The New International Encyclopædia/Vizagapatam

VIZAGAPATAM, ve-zagu-pu-tam'. A sea-port and capital of a district in Madras, British India. 178 miles northeast of Masulipatam, at the mouth of a small estuary, on an inlet of the Bay of Bengal (Map: India, D 5). The harbor is shallow and small. Panjam cloth, bags, and carved and other fancy wares are extensively manufactured. The population in 1901 was 40,892, including a large number of Europeans who reside in the suburb of Waltair. Vizagapatam came under control of the English in 1768.