- Andhra Pradesh is one of the 29 states of India, situated on the southeastern coast of the country.
- The state is the eighth largest state in India covering an area of 160,205 km2 (61,855 sq mi).
- As per 2011 census of India, the state is tenth largest by population with 49,386,799 inhabitants.
- On 2 June 2014, the north-western portion of the state was bifurcated to form a new state of Telangana.
- In accordance with the Andhra Pradesh Reorganisation Act, 2014, Hyderabad will remain the de jure capital of both Andhra Pradesh and Telangana states for a period of time not exceeding 10 years.
- The new river-front proposed capital in Guntur district is Amaravati, which is under the jurisdiction of APCRDA.
- The state has a coastline of 974 km (605 mi), the second longest among all the states of India after Gujarat.
- It is bordered by Telangana in the north-west, Chhattisgarh in the north, Odisha in the north-east, Karnataka in the west, Tamil Nadu in the south and the water body of Bay of Bengal in the east.
- A small enclave of 30 km2 (12 sq mi) of Yanam, a district of Puducherry, lies south of Kakinada in the Godavari delta to the northeast of the state.
- There are two regions in the state namely Coastal Andhra and Rayalaseema.
- These two regions comprise 13 districts, with 9 in Coastal Andhra and 4 in Rayalaseema.
- Visakhapatnam is the largest city and a commercial hub of the state.
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