NEAR UPPADA BEACH

SATELLITE VIEW OF KAKINADA CITY

KAKINADA BEACH FESTIVAL 2012

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ABOUT KAKINADA

Kakinada (Telugu: కాకినాడ) is a city and a municipal corporation in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. It is located 465 kilometers (289 mi) east of the state capital, Hyderabad. It is also the headquarters of East Godavari district. It is nicknamed "Fertilizer City" (owing to the large concentration of fertilizer plants),^{[citation needed]} "Pensioner's Paradise" and "Second Madras". The city had an urban population of 312,936 in 2011,^[1] making it the sixth largest city by area and the ninth largest city by population in Andhra Pradesh. Its population consists of 157,573 males and 155,363 females. The sex ratio of Kakinada city is 1046 per 1000 females. It is spread over an area of 190 km².