There is 1 parliamentary and 7 assembly constituencies in Kakinada district. This district is surrounded by North of Alluri Sitharama Raju district, South of Bay of Bengal & Yanam district, East of Anakapalli district and west of East Godavari district & Konaseema district. In 1839 just before the British Raj, a cyclone struck Coringa, East Godavari district and toppled buildings, as a result 20,000 ships were destroyed and over 300,000 people were killed. This district name derives from its headquarters Kakinada. Incidentally, during earlier times, the region comprising towns Pithapuram, Kakinada and Peddapuram were referred as Polnaud or Prolunadu ( prōlunāḍu), which now roughly corresponds to the areas in this district. The district was formed from Kakinada and Peddapuram revenue divisions from East Godavari district. With Kakinada as its administrative headquarters, it was proposed on 26 January 2022 to become one of the resultant twenty six districts in the state after the final notification has been issued on 4 April 2022 by the government of Andhra Pradesh. Kakinada district is a district in the Coastal Andhra Region in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh.
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