VIZAGAPATAM, a maritime district of British India, under the presidency of Madras, and lying between 17. 15. and 19. 3 N. Lat.; and 82. 24. and 84. E. Long. It is bounded on the N., N.W., and W., by the territory of Orissa; N.E. by the district of Guntoor; S.E. by the bay of Bengal; and S.W. by the district of Rajamandry. Area 4690 square
Vizagapatam. The coast is bold and rocky, and the surface is mostly mountainous and waste, having here and there, however, fertile valleys which yield rice, maize, millet, sugarcane, indigo, and cotton. The climate though sultry is generally healthy, except along the coast, where it is rather moist. The manufactures are unimportant, and chiefly confined to coarse cottons. Pop. 1,254,274.