Its official language is Telugu one of the classical languages of India, the fourth most spoken language in India and the 11th-most spoken language in the world. It is also a major producer of rice known as the ' rice bowl of India'.

Locally mined diamonds include the Koh-i-Noor from Kollur Mine. The state was then reorganised in June 2014 to form a separate Telangana state.ДЄndhra Pradesh was once a major Buddhist pilgrimage site in the country and a Buddhist learning center, which can be seen in many sites in the state in the form of monastery ruins, chaityas and stupas. On 1 November 1956, Andhra State was merged with the Telugu-speaking areas of the Hyderabad State to form Andhra Pradesh. Andhra State was the first state to be formed on a linguistic basis in India on 1 October 1953. It has the second longest coastline in India after Gujarat, of about 974В km (605В mi). It is bordered by Telangana to the north-west, Chhattisgarh to the north, Odisha to the north-east, Tamil Nadu to the south, Karnataka to the west and the Bay of Bengal to the east. It is the seventh-largest state by area covering an area of 162,975В km 2 (62,925В sqВ mi) and tenth-most populous state with 49,386,799 inhabitants, with the state capital being Amaravati and the largest city being Visakhapatnam. Andhra Pradesh ( English: / ЛЊ Й‘Лђ n d r Й™ p r Й™ Л€ d Й› Кѓ/, Telugu: ( listen)) is a state in the south-eastern coastal region of India.

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