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{{Infobox settlement
| name = Maharanipeta
| native_name =
| native_name_lang = telugu
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| settlement_type = Neighbourhood
| image_skyline = King george hospital.jpg
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| image_caption = King George Hospital at Maharanipeta
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| pushpin_map_caption = Location in Visakhapatnam
| coordinates = {{coord|17.709920|N|83.303109|E|display=inline,title}}
| subdivision_type = Country
| subdivision_name = {{flag|India}}
| subdivision_type1 = [[States and territories of India|State]]
| subdivision_name1 = [[Andhra Pradesh]]
| subdivision_type2 = [[List of districts of India|District]]
| subdivision_name2 = [[Visakhapatnam district|Visakhapatnam]]
| established_title = 
| established_date = 2018
| founder = [[Government of Andhra Pradesh]]
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| government_type = Mayor-council
| governing_body = [[Greater Visakhapatnam Municipal Corporation|GVMC]]
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| timezone1 = [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]

| utc_offset1 = +5:30
| postal_code_type = [[Postal Index Number|PIN]]
| postal_code = 530002
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| blank1_name_sec1 = [[Vidhan Sabha]] constituency
| blank1_info_sec1 = [[Visakhapatnam South (Assembly constituency)|Visakhapatnam South]]
| blank2_name_sec1 = [[Lok Sabha]] constituency
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'''Maharanipeta''' is a neighbourhood in the city of [[Visakhapatnam]] in the [[Visakhapatnam district]] in [[Andhra Pradesh]], [[India]]. One of the 11 mandals of [[Visakhapatnam district]], it is under the administration of [[Visakhapatnam revenue division]]. It is headquarters of [[Maharanipeta mandal]].

==History==
In 1802, Visakhapatnam was formed when the [[Northern Circars]] were split into five districts. <ref name=’toi’>{{cite web| url = https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/visakhapatnam/first-formed-under-the-empire-aps-map-shaped-and-reshaped-over-two-centuries/articleshow/90528597.cms | title= AP new districts: First formed under the empire, Andhra Pradesh’s map shaped and reshaped over two centuries |work = Umamaheswara Rao |publisher= The Times of India, 30 March 2022| access-date = 27 January 2024}}</ref>[[Srikakulam district]] was carved out of Vishakhapatnam district in 1950<ref>{{cite web| url = https://www.indiastatdistricts.com/andhrapradesh/srikakulam-district | title= District level information of Srikakulam district (Andhra Pradesh) |publisher= IndiaStatDistricts | access-date = 27 January 2024}}</ref><ref name=’toi’/> [[Vizianagaram district]] was formed in 1979 by transferring some portions of Srikakulam and Viskhapatnam districts. <ref name=’toi’/>

In 2022, as a part of the raising the number of districts in Andhra Pradesh from 13 to 26, Visakhapatnam district was split into three districts – [[Alluri Sitharama Raju district]], [[Anakapalli district]] and [[Visakhapatnam district]].<ref>{{cite web| url = https://www.yovizag.com/visakhapatnam-divided-into-3-new-districts-by-the-ap-state-government/ | title= Visakhapatnam divided into 3 new districts by the AP State Government |publisher= Yo!Vizag| access-date = 27 January 2024}}</ref>

==Geography==
It is bounded by [[Seethammadhara mandal]] and [[Gopalapatnam mandal]]. The origin of this name is unknown.

=== Wards===
{{Columns-list|
# Allipuram
# Chengalraopeta
# Godari
# Maharanipeta
# Market
# Port
# Seetharamaswamy Temple
# Shivalayam
# Waltair
}}

==Transportation==
[[Andhra Pradesh State Road Transport Corporation|APSRTC]] run buses to every corner to this area; with these routes:
{| class="sortable wikitable"
|-
!Route Number
!Start
!End
!Via
|-
|28
|[[RK Beach]]
|Simhachalam
|Jagadamba Centre, RTC Complex, Kancharapalem, NAD Kotharoad, Gopalapatnam
|-
|28K/28A
|RK Beach
|Kothavalasa/Pendurthi
|Jagadamba Centre, RTC Complex, Kancharapalem, NAD Kotharoad, Gopalapatnam, Vepagunta
|-
|28H
|RK Beach
|Simhachalam Hill
|Jagadamba Centre, RTC Complex, Railway Station, Kancharapalem, NAD Kotharoad, Gopalapatnam
|-
|28Z/H
|Zilla Parishad
|Simhachalam Hill
|Jagadamba Centre, RTC Complex, Gurudwara, Birla Junction, NAD Kotharoad, Gopalapatnam
|-
|99/99K
|RK Beach
|Old Gajuwaka/Kurmannapalem
|Jagadamba Centre, Town Kotharoad, Convent, Scindia, Malkapuram, New Gajuwaka
|-
|65F
|Fishing Harbour
|Gangavaram Port
|Jagadamba Centre, Town Kotharoad, Convent, Scindia, Malkapuram, New Gajuwaka, Pedagantyada
|-
|210
|Ravindranagar
|Gantyada HB Colony
|Venkojipalem, Appughar, Pedawaltair, Siripuram, RK Beach, Jagadamba Centre, Town Kotharoad, Convent, Scindia, Malkapuram, New Gajuwaka, Pedagantyada
|-
|68/68K
|RK Beach
|Simhachalam/Kothavalasa
|Jagadamba Centre, RTC Complex, Maddilapalem, Hanumanthuwaka, Arilova, Mudasarlova, Adavivaram
|-
|368
|RK Beach
|Chodavaram
|Jagadamba Centre, RTC Complex, Maddilapalem, Hanumanthuwaka, Arilova, Mudasarlova, Adavivaram, Simhachalam, Vepagunta, Sabbavaram
|-
|66V
|Collectrate
|Vangali
|Jagadamba Centre, Town Kotharoad, Convent, Scindia, Malkapuram, New Gajuwaka, Old Gajuwaka, Kurmannapalem, Lankelapalem
|}

==Healthcare==
It is a zone for hospitals, including [[King George Hospital, Visakhapatnam|King George Hospital]] and several private hospitals. The medical college in [[Andhra Pradesh]], [[Andhra Medical College]] is also located there.<ref name="thehindu">{{cite news|url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-andhrapradesh/4-dengue-cases-reported/article21570702.ece|title=about|date=11 December 2017|work=the hindu|accessdate=13 December 2017}}</ref>

==See also==
* [[Visakhapatnam district#Administrative divisions|Revenue divisions and mandals in Visakhapatnam district]]

==References==
<references/>

{{Visakhapatnam-geo-stub}}
{{Neighbourhoods of Visakhapatnam}}
{{Visakhapatnam district}}

[[Category:Neighbourhoods in Visakhapatnam]]
[[Category:Mandal headquarters in Visakhapatnam district]]

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Kamal Guha at 04:45, 28 January 2024