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Boundaries - Andhra Pradesh is situated on the southern peninsula of India and it bounded by Chandigarh on the north , Odisha on most north, Telangana and Karnataka on west Tamil Nadu on the south, and west Bengal on the east. capital city is - Hyderabad 

Rivers - Godawari, Krishna, Tungabhadra, Pennar, Vamshadhara, and Nagavara are the major rivers.

Agriculture - it is the main occupation of the 62 percent of people on andhra pradesh. Rice is the major food corps which contributes about 77 percent of the food grain production. Other important productions are gaizen, pulses, sugarcane, cotton, tobacco and groundnut

Industries -Steel plant and Ship building are the major industries of visakhapatanam. hyderabad is an information technology city. Secundarabad and Ramagundam are other industrial cities. State manufactures machine tool, synthetic drugs, pharmaceuticals, heavy electrical machinery, fertilizers, electronic equipment, aeronautical parts, cement and cement products, chemicals, asbestos, glass and watches

Minerals - Chrysolite asbotose, Copper ore, manganese, mica, coal, and limestone. The sigarani coal mines supply coal to entire south India

Power - Hydel - projects - Nagarjunasagar, Neelam Sanjeev Reddy Sagar, Upper Sileru, Lowe Sileru and Tungabhadra. thermal projects - Nellore, Ramagundam, Kothagudem,, vijayawada and Muddannur, Hydro electric - Srisailam

Cities - Visakhapattanam, Vijayawada, Tirupati, Guntur, Kakinada, Ongole, Nellore snd Kurnool.

• Andhra Pradesh is accounted for a 45 percent share of the total marine exports. It also ranks second in the pharmaceuticals exports contributing 30 percent share to the total pharmaceutical exports of India. securing the second position after Maharashtra.  It contributes around 4.01 percent share to the cumulative forgine Direct investment inflow of India.

• It is the first state to develop an electronic hardware policy in India
• The state has large coast lime of nearly 974 kms. The Visakhapatanam port ranks fifth in terms of port traffic.
• The state has one national park and thirteen wildlife sanctuaries 
• Pingali Venkkayya, the designer of Indian national flag was born in Bhatlapenumaru, in Krishna district of AP.
• It is known as the rice bowl of India
• Guntur chili yard of the state is Asia's biggest agriculture market yard.
• Andhra Pradesh stands first in the list of leading chili producing state in India