Amaravati is the capital city of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh, located in Guntur district on the right bank of the Krishna River, southwest of Vijayawada and northwest of Guntur. The city takes its name from the nearby historic site of Amaravathi, which served as the capital of the Satavahana Empire nearly two thousand years ago. It is an urban notified area whose development is undertaken by the Amaravati Development Corporation Limited and the Andhra Pradesh Capital Region Development Authority, spanning about 217 square kilometers and drawing on villages from three mandals.
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Source Andhra Pradesh High Court (source article)Geography and structureQuote, Geography and structure
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1. GeoNames: Amaravati
GeoNames geonameid 12261477 (Amaravati), cities500/allCountries bulk dump, matched by primary name + country + coordinates within 25km (w-bbfill-geography6-0926)View the Source 2. Amaravati (Wikidata)
P571 (inception)
+2015-00-00T00:00:00Z
P625 (coordinate location)
latitude 16.5275, longitude 80.4681
P2046 (area)
area 217.23 sq km
- In Group: Cities of Southern Asia (World), Wikipedia infobox, country field
View the SourceWikidata: Amaravati
Wikidata Q19881964, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)View the Source Amaravati (Wikipedia)
On Continent: Asia, Lead paragraph names Andhra Pradesh; continent follows from the atlas record for Andhra PradeshQuote, On Continent: Asia, Lead paragraph names Andhra Pradesh; continent follows from the atlas record for Andhra Pradesh
uh-mə-RAH-vuh-thi, Telugu: Amarāvati) is the capital city of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh
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