Following the bifurcation of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh in 2014, the Andhra Pradesh government announced plans to construct a new capital city, called Amaravati. The new capital city, which is estimated to take 35 years to construct, would span 217 square kilometers (53,677 acres) and host a population of 4.5 million by 2050. More than 70% of the proposed area to be used for the capital consists of multi-crop irrigated agricultural land, and is home to 29 villages with a total population of 127,505.