Guntur City
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Guntur గుంటూరు Garthapuri |
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Clockwise from Top Left: Guntur Municipal Corporation, Major residential buildings, Guntur Medical College, ISKON Temple, Chuttugunta center, A park with pond in Gujjanagundla, Viswa Mandir, Railway Station, One-town center.
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| Etymology: Garthapuri (Tank Village) | |
 Guntur
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| Coordinates: 16°18′03″N 80°26′34″E / 16.3008°N 80.4428°ECoordinates: 16°18′03″N 80°26′34″E / 16.3008°N 80.4428°E | |
| Country | India |
| State | Andhra Pradesh |
| District | Guntur |
| Mandal | Guntur |
| Founded | 18th century AD |
| Founded by | French |
| Government | |
| • Body | Guntur Municipal Corporation |
| • Mayor | None |
| • Municipal Commissioner | S. Nagalakhsmi |
| • Member of Parliament | Galla Jayadev |
| Area | |
| • Total | 168.41 km2 (65.02 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 30 m (100 ft) |
| Population (2011) | |
| • Total | 743,654 |
| • Density | 4,400/km2 (11,000/sq mi) |
| Demonym(s) | Gunturian |
| Languages | |
| • Official | Telugu |
| Time zone | IST (UTC+5:30) |
| PIN | 522 xxx |
| Telephone code | 0863 |
| Vehicle registration | AP 07; AP 08 |
| Sex ratio | 1016♂/♀ |
| Lok Sabha constituency | Guntur |
| Urban planning agency | APCRDA |
| Website | guntur |
Guntur (
pronunciation ); is a city in the Guntur district of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. It is a municipal corporation and the administrative headquarters for Guntur district. It is also the mandal headquarters of Guntur mandal in Guntur revenue division. The city is the third most populous in the state with population of 743,654. The city is situated on the plains and located 40 miles (64 km) to north of the Bay of Bengal. River Krishna is the main source of water for the city through channels and tributaries.
The city is part of Andhra Pradesh Capital Region and Vishakhapatnam-Guntur Industrial Region, a major industrial corridor in India. It is also a Tier-II city as per Government of India and the headquarters to many state departments and agencies and is renowned for education, business, e-commerce industry, and agriculture. It exports chilli pepper, cotton, tobacco and also it is also the largest producer of chilies in the country.
The earliest reference to the present name of the city can be dated back to the period of Ammaraja–I (922-929 CE), the Vengi Eastern Chalukyan King. It also has its appearance in another two inscriptions dated 1147 AD and 1158 AD. In Sanskrit, the name of Guntur was referred as Garthapuri, which translates to Tank village during the French occupation.
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