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Dharanikota is a village in Palnadu district of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. It is the site of ancient Dhanyakataka, which was the capital of the Satavahana dynasty that ruled in the Deccan around the 1st to 3rd centuries CE.

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Settlement.name
Dharanikota
Settlement.other_name
Dhanyakatakam
Settlement.nickname
Dhannakada
Settlement.settlement_type
Village
Settlement.image_skyline
State bank of India and Residential areas in Dharanikota.jpg
Settlement.image_caption
Residential area in Dharanikota
Settlement.mapframe
yes
Settlement.mapframe zoom
14
Settlement.pushpin_map
India#India Andhra Pradesh
Settlement.pushpin_relief
yes
Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
Location in Andhra Pradesh, India
Settlement.pushpin_label_position
right
Settlement.subdivision_type
Country
Settlement.subdivision_name
India
Settlement.subdivision_type1
State
Settlement.subdivision_name1
Andhra Pradesh
Settlement.subdivision_type2
District
Settlement.subdivision_name2
Palnadu

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
village in India
Country
India
Continent
Asia
Official language
Telugu
Population
7029
Area
3548
Elevation
8
Image
State bank of India and Residential areas in Dharanikota.jpg
Households
1661
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male population
3606
female population
3423
postal code
522020
Commons category
Dharanikota
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Dharanikota is a village in Palnadu district of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. It is the site of ancient Dhanyakataka, which was the capital of the Satavahana dynasty that ruled in the Deccan around the 1st to 3rd centuries CE.

Dharanikota is located in Amaravathi mandal of Sattenapalli revenue division. The village forms a part of Andhra Pradesh Capital Region, under the jurisdiction of APCRDA.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Dharanikota” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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