The capital of the state of Andhra Pradesh, Hyderabad is the fifth largest city in India with an ancient civilisation and culture. Attached to the city is its twin , Secunderbad, which is part of Hyderabad. The city is nearly 400 years old and is noted for its natural beauty, mosques and minarets, bazars and bridges, hills and lakes. It is perched on the top of the Deccan Plateau, 1776ft., above sea level, and spawls over an area of 100 Sq. miles. The city is cosmopolitan,and is richly endowed with a variety of cultures. The city presents an attractive amalgam of old world charm together with the ebullience of growth and enterprise.Beautiful old edifices built in the medieval, Moghul, Colonial and Indo-Saracenic styles abound, rubbing shoulders with large glass and chrome temples of commerce. Hyderabad has created a well known image in Information Technology and its also called as "Cyberbad".