Facts about Andhra Pradesh

Geographical view:
Area: 160,205 km²

Land Structure: It contains plain (Andhra plains), Plateau (Rayalsima plateau, khammamplatue), Mountains (Eastern Ghats Vijayawada hills)

Important river: Krishna, Penneru, Godavari,

Main Crops: Rice, jowar, bajra, wheat, maize etc...  

Climate: tropical climate 

Main minerals: due to the variety of rocksand minerals it is called as ratnaGarbha.

First in iron ore production, magnese ore etc it is top producer of minerals in india.

Largest mica producer

Industries: AP ranks 4th at National level in IT performance.

River and dams:

Sl.No.	River	Dam	Nearest City	Remark
1.	Krishna	a)Srisailam b)Nagarjuna Sagar c)Parkasam Barrage	Kurnool Guntur Guntur	Gravity & Earth-fill
2.	Godavari	Dowleswaram Barrage Polavaram Project	Rajamundry	For irrigation
3.	Machkund River/ Sileru	Lower Sileru hydro	Visakhapatnam Khammam
4.	Penneru		Nellore, Cuddapah
5.	Nagavati		Srikulam

Administrative view:

• Foundation date :  1 November 1956
• Capital: Amaravati
• District: 13
• Legislative: 175
• Number of MLA: 175
• Number of MP in Lok Sabha: 25
• Number of MP in Rajya sabha: 11

Cabinet ministers:

Name	House	Ministry	Constituency
Shri Ashok Gajpati Raju pusapati	Lok Sabha	civil aviation	Vizianagaram
Smt. Nirmala Sitharaman	Rajya Sabha	Minister of state IC  commerce & industries
Shri Y.S. chowdary	Rajya sabha	state minister Earth and science , sci.& tech

Others:

Principal language: Telgu and Urdu

State population: 49.67 million

Important dances:

1. Kuchipudi

2. Andhra nirtyam / Natyam

Sl.No.	Festival Name	Remarks
1.	Makar Sakranti	It is also known as harvest festival
2.	Ugadi	Telegu new year
3.	Varalakshmi Vratham

National Parks:

Name of National Park	Special Species (if any important)	Important Remarks
Sri Venkateshwara National Park	have many waterfalls	---
Gundla brahmeswaram park		is Located between Kurnool and Prakasam districts over the Nallamallai mountain range
Coringa National Park	more than 120 birds species are found	situated near Kakinada port
The Alisagar Deer park	---	It is decorated with hillocks and flower gardens that increase the beauty of park

Reserved parks:

Reserve Parks	Special Species (if any important)	Important Remarks
Nagarjunsagar-Srisailam	tiger reserve	spread over five districts (Nalgonda, Mahbubnagar, Kurnool, Prakasam&Guntoor)
Rollapadu WLS	Only habitat for the endangered Great Indian Bustard	located in the Kurnool district
Pulicat Lake WLS		located in Nellore, Chittoor districts

Sport Stadiums/Arena:

Sl.No.	Stadium/Arena	Sport-Purpose	City
1.	Aca Vdca Stadium	Cricket	Visakhapatnam

Important City:

Sl.No.	City	Nick Name	Famous
1	Amaravati		riverfront capital city of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh
2	Guntur		exports large quantities of chillies and tobacco
3	Visakhapatnam	Financial Capital of Andhra Pradesh
4	Vijayawada		recognised as a "Global City of the Future by McKinsey Quarterly
5	Tirupati	Spiritual Capital of Andhra Pradesh	India's Ministry of Tourism named Tirupati as the "Best Heritage City
6	Anantpur		largest district in the state

Famous temple:

Sl.No.	Monument/Temple/Sites	Located in	Remarks
1	Venkateswara Temple Tirumala(Tirupati Balaji)	in Chittoor District
2	Srisailam	Kurnool District	The sanctum sanctorium is covered with gold
3	Vinayaka Temple Kanipakam	Chittoor District on the banks of river Bahuda	temple of Lord SwayambuVinayaka
4	Sri Veereswara Swamy Temple	Muramalla	This holy shrine is the abode of Lord Sri Veereswaraswamy
5	Amaravati	Guntur District	known as Dhanyakataka/Dharanikota   great Buddhist site Stupa built in pre-Mauryan times
6	Lakshmi Narasimha Temple	It is situated at the foot of the Auspicious Hill in Mangalagiri of Guntur district	one of the eight sacred places of Lord Vishnu in India.

Major Airports:

1. Visakhapatnam Airport: Visakhapatnam 

2. Vijayawada Airport: Vijayawada

3. Cuddapah Airport: Cuddapah

Ports:

AP is the secound maritime state (after Gujrat) in terms of cargo handled. 

1. Visakhapatnam Port: Visakhapatnam District (It is the fifth busiest port in India in terms of Cargo handled)

2. Kakinada Port: East Godavari District

Thermal Power plants in Andhra pradesh:

Name of Thermal Power Plant	Location	Important Remarks
RayalaseemaThrmal Power plant	Cuddapah,	1050 megawatt (MW)  coal plant
vemagiri Power plant	EAstGodawari	388 MW gas based
vijayawada thermal plant	Krishna	coal-based power plants
Simhadri Super Thermal Power Plant	Visakhapatnam	coal-fired power plant
Sri Damodaram Sanjeevaiah Thermal Power Station	Nellore	coal-based power plants

Tribes

Savara 

Gadaba 

Khonds 

Koya