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Anantapur
is one of the 23 districts in
Andhra Pradesh, India. The
district headquarters is
Anantapur city.
It
is the largest district of
Andhra Pradesh spanning an area
of 19,130 km˛. It is bounded on
the north by Kurnool District,
on the east by Cuddapah
District, on the southeast by
Chittoor District, and on the
southwest and west by Karnataka
state. It is part of Rayalaseema
region on the state. Its
northern and central portions
are a high plateau, generally
undulating, with large granite
rocks or low hill ranges rising
occasionally above its surface.
In the southern portion of the
district the surface is more
hilly, the plateau there rising
to 2 ft (0.61 m). above the sea.
Six rivers flow within the
district: Penna, Chithravathi,
Vedavathi, Papagni, Swarnamuki,
and Thadakaleru. The district
receives an average annual
rainfall of 381 millimeters.
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