The Telangana Andhra Pradesh Region
Regions HomeThe Telangana Region covers some 44,000 square miles of hot, dry interior land. Its 24 million people have dreamed for more than 50 years of becoming a separate Indian state.
The state’s capital city of Hyderabad is in the heart of the Telangana Region. This bustling city is home to many high-tech industries and has a large Muslim population. There, the needs and expectations of its fast-paced, urban lifestyle are quite different from those in the countryside, where agriculture and traditional ways dominate everyday life.