Nicobar Islands

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The Nicobar Islands are a remote archipelago in the eastern Indian Ocean, part of India’s Andaman and Nicobar Islands territory, known for their indigenous communities, tropical forests, and ecological sensitivity.

All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
Nicobar Islands canonical 64
Nicobar archipelago 7
Central Nicobar Islands 3

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (72)

Predicate Object
instanceOf archipelago
island group
administeredAs Nicobar district
administeredBy Government of India
affectedBy 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami
borderedBy Andaman Sea
capital Car Nicobar
climate tropical
country India
economy areca nut cultivation
coconut cultivation
fishing
subsistence agriculture
ecosystem mangrove forest
tropical rainforest
ethnicGroup Nicobarese
surface form: Nicobarese people

Shompen people
hasAirport Car Nicobar Air Force Base
hasIsland Bompoka
Car Nicobar
Chowra
Great Nicobar Island
surface form: Great Nicobar

Kamorta
Katchal
Little Nicobar
Nancowry
Teressa
Tillangchong
Trinket Island
surface form: Trinket
hasIslandGroup Car Nicobar Island
surface form: Car Nicobar group

Great Nicobar Island
surface form: Great Nicobar group

Nancowry
surface form: Nancowry group
hasProtectedArea Campbell Bay National Park
Galathea National Park
Great Nicobar Biosphere Reserve
indigenousPeople Nicobarese
surface form: Nicobarese people

Shompen people
knownFor biodiversity
ecological sensitivity
indigenous communities
largestSettlement Car Nicobar
localLanguage Nicobarese
Tamil
locatedIn Bay of Bengal
surface form: Bay of Bengal region

Indian Ocean
Indian subcontinent maritime zone
Southeast Asia
eastern Indian Ocean
militaryPresence Indian Armed Forces
naturalHazard earthquakes
tsunamis
near Andaman Islands
nearestCountry Indonesia
nearestLargeIsland Sumatra
officialLanguage English
Hindi
partOf Andaman and Nicobar Islands
Andaman and Nicobar Islands
surface form: Andaman and Nicobar Islands union territory
protectedStatus restricted area for outsiders
tribal reserve areas
religion Animism
Christianity
Hinduism
separatedFrom Andaman Islands by Ten Degree Channel
Sumatra by Great Channel
sovereignState India
strategicImportance Indian Ocean maritime security
shipping lane proximity
timeZone Indian Standard Time
transport air transport
sea transport
utcOffset +05:30

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (76)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Nicobarese spokenIn Nicobar Islands
Nicobarese isIndigenousTo Nicobar Islands
Nicobarese hasAlternativeName Nicobar Islands
this entity surface form: Nicobari
Shompen locatedIn Nicobar Islands
Andaman Sea locatedBetween Nicobar Islands
Andaman Sea hasIslandGroup Nicobar Islands
Car Nicobar partOf Nicobar Islands
Great Nicobar Island partOf Nicobar Islands
Great Nicobar Island largestIslandOf Nicobar Islands
Danish colonial empire hasPart Nicobar Islands
Austroasiatic region Nicobar Islands
Nicobar megapode endemicTo Nicobar Islands
Nicobar megapode foundIn Nicobar Islands
this entity surface form: Central Nicobar Islands
Nicobar district comprises Nicobar Islands
Galathea National Park locatedIn Nicobar Islands
Campbell Bay town locatedInArchipelago Nicobar Islands
subject surface form: Campbell Bay
Andaman Islands separatedFrom Nicobar Islands
Nancowry spokenIn Nicobar Islands
Nicobarese languages spokenIn Nicobar Islands
Nicobarese languages indigenousTo Nicobar Islands
Little Nicobar locatedIn Nicobar Islands
Little Nicobar archipelago Nicobar Islands
Chowra spokenIn Nicobar Islands
Shompen language spokenIn Nicobar Islands
Teressa region Nicobar Islands
Katchal spokenIn Nicobar Islands
Indomalayan realm contains Nicobar Islands
Mus village locatedIn Nicobar Islands
Mus village partOf Nicobar Islands
this entity surface form: Nicobar archipelago
Big Lapathy locatedInRegion Nicobar Islands
Small Lapathy locatedInRegion Nicobar Islands
Perka partOf Nicobar Islands
Kima partOf Nicobar Islands
Teetop partOf Nicobar Islands
Tamalu partOf Nicobar Islands
Tamalu locatedInArchipelago Nicobar Islands
Laxmi Nagar isPartOfIslandGroup Nicobar Islands
Shompen people ethnicGroupOf Nicobar Islands
Campbell Bay partOf Nicobar Islands
Burma Plate locatedNear Nicobar Islands
Insulindia hasPart Nicobar Islands
Galathea Bay region locatedIn Nicobar Islands
Galathea Bay region partOf Nicobar Islands
this entity surface form: Nicobar archipelago
Nicobar long-tailed macaque endemicTo Nicobar Islands