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Amarajeevi Potti Sri Ramulu Nellore District
(
శ్రీ పొట్టి శ్రీరాములు
నెల్లూరు జిల్లా )
is one of the 23 districts of
Andhra Pradesh. Nellore is famous for high
paddy
field, and so it got its name from "Nelli".
The population of the district was 2,668,564 of
which 22.45% were urban as of 2001.
Nellore city is its administrative headquarters.
The major cities in the district are
Nellore,
Kavali and
Gudur. It is bordered by the
Bay of Bengal to the east,
Chittoor to the South,
Kadapa to the west, and
Prakasam to the north.
It was earlier known as Nellore district. In 2008
June, the government of Andhra Pradesh officially
renamed the district as
Amarajeevi Potti Sri
Ramulu Nellore District
after the name of freedom fighter from this
district. |
