Visakhapatnam

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Visakhapatnam District is one of the North Eastern Coastal districts of Andhra Pradesh in India and it lies between 17° - 15° and 18°-32° Northern latitude and 18° - 54° and 83° - 30° in Eastern longitude. It is bounded on the North partly by the Orissa State and partly by Vizianagaram District, on the South by East Godavari District, on the West by Orissa State and on the East by Bay of Bengal. The population of the district is 38.32 lakhs as per 2001 Census and this constituted 5.0% of the population of the state while the Geographical area of the District is 11161 Sq. KM. which is only 4.1% of the area of the State. The District has Density of population of 343 per Sq.Km. Agency area shows lesser Density and plain area higher density. The District presents two distinct Geographic divisions. The strip of the land along the coast and the interior called the plains division and hilly area of the Eastern Ghats flanking it on the North and West called the Agency Division. The Agency Division consists of the hilly regions covered by the Eastern Ghats with an altitutde of about 900 metres dotted by several peaks exceeding 1200 metres.

Climate

The district has differing climatic conditions in different parts of it. Near Coast the air is moist and relaxing, but gets warmer towards the interior and cools down in the hilly areas on account of elevation and vegetation. April to June are warmest months. The Temperature (at Visakhapatnam Airport) gets down with the onset of South West Monsoon and tumbles to a mean minimum of 18.8o C by December after which there is revarsal trend till the temperature reaches mean maximum of 37.4o C by the end of May during 2002-2003.

Places of Interest in Visakhapatnam

• Simhachalam
• Visakhapatnam
• Kailasagiri
• Vuda Park
• Lumbini Park
• Ramakrishna Mission
• Ramakrishna Mission Beach
• Mudasarlova
• Dolphin's Nose
• Ross Hill
• Victory at Sea
• Kali Temple
• Kurapam Tomb
• Submarine Museum
• Visakha Museum
• Yarada Beach
• Gangavaram Beach
• Rushikonda Beach
• Totlakonda
• Bavikonda
• Bheemunipatnam
• Pavurala Konda
• Bheemili Beach
• Araku Valley
• Borra Caves
• Tyda
• Ananthagiri
• Paderu
• Appikonda
• Baligattam
• Kondakarla Ava
• Anakapalli
• Padmanabham