List of urban local bodies in Andhra Pradesh
The article lists all the urban local bodies, covering municipal corporations, municipalities and nagar panchayats in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. The statistical data is based on Directorate of Town and Country Planning, Government of Andhra Pradesh. The state of Andhra Pradesh with 26 districts has a total of 125 urban local bodies. It includes, 17 municipal corporations, 78 municipalities and 31 nagar panchayats. The hierarchy in Municipal Body Municipal corporations. The state of Andhra Pradesh has a total of 17 municipal corporations in 26 districts. Guntur district has the most  corporations with two and all the other districts have one each. GVMC is the largest municipal corporation with greater status. Out of 17 corporations, 16 are district headquarters, except Mangalagiri-Tadepalli. Note: In March 2021 former municipalities Mangalagiri Municipality and Tadepalli Municipality of Guntur district were merged to form Mangalagiri Tadepalle Municipal Corporation. Source: "Statistical Information of ULBs and UDAs" Municipalities. Municipalities in the state of Andhra Pradesh are categorised into 5 types. They are in the following hierarchy Guntur district has the most municipalities with 12. Former municipalities Anakapalle and Bheemunipatnam of Visakhapatnam district were merged into Greater Visakhapatnam  Municipal Corporation. Source: "Statistical Information of ULBs and UDAs" Nagar panchayats. The state of Andhra Pradesh has a total of 31 nagar panchayats. Prakasam district has the most nagar panchayats of six. Municipalities formation year. source of website is placed at the bottom of table. Above 28 are the municipalities formed before Independence. In 2005 Government of Andhra Pradesh have upgraded 12 areas as municipalities. In 2011 Government of Andhra Pradesh have upgraded 21 areas as municipalities. In 2012, 6 more Towns were upgraded as Municipal Bodies In 2020 Government of Andhra Pradesh has upgraded 10 areas as Municipal Bodies  In 2021 Government of Andhra Pradesh has created 1 Municipal Corporation and 1 Municipality. Source of Formation Year http://dtcp.ap.gov.in/dtcpweb/ulbs/List%20of%20ULBs-27-2-2019.pdf http://dtcp.ap.gov.in/dtcpweb/ULBS.html Source: Directorate of town and country planning website.