Nellore is a city on the Penna River in Andhra Pradesh, India, about 170 kilometers north of Chennai, with 600,869 residents at the 2011 census, the fourth most populous city in the state. An administrative and cultural center under successive dynasties, its district was renamed in 2008 to honor Potti Sriramulu, who fasted to death campaigning for the linguistic state of Andhra Pradesh; nicknamed the Shrimp Capital of India for its aquaculture industry, Nellore serves as district headquarters and recorded a nominal GDP of 16,989 crore rupees in 2023-24.
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Area (sq km) Founding Year Elevation (m) Latitude14.433333 degrees north 2 Sources
1. Nellore (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia FoundationInfobox: population_metro
6,00,869
On Continent: Asia, Lead paragraph names India; continent follows from the atlas record for India
located on the banks of Penna River, in Nellore district of Andhra Pradesh, India
View the Source 2. Nellore (Wikidata)
P625 (coordinate location)
latitude 14.433333, longitude 79.966667
P2044 (elevation above sea level)
elevation 18 m
P2046 (area)
area 149.02 sq km
P571 (inception)
inception 1866
- In Group: Cities of Southern Asia (World), Wikipedia infobox, country field
View the SourceWikidata: Nellore
Wikidata Q61434, class allow-list match verified against P17/real-world identity (w-geo-qidcite-0926).View the Source Reader Challenges (0)
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