Visakhapatnam (City of Destiny)

Vizag is the third-largest city on the east coast (after Chennai and Kolkata). Visakhapatnam is located 625 kilometers (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 harbor on the east coast of India.
The city was named after Visakha, 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. Visakhapatnam has a nickname The "CITY OF DESTINY" and, more recently, the Goa of the East Coast. Like its west-coast counterpart it offers attractive beaches, laterite hillocks and a pleasing landscape. It is also a focus of urban and tourist development.The population of Visakhapatnam on September 14th 2012 is approximately 3,802,874. (Extrapolated from a population of 969,608 in 2001 and a population of 3,515,120 on July 26th 2011.)