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Visakhapatnam serves as the headquarters for the Indian Navy's Eastern Naval Command. [33] The city also serves as the zonal headquarters of South Coast Railway Zone (SCoR). The city is also home to the oldest shipyard and the only natural harbour on the east coast of India. [34] Visakhapatnam Port is the fifth-busiest cargo port in India.
Under the jurisdiction of VMRDA, the Visakhapatnam Metropolitan Region (VMR), comprises, Visakhapatnam city and the districts Anakapalli, Vizianagaram and Visakhapatnam. [7] It is spread over an area of 7,328.86 km 2 (2,829.69 sq mi) and has a population of 40.7 lakhs according to 2011 census. [8] The below table list the urban areas of VMR:
Visakhapatnam district is currently a part of the Red corridor. [14] On 3 April 2022, Government of Andhra Pradesh created 13 new districts in the state, hence the district was once again divided into three i.e., Visakhapatnam, Anakapalli and Alluri Sitharama Raju districts. This made Vizag the only district with 90% urban population in AP.
Visakhapatnam is a city of South Indian State of Andhra Pradesh. old MCV is considered as the central part of city, East and Some Western Parts of city. Visakhapatnam city divided as North, South, central, East, West and suburbs of Northern, Southern and Western. [1] [2]
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Visakhapatnam Airport [5] (IATA: VTZ, ICAO: VOVZ), officially known as Visakhapatnam International Airport, is a customs airport in Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh, India. It also operates as a civil enclave on the Indian Navy airbase, INS Dega. It lies between the city localities of NAD X Road and Gajuwaka. The airport covers an area of 350 acres.
This is a list of metropolitan areas by population in India.As per the Constitution of India, a metropolitan area is defined as an area having a population of 10 lakh or more, comprised in one or more districts, and consisting of two or more municipalities or panchayats or other contiguous areas, specified by the Governor by a public notification to be a Metropolitan area.
The airport is operated by GMR Visakhapatnam International Airport Limited. The airport is named after Indian Independence revolutionary and freedom fighter Alluri Sitarama Raju. [1] The project site is 44 km away from Visakhapatnam, 23 km away from Vizianagaram and 64 km away from Srikakulam. The airport majorly serves the North Andhra & South ...