Andaman and Nicobar Islands
The Andaman and Nicobar Islands are a union territory of India. The name is often shortened to A & N Islands, or ANI.
The islands are in the Indian Ocean, in the southern part of the Bay of Bengal. The capital of this territory is the Andamanese town of Port Blair.
It is made of two island groups - the Andaman Islands and the Nicobar Islands - separating the Andaman Sea to the east, from the Indian Ocean. These two groups are separated by the 10° N parallel, the Andamans lying to the north of this latitude, and the Nicobars to the south. The channel that separates ANI is the 10° degree channel. This islands have the only active volcano in India, Barren Island. These islands are also uninhabitated. It also has the lowest point in India, The Indira Point
The territory's population in the last (2001) census of India was 356,152. Added together, the total land area of the territory is around 6,496 km² or 2,508 mi², it is larger than the Palestinian territories but smaller than Georgia territory of Abkhazia.
Territorial symbols of Andaman and Nicobar
- ColumbaPalumboides.jpg
Columba palumboides, provincial bird
- Manatee.jpg
Manatee, provincial animal
- Phalaenopsis speciosa 1.jpg
Phalaenopsis speciosa, provincial flower
- Pterocarpus dalbergioides.jpg
Pterocarpus dalbergioides, provincial tree
Andaman And Nicobar Islands Media
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The Cholas used the islands as a naval base in 11th century CE to launch attacks in South East Asia
- Andaman tribals fishing (c. 1870).jpg
Andamanese fishing (c. 1870)
- The British Occupation of the Nicobar Islands, 1945 SE5438.jpg
Surrender of the Japanese to Lt.Col. Nathu Singh, commander of the Rajput Regiment, in 1945
- Map of Nicobar and Andaman Islands-en.svg
Map of Andaman and Nicobar Islands
- Barren Volcano, Barren Island, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, India—Cropped.png
Barren Island, the only active volcano in India
- Havelock Island, Canopy of tropical moist evergreen forest, Andaman Islands.jpg
Tropical evergreen forests in the interior of the islands
- Elephant at Andaman and Nicobar Islands.jpg
Indian elephants were introduced in the 19th century to move timber
- Nicobar Pigeon 820.jpg
Nicobar pigeon, the closest living relative to the extinct Dodo
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Dugong (Dugong dugon)
- IanthoenasColumboidesSmit.jpg
« Ianthoenas columboides » = Columba palumboides (Andaman Wood Pigeon)
References
- ↑ "Andaman and Nicobar Administration". And.nic.in. Archived from the original on 18 February 2015. Retrieved 8 July 2013.
- ↑ Census of India Archived 14 June 2007 at the Wayback Machine, 2011. Census Data Online, Population.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "50th Report of the Commissioner for Linguistic Minorities in India" (PDF). 16 July 2014. p. 109. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 March 2015. Retrieved 6 November 2016.
- ↑ "www.andaman.gov.in". Archived from the original on 20 November 2016. Retrieved 27 November 2016.
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