Vizag often a port town in the south east coast of India, Visakhapatnam, and is often called " the jewel of the east coast . " In a population of 20,35,690 and 621 square kilometers ( 240 square miles) occupied . The administrative headquarters of Visakhapatnam district and city in the state of Andhra Pradesh, the second largest city ( after Chennai and Kolkata ) is the third largest on the east coast of India. Visakhapatnam, 625 km ( 388 miles ) is located east of the state capital , Hyderabad. The city , many in the public sector is a huge industry in the home , and a steel plant , but it is one of India's largest ports and is the nation's oldest shipyard . Is the only natural harbor on the east coast of India, Visakhapatnam . The hills of the Eastern Ghats , which faces the Bay of Bengal on the east Photos. Visakhapatnam district and the home of the Eastern Naval Command of the Indian Navy is the administrative headquarters.
