sanjivayya" title="Damodaram Sanjivayya">Damodaram Sanjivayya</a>, <a href="/wiki/Nedurumalli_Janardhana_Reddy" class="mw-redirect" title="Nedurumalli Janardhana Reddy">Nedurumalli Janardhana Reddy</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kotla_Vijaya_Bhaskara_Reddy" title="Kotla Vijaya Bhaskara Reddy">Kotla Vijaya Bhaskara Reddy</a>, <a href="/wiki/N._Chandrababu_Naidu" title="N. Chandrababu Naidu">N. Chandrababu Naidu</a>, <a href="/wiki/Y._S._Rajasekhara_Reddy" title="Y. S. Rajasekhara Reddy">Y. S. Rajasekhara Reddy</a>, <a href="/wiki/N.Kiran_Kumar_Reddy" class="mw-redirect" title="N.Kiran Kumar Reddy">N.Kiran Kumar Reddy</a> and <a href="/wiki/Y._S._Jagan_Mohan_Reddy" title="Y. S. Jagan Mohan Reddy">Y. S. Jagan Mohan Reddy</a>, who served as <a href="/wiki/Chief_Minister_of_Andhra_Pradesh" class="mw-redirect" title="Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh">Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh</a>, hail from the Rayalaseema region of the state, with [[Y. S. Jagan Mohan BB being the incumbent. The region saw as many as <a href="/wiki/List_of_Chief_Ministers_of_Andhra_Pradesh" class="mw-redirect" title="List of Chief Ministers of Andhra Pradesh">8 chief ministers</a> for the state.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Factionalism">Factionalism</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Rayalaseema&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: Factionalism"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Organised_crime_in_India#Andhra_Pradesh_factionalism" title="Organised crime in India">Organised crime in India § Andhra Pradesh factionalism</a></div><p>Rayalaseema is home to numerous factional families who are often intertwined with political parties and violently clash with each other. Government employees consider as dead postings in the region. The high crime rate is attributed to Rayalaseema's high poverty rate. Although violence has declined since 2020s, factionalism still reigns supreme. Police records estimate that in the past 35 years, about 2,34,465 civilians have died as a result of factional violence.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Sri_Bagh_act">Sri Bagh act</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Rayalaseema&action=edit&section=19" title="Edit section: Sri Bagh act"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Based on Sri Bagh act signed on 18 November 1937, Kurnool was made the capital of the new state after the division of <a href="/wiki/Andhra_state" class="mw-redirect" title="Andhra state">Andhra state</a> from the <a href="/wiki/Madras_state" class="mw-redirect" title="Madras state">Madras state</a>.<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><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> As per the second State Resolution Commission, the state capital was shifted to <a href="/wiki/Hyderabad" title="Hyderabad">Hyderabad</a> upon formation of Andhra Pradesh by <a href="/wiki/States_Reorganisation_Act,_1956" title="States Reorganisation Act, 1956">States Reorganisation Act, 1956</a>.<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> </p> <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=Rayalaseema&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/Coastal_Andhra" title="Coastal Andhra">Coastal Andhra</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Uttarandhra" class="mw-redirect" title="Uttarandhra">Uttarandhra</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=Rayalaseema&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 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title="Vizianagaram district">Vizianagaram</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/West_Godavari_district" title="West Godavari district">West Godavari</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;padding-left: 1em; padding-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><a href="/wiki/List_of_cities_in_India_by_population" title="List of cities in India by population">Metropolis</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0;text-align: left;"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Visakhapatnam" title="Visakhapatnam">Visakhapatnam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vijayawada" title="Vijayawada">Vijayawada</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;padding-left: 1em; padding-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><a href="/wiki/List_of_cities_in_Andhra_Pradesh_by_population" title="List of cities in Andhra Pradesh by population">Cities</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0;text-align: left;"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Adoni" title="Adoni">Adoni</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anantapur" title="Anantapur">Anantapur</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bhimavaram" title="Bhimavaram">Bhimavaram</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chilakaluripet" title="Chilakaluripet">Chilakaluripet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chittoor" title="Chittoor">Chittoor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dharmavaram,_Sri_Sathya_Sai_district" title="Dharmavaram, Sri Sathya Sai district">Dharmavaram</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kadiri" title="Kadiri">Kadiri</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eluru" title="Eluru">Eluru</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gudivada" title="Gudivada">Gudivada</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Guntakal" title="Guntakal">Guntakal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Guntur" title="Guntur">Guntur</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hindupur" title="Hindupur">Hindupur</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kadapa" title="Kadapa">Kadapa</a></li> <li><a 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title="Tadipatri">Tadipatri</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tenali" title="Tenali">Tenali</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tirupati" title="Tirupati">Tirupati</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tuni" title="Tuni">Tuni</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vijayawada" title="Vijayawada">Vijayawada</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Visakhapatnam" title="Visakhapatnam">Visakhapatnam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vizianagaram" title="Vizianagaram">Vizianagaram</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;padding-left: 1em; padding-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><a href="/wiki/Transport_in_Andhra_Pradesh" title="Transport in Andhra Pradesh">Transport</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0;text-align: left;"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Airports_in_Andhra_Pradesh" title="Category:Airports in Andhra Pradesh">Airports</a></li> <li>Railways</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:State_highways_in_Andhra_Pradesh" title="Category:State highways in Andhra Pradesh">Roadways</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:Ports_and_harbours_of_Andhra_Pradesh" title="Category:Ports and harbours of Andhra Pradesh">Seaports</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;padding-left: 1em; padding-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><a href="/wiki/Tourism_in_Andhra_Pradesh" title="Tourism in Andhra Pradesh">Tourism</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0;text-align: left;"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Dams_in_Andhra_Pradesh" title="Category:Dams in Andhra Pradesh">Dams</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:Forts_in_Andhra_Pradesh" title="Category:Forts in Andhra Pradesh">Forts</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:Lakes_of_Andhra_Pradesh" title="Category:Lakes of Andhra Pradesh">Lakes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:National_parks_in_Andhra_Pradesh" title="Category:National parks in Andhra Pradesh">National parks</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:Hindu_temples_in_Andhra_Pradesh" title="Category:Hindu temples in Andhra Pradesh">Hindu temples</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:Churches_in_Andhra_Pradesh" title="Category:Churches in Andhra Pradesh">Churches</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:Wildlife_sanctuaries_in_Andhra_Pradesh" title="Category:Wildlife sanctuaries in Andhra Pradesh">Wildlife sanctuaries</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:Waterfalls_of_Andhra_Pradesh" title="Category:Waterfalls of Andhra Pradesh">Waterfalls</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;padding-left: 1em; padding-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><a href="/wiki/History_of_Andhra_Pradesh" title="History of Andhra Pradesh">History</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0;text-align: left;"><div 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