Prakasam district

Prakasam district named in honour of Tanguturi Prakasam is in the coastal Andhra region of the Indian state of . It was reorganised on 4 April 2022 and 31 December 2025.
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Wikipedia
  • Type: district of India with 3,400,000 residents
  • Description: district of Andhra Pradesh, India
  • Also known as: “distritu de Prakasam”, “ongole is the headquaters of prakasm”, “Prakasam”, “Prakasam (distritu)”, “प्रकाशं जिला”, “प्रकाशम्”, and “ఒంగోలు జిల్లా”

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Irasalagundam and Kanigiri.

Village
is a village in Markapuram district of the Indian state of .

Town
is a town in Markapuram district of the Indian state of . is situated 10 km south of Prakasam district.

Prakasam district

Latitude
15.5° or 15° 30′ north
Longitude
79.5° or 79° 30′ east
Population
3,400,000
Elevation
128 metres (420 feet)
Abbreviation
“PRA”
Open location code
7J7XGG22+22
Geo­Names ID
1259346
Wiki­data ID
Q15390
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Western Panjabi—“Prakasam district” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “براكاسام”
  • Asturian: “Prakasam”
  • Basque: “Prakasam barrutia”
  • Bengali: “প্রকাশম জেলা”
  • Bhojpuri: “प्रकाशम जिला”
  • Bulgarian: “Пракасам”
  • Cebuano: “Prakasam”
  • Chinese: “普拉喀桑县”
  • Chinese: “普拉喀桑縣”
  • Danish: “Prakasam”
  • Dutch: “Prakasam district”
  • Dutch: “Prakasam”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “براكاسام”
  • Esperanto: “Prakasam”
  • Finnish: “Prakasam”
  • French: “District de Prakasam”
  • French: “Prakasam”
  • Georgian: “პრაკასამი”
  • Georgian: “პრაკასამის ოლქი”
  • German: “Prakasam”
  • Gujarati: “પ્રકાસમ જિલ્લો”
  • Hausa: “Prakasam”
  • Hindi: “प्रकाशम जिला”
  • Hindi: “प्रकासम जिला”
  • Indonesian: “Distrik Prakasam”
  • Italian: “distretto di Prakasam”
  • Italian: “Distretto di Prakasam”
  • Japanese: “プラカーシャム県”
  • Kannada: “ಪ್ರಕಾಸಮ್ ಜಿಲ್ಲೆ”
  • Kashmiri: “پرٛاکاسَم ضِلہٕ”
  • Magahi: “प्रकाश जिला”
  • Maithili: “प्रकाशम जिला”
  • Malayalam: “പ്രകാശം ജില്ല”
  • Malayalam: “പ്രകാസം ജില്ല”
  • Marathi: “प्रकाशम जिल्हा”
  • Nepali: “प्रकाशम जिल्ला”
  • Newari: “प्रकाशम् जिल्ला”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Prakasam”
  • Norwegian: “Prakasam”
  • Oriya: “ପ୍ରକାଶମ ଜିଲ୍ଲା”
  • Oriya: “ପ୍ରକାସମ ଜିଲ୍ଲା”
  • Panjabi: “ਪ੍ਰਕਾਸਮ ਜ਼ਿਲਾ”
  • Persian: “منطقه پراکاسام”
  • Polish: “Prakasam”
  • Portuguese: “Prakasam”
  • Russian: “Пракасам”
  • Sanskrit: “प्रकाशमण्डलम्”
  • Santali: “ᱯᱨᱚᱠᱟᱥᱚᱢ ᱦᱚᱱᱚᱛ”
  • Spanish: “Distrito de Prakasam”
  • Spanish: “Prakasam”
  • Swedish: “Prakasam”
  • Tamil: “பிரகாசம் மாவட்டம்”
  • Telugu: “ప్రకాశం జిల్లా”
  • Ukrainian: “Пракасам”
  • Urdu: “پرکاسم ضلع”
  • Vietnamese: “Prakasam”
  • Western Panjabi: “ضلع پاراکسم”
  • “प्रकाशम जिला”

Localities in the Area

Places to explore: Gayamvāripalle and Baduguleru.

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Highlights: Ura Konda and Gani Konda.

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