"Andhra Pradesh (télugu: amthra Prad) es un estado del sur de la India. Se sitúa entre los 12°41' y los 22° de latitud norte, y entre los 77° y los 84°40' de longitud este. Limita al norte con Telangana y Orissa, al este con la Bahía de Bengala, al sur con Tamil Nadu, al noroeste con Telangana y al suroeste con Karnataka. Con 276 754 km², equivalentes a un 8,4 % del total del territorio indio, Andhra Pradesh es por su tamaño el quinto estado del país, además del nexo de unión entre el sur y el norte de la India. En extensión, ocupa una superficie ligeramente superior a la de Ecuador. Se le considera el "arrozal" del país. Lo cruzan dos ríos principales: el Godavari y el Krishna."
"Andhra Pradesh (/ndr prd/)() is one of the 29 states of India, situated on the southeastern coast of the country. The state is the eighth largest state in India covering an area of 160,205 km2 (61,855 sq mi). As per 2011 census of India, the state is tenth largest by population with 49,386,799 inhabitants. On 2 June 2014, the north-western portion of the state was bifurcated to form a new state of Telangana. In accordance with the Andhra Pradesh Reorganisation Act, 2014, Hyderabad will remain the de jure capital of both Andhra Pradesh and Telangana states for a period of time not exceeding 10 years. The new river-front proposed capital in Guntur district is Amaravati, which is under the jurisdiction of APCRDA. The Gross State Domestic Product (GSDP) of the state in the 201415 financial year at current prices stood at 5,200.3 billion (USD77 billion) and 4,641.84 billion (USD69 billion) in the 201314 financial year. The state has a coastline of 974 km (605 mi), the second longest among all the states of India after Gujarat. It is bordered by Telangana in the north-west, Chhattisgarh in the north, Odisha in the north-east, Karnataka in the west, Tamil Nadu in the south and the water body of Bay of Bengal in the east. A small enclave of 30 km2 (12 sq mi) of Yanam, a district of Puducherry, lies south of Kakinada in the Godavari delta to the east of the state. There are two regions in the state namely Coastal Andhra and Rayalaseema. These two regions comprise 13 districts, with 9 in Coastal Andhra and 4 in Rayalaseema. Visakhapatnam is the largest city and a commercial hub of the state with a GDP of