Vijayawada

Vijayawada, the second largest city in , is the state's business capital. Once known as Bezawada in colonial times, the city is on the upper banks of the Krishna River, bounded by the Indrakeeladri Hills on the west and the Budameru stream on the north.
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  • Type: City with 1,050,000 residents
  • Description: city in NTR district, Andhra Pradesh
  • Also known as: “Vijayavādā”
  • Historically known as: “Bejawada”, “Bezawada”, and “Bezwāda”
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Places of Interest

Highlights include Vijayawada Junction railway station and Bapu Museum.

Railway station
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is an Indian Railways station in Vijayawada of , categorized as a Non-Suburban Grade-1 station in Vijayawada railway division.

Museum
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The is an archaeological museum, located at M. G. Road of Vijayawada. It was renamed in the memory of the renowned film director, illustrator, cartoonist and author Bapu.

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The is a hill in Vijayawada, situated behind the Vijayawada railway station in the Tarapet area. A Gandhi Memorial, built on this hill, is the first in the country to have seven stupas.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Tadepalli, Guntur district and Gollapudi.

Town
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Tadepalli is part of one of the two corporations in and a major residential and IT hub in Vijayawada. The city of Mangalagiri Tadepalli Municipal Corporation is a part of Tenali revenue division.

Village
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is a commercial and residential hub located in western part of Vijayawada in the Indian state of . It falls under Vijayawada Rural mandal in Vijayawada revenue division of NTR district.

Neighborhood
is a commercial area of the city of Vijayawada. It is a part of Old Town area of the city. Arjuna Veedhi, Islampet, Jendachettu Centre, Kamsalipet, Rajarajeswaripet, Kothapet, Ajithsinghnagar, Jendachettu Centre and Winchipet are some of the areas under I–Town.

Vijayawada

Latitude
16.516° or 16° 30′ 58″ north
Longitude
80.616° or 80° 36′ 58″ east
Population
1,050,000
Elevation
47 metres (154 feet)
IATA airport code
VGA
United Nations Location Code
IN VGA
Open location code
7M82GJ88+99
Open­Street­Map ID
node 1880441437
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­city
Geo­Names ID
1253184
Wiki­data ID
Q200017
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Wu Chinese—“Vijayawada” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Vijayawada”
  • Arabic: “فجاياوادا”
  • Arabic: “فيجاياوادا”
  • Aragonese: “Vijayawada”
  • Armenian: “Վիջայավադա”
  • Basque: “Vijayawada”
  • Belarusian: “Віджаявада”
  • Bengali: “বিজয়ওয়াড়া”
  • Bengali: “বিজযবাডা”
  • Bengali: “বেজওয়াদা”
  • Bhojpuri: “विजयवाडा”
  • Bishnupriya: “বিজয়াৱদা”
  • Breton: “Vijayawada”
  • Catalan: “Vijayawada”
  • Cebuano: “Vijayavāḍa”
  • Cebuano: “Vijayawāda”
  • Chechen: “Виджаявада”
  • Chinese: “Vijayawada”
  • Chinese: “維傑亞瓦達”
  • Chinese: “维杰亚瓦达”
  • Czech: “Vidžajavada”
  • Czech: “Vidžajaváda”
  • Danish: “Vijayawada”
  • Dutch: “Bezawada”
  • Dutch: “Vidyayavada”
  • Dutch: “Vijayavada”
  • Dutch: “Vijayawada”
  • Esperanto: “Viĝajavado”
  • Esperanto: “Vijajaŭada”
  • Esperanto: “Vijayawada”
  • Estonian: “Bezawada”
  • Estonian: “Vidžajavada”
  • Estonian: “Vijayawada”
  • Estonian: “Vijayawāda”
  • Finnish: “Vijayawada”
  • French: “Vijayawada”
  • Galician: “Vijayawada”
  • Georgian: “ვიჯაიავადა”
  • German: “Vijayawada”
  • Greek: “Βιτζαγιαβάντα”
  • Gujarati: “ઢાંચો:Million-plus cities in India”
  • Gujarati: “વિજયવાડા”
  • Hebrew: “ויג’יאוואדה”
  • Hebrew: “ויג’יוואדה”
  • Hebrew: “ויגיאוואדה”
  • Hindi: “बेजवाड़ा”
  • Hindi: “विजयवाडा”
  • Hindi: “विजयवाड़ा”
  • Hungarian: “Vidzsajavádá”
  • Indonesian: “Vijayawada”
  • Irish: “Vijayawada”
  • Italian: “Vijayawada”
  • Japanese: “ヴィジャヤワーダ”
  • Japanese: “ビジャヤワーダ”
  • Kannada: “ವಿಜಯವಾಡ”
  • Kannada: “ವಿಜಯವಾಡಾ”
  • Kashmiri: “وجیے واڑہ”
  • Korean: “비자야와다”
  • Ladin: “Vijayawada”
  • Latvian: “Vidžajavada”
  • Latvian: “Vidžajavāda”
  • Lithuanian: “Vidžajavada”
  • Luxembourgish: “Vijayawada”
  • Maithili: “विजयवाड़ा”
  • Malagasy: “Vijayawada”
  • Malay: “Vijayawada”
  • Malayalam: “Vijayawada”
  • Malayalam: “വിജയവാഡ”
  • Marathi: “विजयवाडा”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Vijayawada”
  • Mingrelian: “ვიჯაიავადა”
  • Nepali: “विजयवाडा”
  • Nepali: “विजयवाड़ा”
  • Newari: “विजयवाडा”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Bezawada”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Vijayawada”
  • Norwegian: “Vijayawada”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Vijayawada”
  • Oriya: “ବିଜୟୱାଡ଼ା”
  • Oriya: “ଵିଜଯଵାଡା”
  • Pampanga: “Vijayawada”
  • Panjabi: “ਵਿਜਯਵਾਡਾ”
  • Panjabi: “ਵਿਜੈਵਾੜਾ”
  • Persian: “وجیاوادا”
  • Persian: “ویجیاوادا”
  • Polish: “Widźajawada”
  • Portuguese: “Vijayawada”
  • Pushto: “ويجیواډا”
  • Romanian: “Vijayawada”
  • Russian: “Безавада”
  • Russian: “Безвада”
  • Russian: “Виджаявада”
  • Sanskrit: “विजयवाडा”
  • Santali: “ᱵᱤᱡᱚᱭᱣᱟᱰᱟ”
  • Scots: “Vijayawada”
  • Serbian: “Vidžajavada”
  • Serbian: “Vijayawada”
  • Serbian: “Виџајавада”
  • Sinhala: “විජයවඩා”
  • Slovenian: “Vidžajavada”
  • Slovenian: “Vijayawada”
  • South Azerbaijani: “ویجیاوادا”
  • Spanish: “Vijayavada”
  • Spanish: “Vijayawada”
  • Swedish: “Bezawada”
  • Swedish: “Bezwada”
  • Swedish: “Vijayawada”
  • Tagalog: “Vijayawada”
  • Talysh: “Vičajavada”
  • Tamil: “விசயவாடா”
  • Tamil: “விஜயவாடா”
  • Tatar: “Виджаявада”
  • Telugu: “గ్రేటర్ విజయవాడ”
  • Telugu: “బెజవాడ”
  • Telugu: “విజయవాడ” (historical)
  • Thai: “วิจายาวาดา”
  • Thai: “วิชยวาฑะ”
  • Turkish: “Vijayawada”
  • Ukrainian: “Віджаявада”
  • Urdu: “وجئے واڑہ”
  • Uzbek: “Bezvada”
  • Uzbek: “Vijayavada”
  • Venetian: “Vijayawada”
  • Vietnamese: “Vijayawada”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Vijayawada”
  • Western Panjabi: “وجئے واڑہ”
  • Western Panjabi: “ویجایاواڈا”
  • Wu Chinese: “维杰亚瓦达”
  • “विजयवाड़ा”

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