Guntur City pronunciation is a city and a municipal corporation in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. It is located around 1000 miles to the south of capital New Delhi.

It is a center for learning and is the administrative center and capital of Guntur District.
It is the home of the famous Amaravati and Ancient Sitanagaram rich in history, culture and heritage. It is a major center in India for business, commerce, agriculture. The region is also identified as a transportation and textile hub in India.

The village of ‘Ramachandrapuram Agraharam’, which is now part of Guntur City, is considered much older than Guntur as it is testified by an inscription dated AD 1296 on
a pillar of Mantapam in three temple of Lakshminarayana Swami.

It is an important railway junction and is connected by rail with Macherla, vijayawada, Machilipatnam, Hubli, Tenali and Repalle. This city is an important commercial centre, with tobacco curing barns, rice mills, and cotton and oil mills. There are many places of tourist importance around this city.