Brisbane's Sister City - Hyderabad
On 5 October 2010, Brisbane and Ipswich signed a world-first tripartite Sister City agreement with the Indian city of Hyderabad. This will deliver economic benefits at home and abroad.
On this page you can find general information about Hyderabad, as well as download a key facts and opportunity sectors fact sheet.
About Hyderabad
Located at the crossroads of north and south India, Hyderabad is well placed as the financial, economic and political capital of the state of Telangana. Hyderabad has a rich history that is expressed through cosmopolitan culture and architecture. It is a city that welcomes people of different religions, languages and races.
Hyderabad has several major industries including infrastructure, film production (underpinned by one of the country’s largest film production industries, Telugu Film, commonly known as ‘Tollywood’), and bolstered by emerging biotech and pharmaceutical industries. Due to the high number of IT-related companies that have established headquarters and large campuses there; Hyderabad has recently earned the nick-name ‘Cyberabad’.
Besides major industries, Hyderabad has a number of universities, research and training institutions for defence, police and administrative sectors. Hyderabad has been highly successful in attracting major global companies to set up regional headquarters including: Microsoft, Amazon, Google, Apple, Uber, Lucent, Facebook, AT&T and Bank of America.
Hyderabad:
- is the fourth most populous city with a metropolitan population of more than 10.4 million.
- the official language of Hyderabad is Telugu, reflecting the diversity of the region, Urdu, English and Hindi are also spoken.
- although Hindus form a majority in the city, Muslims constitute about 40% of the population and they form the largest Muslim community in Andhra Pradesh.
- has hot summers from late February to early June, a monsoon season from late June to early October, followed by a pleasant winter until early February.
- has several well-known tourist attractions, including Charminar, Qutubshahi Tombs, Golconda Fort and the Zoological Gardens.
- covers around 1864 square kilometres and was founded in 1591 by Muhammad Quli Qutub Shah after the earlier capital city of Golconda became overcrowded.
- has twin city, Secunderabad, form a single local government unit called ‘The Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation’.
- was originally the capital of the state of Andhra Pradesh. In 2014, the state of Andhra Pradesh was split to form Telangana, the 29th state in India. Hyderabad is officially recognised as both the capital of Telangana and also as the de jure capital of Andhra Pradesh. Andhra Pradesh is in the process of building a separate capital city but Hyderabad remains as both the capital for states of Telangana and Andhra Pradesh until this time.
Key facts and opportunity sectors
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For more information, visit the Greater Hyderabad website.