Andaman and Nicobar Islands

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The Andaman and Nicobar Islands are a remote Indian archipelago in the Bay of Bengal, known for their strategic location, indigenous tribes, and role as a former colonial penal settlement.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf archipelago
union territory of India
administrativeHead Lieutenant Governor of Andaman and Nicobar Islands
borderedByWaterBody Andaman Sea
capital Port Blair
climate tropical
colonialPower British Empire
country India
economySector agriculture
fishing
tourism
governedAs union territory directly administered by the central government of India
hasAdministrativeCenter Port Blair
hasAirport Veer Savarkar International Airport
hasIndigenousPeople Great Andamanese
Jarawa
Nicobarese
surface form: Nicobarese people

Onge
Sentinelese
Shompen
hasMajorIsland Car Nicobar
Great Nicobar Island
Little Andaman Island
Middle Andaman Island
North Andaman Island
South Andaman Island
hasMilitaryCommand Andaman and Nicobar Command
India’s only tri-service command
hasPort Port Blair
surface form: Port Blair Port
hasProtectedArea Campbell Bay National Park
Campbell Bay National Park
surface form: Galathea National Park

Mahatma Gandhi Marine National Park
Ritchie’s Archipelago
hasRegion Andaman and Nicobar Islands self-linksurface differs
surface form: Andaman Islands

Andaman and Nicobar Islands self-linksurface differs
surface form: Nicobar Islands
historicalSite Cellular Jail
knownFor former colonial penal settlement
indigenous tribes
strategic location in the Bay of Bengal
largestCity Port Blair
locatedIn Bay of Bengal
Indian Ocean
officialLanguage English
Hindi
partOf Indian maritime security architecture
India
surface form: Republic of India
spokenLanguage Bengali
Malayalam
Nicobarese
Tamil
Telugu
various Andamanese languages
strategicRole monitoring sea lanes of communication in the eastern Indian Ocean
timeZone Indian Standard Time
usedAs British penal colony
utcOffset +05:30

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Hut Bay Airstrip locatedIn Andaman and Nicobar Islands
Little Andaman coast locatedIn Andaman and Nicobar Islands
Pygmalion Point locatedIn Andaman and Nicobar Islands
Pygmalion Point locatedIn Andaman and Nicobar Islands
subject surface form: Indira Point
Katchal Island locatedIn Andaman and Nicobar Islands
Kamorta Island locatedIn Andaman and Nicobar Islands
Baratang Island locatedIn Andaman and Nicobar Islands
Neil Island (Shaheed Dweep) locatedIn Andaman and Nicobar Islands
subject surface form: Neil Island
Neil Island (Shaheed Dweep) locatedIn Andaman and Nicobar Islands
subject surface form: Shaheed Dweep
Amkunj Beach locatedIn Andaman and Nicobar Islands
Cuthbert Bay Wildlife Sanctuary locatedIn Andaman and Nicobar Islands
Morrice Dera Beach locatedIn Andaman and Nicobar Islands
Dhanni Nallah Mangrove Walkway locatedIn Andaman and Nicobar Islands
Long Island (nearby island) locatedIn Andaman and Nicobar Islands
subject surface form: Long Island (Andaman Islands)
Swaraj Dweep locatedIn Andaman and Nicobar Islands
Elephant Beach locatedIn Andaman and Nicobar Islands
Kalapathar Beach locatedIn Andaman and Nicobar Islands
Vijaynagar Beach locatedIn Andaman and Nicobar Islands
Button Islands locatedIn Andaman and Nicobar Islands
South Button Island National Park locatedIn Andaman and Nicobar Islands