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Visakhapatnam ( pronunciation , Telugu: విశాఖపట్నం) (often abbreviated to Vizag) is a port city on the southeast coast of India and often called "The Jewel of the East Coast" . With a population of 2,035,690, and occupying 544 square kilometres (210 sq mi), it is the second largest city in the state of Andhra Pradesh and the third largest city on the east coast of India (after Chennai and Kolkata). Visakhapatnam is located 625 kilometres (388 mi) east of the state capital, Hyderabad. The city is home to several state-owned heavy industries and a steel plant; it is one of India's largest seaports and has the country's oldest shipyard. Visakhapatnam has the only natural harbour on the east coast of India.

It is nestled among the hills of the Eastern Ghats and faces the Bay of Bengal on the east. Visakhapatnam is the administrative headquarters of Visakhapatnam district and headquarters of the Eastern Naval Command of the Indian Navy.

The name Visakhapatnam is the most common transliteration of the Telugu: Visakhapatnam.

Visakhapatnam has been called The City of Destiny,a term credited to a foreign visitor who wrote his comment in the visitors book which is at Visakhapatnam collectorate.