Visakhapatnam District
Visakhapatnam district is one of the six districts in the Uttarandhra region of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh, headquartered at Visakhapatnam. It is one of the twenty-six districts in Andhra Pradesh state.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: district of India with 4,290,000 residents
- Description: district of Andhra Pradesh, India
- Also known as: “Fisākāpatnam”, “Visakha”, “Visakha district”, “Visakhapatanam”, “Visakhapatnam district”, “Vizag”, “Vizag district”, “Vizagapatam”, and “Vizagapatam District”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Visakhapatnam railway station and Varaha Lakshmi Narasimha temple, Simhachalam.
Visakhapatnam railway station
Railway station
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Visakhapatnam Junction is a railway station located in Visakhapatnam in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh.categorized as a Non-Suburban Grade-1 station.Visakhapatnam Railway Station is a major revenue earner for Indian Railways.
Varaha Lakshmi Narasimha temple, Simhachalam
Hindu temple
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Sri Varaha Lakshmi Narasimha temple, Simhachalam, is a Hindu temple situated on the Simhachalam Hill Range, which is 300 metres above the sea level in the city of Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh, India.
INS Dega
Military installation
INS Dega, is a naval air station of the Indian Navy. It is located in Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh on the east coast of India.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Visakhapatnam and Gajuwaka.
Visakhapatnam
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Visakhapatnam, popularly known as Vizag, is the largest city in Andhra Pradesh. It is primarily an industrial city, but also attracts tourists due to its unspoilt sandy beaches, well built and maintained parks, Buddhist Remnant sites and nearby scenic areas, such as Araku Valley.
Gajuwaka
Suburb
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Gajuwaka is a major residential area of Visakhapatnam City, India. This neighborhood of Visakhapatnam is considered the biggest shopping district in Andhra Pradesh by revenue. Gajuwaka is situated 8 km southwest of Visakhapatnam District.
Vepagunta
Village
Vepagunta is a suburb in Visakhapatnam city. It comes under Pendurthi revenue division. Vepagunta is situated 7 km northwest of Visakhapatnam District.
Visakhapatnam District
- Location: Andhra Pradesh, Southern India, India, South Asia, Asia
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Western Panjabi—“Visakhapatnam District” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “فشاكاباتنم”
- Arabic: “فيساخاباتنام”
- Arabic: “فيشاخاباتنام”
- Asturian: “distritu de Visakhapatnam”
- Asturian: “Visakhapatnam (distritu)”
- Asturian: “Visakhapatnam”
- Basque: “Visakhapatnam barrutia”
- Bengali: “বিশাখাপত্তনম জেলা”
- Bhojpuri: “विशाखापट्टनम जिला”
- Catalan: “districte de Visakhapatnam”
- Catalan: “Districte de Visakhapatnam”
- Cebuano: “Vishākhapatnam”
- Chinese: “維沙卡帕特南縣”
- Chinese: “维沙卡帕特南县”
- Danish: “Visakhapatnam”
- Dutch: “Visakhapatnam district”
- Dutch: “Visakhapatnam”
- Egyptian Arabic: “فيساخاباتنام”
- Finnish: “Visakhapatnamin piirikunta”
- French: “district de Visakhapatnam”
- French: “District de Visakhapatnam”
- French: “Visakhapatnam”
- Georgian: “ვიშაკჰაპატნამი”
- Georgian: “ვიშაკჰაპატნამის ოლქი”
- German: “Visakhapatnam”
- Greek: “Βισακαπάτναμ νομός”
- Gujarati: “વિશાખાપટનમ જિલ્લો”
- Hindi: “विशाखपटनम ज़िला”
- Hindi: “विशाखापत्तनम जिला”
- Italian: “distretto di Visakhapatnam”
- Italian: “Distretto di Visakhapatnam”
- Japanese: “ヴィシャーカパトナム県”
- Maithili: “विशाखापट्टनम जिला”
- Malayalam: “വിശാഖപട്ടണം ജില്ല”
- Manipuri: “ꯚꯤꯁꯥꯈꯥꯄꯠꯅꯝ ꯄꯅꯥ”
- Marathi: “विशाखापट्टणम जिल्हा”
- Nepali: “विशाखापट्टनम जिल्ला”
- Newari: “विशाखपट्टणम् जिल्ला”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Visakhapatnam”
- Norwegian: “Visakhapatnam”
- Oriya: “ବିଶାଖାପଟନମ ଜିଲ୍ଲା”
- Oriya: “ବିଶାଖାପାଟଣା ଜିଲ୍ଲା”
- Panjabi: “ਵਿਸ਼ਾਖਾਪਟਨਮ ਜ਼ਿਲਾ”
- Persian: “بخش ویساکهاپتنام”
- Persian: “وشاکاپاتنم”
- Persian: “ویساکاپاتنام”
- Polish: “Visakhapatnam”
- Russian: “Вишакхапатнам”
- Sanskrit: “विशाखपट्टणमण्डलम्”
- Santali: “ᱵᱤᱥᱟᱠᱷᱟᱯᱟᱴᱱᱚᱢ”
- Santali: “ᱵᱤᱥᱟᱠᱷᱟᱯᱟᱴᱱᱟᱢ ᱦᱚᱱᱚᱛ”
- Spanish: “Distrito de Visakhapatnam”
- Spanish: “Visakhapatnam”
- Swedish: “Visakhapatnam”
- Swedish: “Vishākhapatnam”
- Tamil: “விசாகப்பட்டினம் மாவட்டம்”
- Telugu: “విశాఖపట్నం జిల్లా”
- Ukrainian: “Вішакгапатнам”
- Urdu: “و شاکھا پٹنم”
- Urdu: “وشاکھ پٹنم”
- Urdu: “وشاکھاپٹنم ضلع”
- Urdu: “وشاکھاپٹنم”
- Vietnamese: “Visakhapatnam”
- Vietnamese: “Vishakhapatnam”
- Western Panjabi: “ضلع وشاکھاپٹنم”
- Western Panjabi: “ضلع ویساکھاپتنام”
- “विशाखापट्टनम जिला”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Kancharapalem and Muralinagar.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Marripalem and Lingapa Tank.
Andhra Pradesh: Must-Visit Destinations
Delve into Visakhapatnam, Vijayawada, Guntur, and Tirupati.
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