HB Colony is a neighborhood situated on the northern part of

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City,

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. The area, which falls under the local administrative limits of

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, is one of the residential area in the city.

History

The name of this area came from the Housing Board which established the Residential Colony in this area by

Government of Andhra Pradesh Government of Andhra Pradesh, abbreviated as, GOAP, or, Andhra Government, is the subnational government for the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. It is an elected government with 175 MLAs elected to the Legislative Assembly of Andhra Pradesh fo ...

in the mid 80's.

About

HB Colony is surrounded by

Seethammadhara Seethammadhara is a neighborhood in the city of Visakhapatnam, India. The neighborhood is considered as the major residential area in the district. It is located within the jurisdiction of the Greater Visakhapatnam Municipal Corporation, which is ...

and Venkojipalem. It is connected with

Maddilapalem Maddilapalem is an area of Visakhapatnam, in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. Maddilapalem was initially a small suburb outside of Visakhapatnam. Economy Maddilapalem is one of the major commercial and residential suburbs of Visakhapat ...

Dwaraka Nagar Dwaraka Nagar is a locality in Visakhapatnam of Andhra Pradesh, India India, officially the Republic of India (Hindi: ), is a country in South Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by area, seventh-largest country by area, ...

Jagadamba Centre Jagadamba Centre gets its name after the famous Jagadamba Theatre at this central junction of the city of destiny Visakhapatnam , image_alt = , image_caption = From top, left to right: Visakhapatnam aerial view, ...

and One Town (Visakhapatnam).

Transport

;

APSRTC Andhra Pradesh State Road Transport Corporation (APSRTC) is the state-owned road transport corporation in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. Its headquarters is located at NTR Administrative Block of RTC House in Pandit Nehru bus station of ...

routes:

References

{{Visakhapatnam-geo-stub Neighbourhoods in Visakhapatnam