Paper I · 4 Geography of India & AP · 4.5.3 Population and settlements

4.5.3.3 Urbanisation and major cities of AP

Less than a third of Andhra Pradesh lives in towns; its two million-plus cities are Visakhapatnam and Vijayawada, and Amaravati, now the state's legal capital, is being built as a planned greenfield city.

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Key terms

  • urbanisation
  • million-plus
  • Visakhapatnam
  • Vijayawada
  • Guntur
  • Tirupati
  • Amaravati
  • APCRDA
  • municipal corporations
  • urban local bodies
  • Smart Cities Mission
  • census town
  • settlements
  • VMRDA

What this note covers

  1. Core factsFoundation
  2. ExplainedStandard
  3. DeeperAdvanced
  4. AP angleStandard
  5. Mains writingMains writing
  6. Common trapsFoundation
  7. Quick revisionFoundation

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