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'''Andhra Pradesh Capital Region''' ([[ISO 15919|ISO]]: Āndhra Pradēś Rājadhāni Prāntaṁ) is the [[metropolitan area]] of the [[capital city]] of [[Andhra Pradesh]] in [[India]]. The region is spread across the districts of [[Krishna district|Krishna]], [[Guntur district|Guntur]], [[Palnadu district|Palnadu]], [[NTR district|NTR]], [[Bapatla district|Bapatla]] and [[Eluru district|Eluru]]. It includes the major cities of [[Vijayawada]] and [[Guntur]]. Vijayawada is the largest city and headquarters of the region. It is one the most populated metropolitan areas in Andhra Pradesh.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.deccanchronicle.com/nation/current-affairs/190816/vijayawada-is-third-densely-packed-city-31200-people-in-every-square-km.html|title=Vijayawada is third densely packed city; 31,200 people in every square km|first=u sudhakar|last=reddy|date=19 August 2016|website=Deccan Chronicle}}</ref> The region is under the jurisdiction of [[Andhra Pradesh Capital Region Development Authority]] and covers an area of {{convert|8603|sqkm|abbr=on}} under 58 [[mandal]]s.<ref name="crda">{{cite web|title=A.P. Capital Region|url=http://www.crda.ap.gov.in/APCRDADOCS/DataModuleFIles/FACTS%20AND%20FIGURES%20OF%20CAPITAL%20REGION/01~1117CRDA%20Factfile%20(%20Web%20view).pdf|website=APCRDA|publisher=Government of Andhra Pradesh|access-date=1 September 2016|page=15|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160913124145/http://www.crda.ap.gov.in/APCRDADOCS/DataModuleFIles/FACTS%20AND%20FIGURES%20OF%20CAPITAL%20REGION/01~1117CRDA%20Factfile%20(%20Web%20view).pdf |archive-date=13 September 2016}}</ref> The capital city [[Amaravati]] is an urban notified area and will cover {{Convert|217.23|km2|mi2|abbr=on}}, within the Andhra Pradesh Capital Region.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Mahalakshmi|first1=BV|title=Foundation stone of Andhra Pradesh's new capital Amaravati laid by PM Narendra Modi|url=http://www.financialexpress.com/article/economy/pm-narendra-modi-lays-foundation-stone-for-andhra-pradeshs-new-capital-amaravati/155133/|access-date=5 June 2016|work=The Financial Express|date=22 October 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160701074811/http://www.financialexpress.com/article/economy/pm-narendra-modi-lays-foundation-stone-for-andhra-pradeshs-new-capital-amaravati/155133/|archive-date=1 July 2016|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}</ref>

== Background ==
{{Further|Amaravati|Andhra Pradesh Capital Region Development Authority}}

After the bifurcation of [[United Andhra Pradesh]], the newly formed [[Government of Andhra Pradesh]] constituted the Andhra Pradesh Capital Region Development Authority in 2014 and the Andhra Pradesh Capital Region was formed with a extent of {{Convert|7319|km2|mi2|abbr=on}}. The limits of the region was expanded on 22 September 2015, which resulted in addition and removal of the mandals and villages taking the total area to {{Convert|8603|km2|mi2|abbr=on}}.<ref name="mandals" /><ref name="newmandals">{{cite web|url=http://www.crda.ap.gov.in/APCRDADOCS/GOSACTSRULES/CRDA/01~14182015MAUD_MS207.PDF |title=Declaration of A.P. Capital Region |date=22 September 2015 |website=APCRDA |publisher=Municipal Administration and Urban Development Department |access-date=21 February 2016 |url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160221091124/http://www.crda.ap.gov.in/APCRDADOCS/GOSACTSRULES/CRDA/01~14182015MAUD_MS207.PDF |archive-date=21 February 2016 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last1=Subba Rao|first1=GVR|title=Capital region expands as CRDA redraws boundaries|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Vijayawada/capital-region-expands-as-crda-redraws-boundaries/article7680051.ece|access-date=31 October 2015|work=The Hindu|date=23 September 2015|location=Vijayawada}}</ref> As of 1 August 2020, government of Andhra Pradesh proposed three capitals, which are [[Visakhapatnam]] as the executive capital, [[Amaravati]] as the legislative capital, and [[Kurnool]] as the judicial capital, but the process was cancelled and reverted back to the original 2014 plan of a singular capital city at Amaravati on 22 November 2021.<ref>{{cite web |date=21 September 2020 |title=High court extends status quo on three capitals |url=https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/nation/andhra-hc-extends-status-quo-on-three-capitals-row-till-october-5-144512 |website=[[The Tribune (India)|The Tribune]]}}</ref>

== Administration and Jurisdiction ==
The [[Andhra Pradesh Capital Region Development Authority]] is responsible for the administration and governance of the entire region under the Department of Municipal Administration and Urban Development of Andhra Pradesh.

The region is partially spread across 6 districts and subdivided into 8 zones for administrative purposes.[https://crda.ap.gov.in/APCRDADOCS/DataModuleFIles/Maps/01~1324Zones-ULBs.jpg] It consists of 33 complete and 25 part mandals, totaling 58 mandals with 3 [[Municipal Corporation|municipal corporations]], 10 [[Municipality|municipalities]] and 1006 [[Gram Panchayat|gram panchayats]] spanning across 953 revenue villages.<ref>{{cite web|title=Urban Footprints in APCRDA Region|url=https://crda.ap.gov.in/APCRDADOCS/DataModuleFIles/Maps/01~1332ULB%20footprints.jpg|website=APCRDA|access-date=27 June 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=AP Capital Region Development Authority comes into being|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Vijayawada/ap-capital-region-development-authority-comes-into-being/article6739396.ece|access-date=6 January 2015|work=The Hindu|date=31 December 2014|location=Hyderabad}}</ref><ref name="mandals">{{cite web|title=District wise mandals and villages covered in Krishna and Guntur districts |url=http://crda.ap.gov.in/APCRDA/Downloads/Notifications/2014MAUD_MS253.PDF |website=Andhra Pradesh Capital Region Development Authority |publisher=Government of Andhra Pradesh |access-date=23 September 2015 |url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150923135735/http://crda.ap.gov.in/APCRDA/Downloads/Notifications/2014MAUD_MS253.PDF |archive-date=23 September 2015 }}</ref><ref name=CRDA>{{cite web|title= Andhra Pradesh Capital Region Development Authority |url=https://crda.ap.gov.in/APCRDADOCS/DataModuleFIles/FACTS%20AND%20FIGURES%20OF%20CAPITAL%20REGION/01~1117CRDA%20Factfile%20(%20Web%20view).pdf |website=APCRDA |publisher=Government of Andhra Pradesh |access-date=12 April 2023 }}</ref>

{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;"
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!Zone
!District
!Mandal
|-
!style="background:#FFD700 ; color:black;" |Amaravati
![[Guntur district]]
|[[Thullur mandal]]
|-
!rowspan=5 style="background:#A020F0 ; color:black;" |Western Zone
! rowspan=5 |[[NTR district]]
|[[Kanchikacherla mandal]]
|-
|[[Veerullapadu mandal]]
|-
|[[Nandigama mandal]] (Part)
|-
|[[Chandarlapadu mandal]] (Part)
|-
|[[Penuganchiprolu mandal]] (Part)
|-
!rowspan=6 style="background:#90EE90; color:black;"|South West Zone
!rowspan=6 |[[Palnadu district]]
|[[Amaravati mandal, Andhra Pradesh|Amaravati mandal]]
|-
|[[Pedakurapadu mandal]]
|-
|Krosuru mandal (Part)
|-
|[[Sattenapalle mandal]] (Part)
|-
|[[Atchampet mandal, Palnadu district|Atchampet mandal]] (Part)
|-
|Muppalla mandal (part)
|-
!rowspan=10 style="background:#FF474C ; color:black;"|Southern Zone
! rowspan=8 |[[Guntur district]]
|[[Pedanandipadu mandal]] (Part)
|-
|[[Tadikonda mandal]]
|-
|[[Guntur mandal]]
|-
|[[Medikonduru mandal]]
|-
|[[Pedakakani mandal]]
|-
|Vatticherukuru mandal
|-
|[[Prathipadu mandal|Pratipadu mandal]] (Part)
|-
|Phirangipuram mandal (Part)
|-
!rowspan=2 |[[Palnadu district]]
|[[Edlapadu|Edlapadu mandal]] (Part)
|-
|[[Nadendla|Nadendla mandal]] (Part)
|-
!rowspan=10 style="background:#964B00 ; color:black;"|South East Zone
! rowspan=7 |[[Guntur district]]
|[[Duggirala mandal]]
|-
|[[Tenali mandal]]
|-
|[[Chebrolu mandal]]
|-
|[[Bhattiprolu mandal]]
|-
|[[Kollipara mandal]]
|-
|Tsunduru mandal
|-
|[[Ponnur mandal]] (Part)
|-
!rowspan=3 |[[Bapatla district]]
|[[Vemuru mandal]]
|-
|[[Kollur mandal]]
|-
|Amruthaluru mandal
|-
!rowspan=6 style="background:#FFA07A ; color:black;"|Central Zone
! rowspan=2 |[[Guntur district]]
|[[Tadepalle mandal, Guntur district|Tadepalle mandal]]
|-
|[[Mangalagiri mandal]]
|-
!rowspan=6 |[[NTR district]]
|[[Vijayawada Rural mandal]]
|-
|[[Vijayawada Urban mandal]]
|-
|[[Ibrahimpatnam mandal]]
|-
|[[Penamaluru mandal]]
|-
!rowspan=4 style="background:#AA336A ; color:black;"|Northern Zone
|[[G. Konduru mandal]]
|-
|[[Mylavaram mandal]] (Part)
|-
!rowspan=2 |[[Eluru district]]
|[[Agiripalli mandal]]
|-
|[[Nuzividu mandal]] (Part)
|-
!rowspan=3 style="background:#FF8C00 ; color:black;"|North East Zone
!rowspan=16 |[[Krishna district]]
|[[Gannavaram mandal]]
|-
|[[Unguturu mandal, Krishna district|Unguturu mandal]]
|-
|[[Bapulapadu mandal]] (Part)
|-
!rowspan=13 style="background:#87CEEB ; color:black;"|Eastern Zone
|[[Vuyyuru mandal]]
|-
|[[Kankipadu mandal]]
|-
|[[Pamidimukkala mandal]]
|-
|[[Thotlavalluru mandal]]
|-
|[[Pedaparupudi mandal]]
|-
|[[Gudlavalleru mandal]] (Part)
|-
|[[Nandivada mandal]] (Part)
|-
|[[Mopidevi mandal]] (Part)
|-
|[[Ghantasala mandal]] (Part)
|-
|[[Challapalli mandal]] (Part)
|-
|[[Pamarru mandal]] (Part)
|-
|[[Gudivada mandal]] (Part)
|-
|[[Movva mandal]] (Part)
|}

== See also ==
*[[Andhra Pradesh Capital Region Development Authority]]
*[[List of mandals in Andhra Pradesh]]

== References ==
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