One Town also called the "old town", is located in

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City,

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. The area falls under the local administrative limits of

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History

St Aloysius Anglo Indian High School (SAS) established in 1847 in Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh

Vizag's old town area or one town area has more than 300 years of history in British era the business of whole city was located here including the administration of

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. There are many old monuments built here like Town Hall Visakhapatnam (1904), Kurapam Market (1914), European Cemetery (1699), Queen Victoria Pavilion (1904), St John's Church (1844), Queen Mary's school (1800), Ishaq Madina dargah (1706), St Aloysius' Anglo-Indian High School (1847) and the Lighthouse (1903).

About

The Old Town area runs from turner choultry to end of

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. It has many historical educational institutions there are so many middle class students are learning education here. The area is administered by

Transport

There are many buses running to every corner of the city from here. ;

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routes:

References

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