Port Blair

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capital city city

Port Blair is a coastal city in the Bay of Bengal known as the main gateway and administrative hub of India’s Andaman and Nicobar Islands, with a history tied to colonial-era penal settlements.

Aliases (6)

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	capital city → city →
administeredBy	Andaman and Nicobar Islands administration →
associatedWith	Cellular Jail →
capitalOf	Andaman and Nicobar Islands →
climate	tropical monsoon climate →
connectedBy	air routes to mainland India → sea routes to mainland India →
country	India →
countrySubdivisionType	union territory capital →
governingBody	Port Blair Municipal Council →
hasAirport	Veer Savarkar International Airport →
hasEducationalInstitution	Dr. B. R. Ambedkar Institute of Technology, Port Blair → JNRM (Jawaharlal Nehru Rajkeeya Mahavidyalaya) →
hasFeature	natural harbor → naval base →
hasPort	Port Blair Port →
historicalEvent	site of Indian freedom fighters’ imprisonment →
historicalRole	British colonial penal settlement center →
isCoastalCity	true →
koppenClimateClassification	Am →
language	Bengali → English → Hindi → Nicobarese (as minority language) → Tamil → Telugu →
locatedIn	Andaman and Nicobar Islands →
locatedInBodyOfWater	Bay of Bengal →
locatedInRegion	Indian Ocean →
locatedInTimeZone	Indian Standard Time →
locatedOnCoastOf	South Andaman Island →
militaryPresence	Indian Coast Guard → Indian Navy →
namedAfter	Archibald Blair →
nearbyIsland	North Bay Island → Ross Island → Viper Island →
partOf	South Andaman Island →
role	administrative hub of Andaman and Nicobar Islands → main gateway to Andaman and Nicobar Islands →
tourismAttraction	Anthropological Museum, Port Blair → Cellular Jail → Chatham Saw Mill → Chidiya Tapu → Corbyn’s Cove Beach → Ross Island → Samudrika Naval Marine Museum →
transportHubFor	inter-island ferry services →
utcOffset	+05:30 →

Referenced by (67)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Black Water → Cellular Jail → Cellular Jail → Chatham Saw Mill → Corbyn’s Cove Beach → Dr. B. R. Ambedkar Institute of Technology, Port Blair → Jawaharlal Nehru Rajkeeya Mahavidyalaya → Kala Pani → Port Blair Airport → Raj Niwas, Port Blair → Veer Savarkar International Airport → Veer Savarkar International Airport →	locatedIn
Andaman Islands → Andaman and Nicobar Islands → Andaman district → Government of Andaman and Nicobar Islands → South Andaman Island →	capital
Corbyn’s Cove Beach → Mahatma Gandhi Marine National Park → Ritchie’s Archipelago → Viper Island →	nearestCity
Andaman and Nicobar Islands ("Port Blair Port") → Port Blair ("Port Blair Port") → South Andaman Island ("Port Blair port") →	hasPort
Chidiya Tapu → Port Blair Airport → Red Skin Island →	nearbyCity
Port Blair Airport → Veer Savarkar International Airport → Veer Savarkar International Airport →	serves
Chatham Saw Mill → Samudrika Naval Marine Museum →	city
Andaman district → South Andaman Island →	contains
ANC → INS Utkrosh →	garrison
Andaman and Nicobar Islands → South Andaman Island →	largestCity
Chidiya Tapu → Viper Island ("Port Blair harbour") →	locatedNear
INS Utkrosh → Samudrika Naval Marine Museum →	location
Chief Secretary of Andaman and Nicobar Islands → Lieutenant Governor of Andaman and Nicobar Islands →	seat
Viper Island →	accessFrom
Andaman district →	administrativeHeadquarters
IXZ →	airportServes
Brichgunj military station →	associatedWith
Port Blair Airport →	cityServed
Port Blair ("Port Blair Municipal Council") →	governingBody
Andaman and Nicobar Islands →	hasAdministrativeCenter
Veer Savarkar International Airport →	hasCityServed
Andaman district ("Port Blair Port") →	hasMajorPort
Andaman district →	hasUnionTerritoryCapital
Viper Island ("Port Blair harbour") →	hasViewOf
Andaman and Nicobar Command →	headquarters
ANC →	headquartersLocation
Raj Niwas, Port Blair →	locatedInCapital
Raj Niwas, Port Blair ("Port Blair city") →	locatedInUrbanArea
VOPB →	locationCity
Samudrika Naval Marine Museum ("Port Blair harbour") →	near
Corbyn’s Cove Beach ("Port Blair city centre") →	nearbyAttraction
North Sentinel Island →	nearestMajorCity
Viper Island →	proximityTo
Government of Andaman and Nicobar Islands →	seatOfGovernment
VOPB →	servesCapitalOfTerritory
VOPB →	servesCity