Mahbubnagar or Mehboobnagar (Lang-te?????? ????, Lang-urNastaliq????? ???) is the biggest town in Mahbubnagar District of Andhra Pradesh, India. The city of Mahbubnagar is located at a distance of 96 km from Hyderabad. Formerly known as, Rukmammapeta and Palamoor, it was named as Mahbubnagar on 4 December 1890, in the honour of Mir Mahbub Ali Khan Asaf Jah VI, the Nizam of Hyderabad (1869-1911 AD). Mahbubnagar is bordered with River Krishna in the south and surrounded by the Nalgonda, Hyderabad, Kurnool, Raichur and Gulbarga districts. It is believed that the Golconda diamonds including famous "KOHINOOR" diamond came from Mahbubnagar district. It is the headquarter of Mahbubnagar District. It is also known by its erstwhile name of Palamoor. It is 98 km southwest of the state capital Hyderabad (Hyderabad, India).
The district has a population of 3,513,934 of which 10.57% is urban as of 2001.
Type: City
Type 2: District Headquarters
Native Name: Mahbubnagar
Allias Name: Rukmammapeta Palamoor.
State Name: Andhra Pradesh
Skyline: Pillalamarry 20.JPG
Skyline Caption: The Biggest banayan tree, Symbol of district
Latd: 16.46
Longd: 77.56
Altitude: 498
Locator Position: right
Region: Andhra Pradesh
Area Total: 18432
Coastline: 0
Climate: Semi-arid
Avg. Rainfall: 754mm
Precip: 803
Temp Annual: 35.0
Temp Summer: 40.9
Temp Winter: 25.0
Distance 1: 1599
Direction 1: S
Destination 1: Delhi
Mode 1: land (Indian highways)
Distance 2: 820
Direction 2: SE
Destination 2: Mumbai
Mode 2: land (Indian highways)
Distance 3: 760
Direction 3: N
Destination 3: Chennai
Mode 3: land (Indian highways)
Population As Of: 2001
Population Total: 130849
Population Density: 167
Sex Ratio: 0.973
Literacy Rate: 29.58%
Official Languages: Hindi (Hindi Language), Telugu (Telugu language), Urdu
Leader Title 1: Commissioner
Leader Name 1: Obedhulla Kothwal
Leader Title 2: MLA
Leader Name 2: N. Rajeshwar Reddy
Parliament Const: Mahbubnagar Lok Sabha
Leader Title 3: MP
Leader Name 3: K. Chandrashekar Rao
Planning Agency: Mahbubnagar Municipal Corporation
Area Telephone: +91-08542
Postal Code: 509 00x
Vehicle Code Range: AP22
Website: mahabubnagar.nic.in/
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