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==Name of City==
There are many tales behind the origin of the name of the city. Legends have it that this was the place where Arjuna was blessed by Shiva, on Indrakiladri Hill. In another legend it is stated that Goddesses Durga killed the demon and relaxed in this place for some time. As she was victorious (Vijaya), the place got the name as Vijayawada (Vijaya- Victory and Wada- city/place/location) which literally means "City of Victory".
In some legends Vijayawada was also known as Vijayavata and Rajendracholapura.<ref>http://www.baatasaari.com/english/city-guides/vijayawada.aspx</ref>
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According to [[Vishnu Puranam]], King Madhava Varma built the kingdom of Vijayawada and he was the ancestor of [[Poosapati]] Kings of [[Vizianagaram]]. He also built the [[Kanaka Durga Temple|Holy Temple of Kanaka Durga]] in Indrakiladri.<ref>http://vijayawadaonline.com/history.html</ref>
==Geography & Climate==
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The city of Vijayawada is run by the Vijayawada Municipal Corporation.<ref>[http://www.ourvmc.org/ VMC<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> The Municipality of Vijayawada (Jamsheed) was constituted on 1st APR, 1888 and was upgraded as a selection grade municipality in the year 1960. The municipality was upgraded to a corporation in 1981. With the merger of Gunadala, Patamata and Bhavanipuram village panchayats and two villages payakapuram and Kundavari kandrika in the corporation in 1985. More than 200,000 people in metro reside outside corporation limits. Many areas on outskirts or yet to be merged into corporation limits. The total area of the corporation is {{convert|61.8|km2|sqmi}} and the population of the whole city (along with Vijayawada Sub-Urban and Vijayawada Rural) is more than 2.5 Million.
The city is divided into 59 political wards. An elected body headed by the Mayor performs the Administration of the Corporation. The Commissioner acts as the executive head, and oversees the day to day functioning of the local body. The commissioner is a (IAS) officer of Joint collector rank appointed by the state government. <br>
It has a dedicated Sub-Collector's office for Administration of State and Central Government Programmes. The staff strength of the corporation is just over 5,000.
Vijayawada is one of the three cities in andhra pradesh to be provided with its own police commissionerate.The Vijayawada City Police is headed by a Police Commissioner, who is an [[Indian Police Service]] (IPS) officer of DIG rank.
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