List of districts of Andhra Pradesh
At the time of Independence the present day Andhra Pradesh was a part of the Madras State.[citation needed] In the year 1959, Bhadrachalam and Nuguru Venkatapuram taluks of East Godavari district, which are on the other side of the Godavari River, were merged into Khammam district on grounds of geographical contiguity and administrative viability.[9][10] After taking the objections and suggestions received from the public into consideration, the government has published the final notification on 3 April 2022.[11][12][13] At present there are 26 districts spread across 3 cultural regions: Uttaraandhra, Kostaandhra and Rayalaseema.[14] These districts are made up of 77 revenue divisions,[15] 685 mandals[15] and 13,324 village panchayats as part of the administrative organisation.