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About Mahbubnagar, India

Where is Mahbubnagar?

Mahbubnagar is not a town or village. It is district within the state of Andhra Pradesh (aka A.P.). Andhra Pradesh is located in south central India. A district is somewhat equivalent to a county in the U.S.

You can check out the maps of India website to get your bearings for the country, state, and district.

http://www.mapsofindia.com/maps/andhrapradesh/districts/mahbubnagar.htm

Mahbubnagar: Just the facts

Mahbubnagar district is a poor rural area with frequent drought, subsistence farming, difficult living conditions scattered across almost all of the villages, low literacy levels, and poor public education.

http://www.indianetzone.com/43/mahbubnagar_district.htm

The side of India untouched by economic progress: subsistence agriculture

Rural agriculture in Andhra Pradesh state of India was profiled in a New York Times article on September 5, 2009. Read the article here:

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/05/world/asia/05drought.html

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