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 people
linked to: Nicobarese

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 Port
linked to: Port Blair
hasProtectedArea Campbell Bay National Park
Galathea National Park
Mahatma Gandhi Marine National Park
Ritchie’s Archipelago
hasRegion Andaman Islands
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
Republic of India
linked to: 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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British India includedTerritory Andaman and Nicobar Islands
Andaman and Nicobar Islands hasRegion Andaman Islands
linked to: Andaman and Nicobar Islands
Andaman and Nicobar Islands hasRegion Nicobar Islands
linked to: Andaman and Nicobar Islands
Indian Ocean hasMajorIsland Andaman Islands
linked to: Andaman and Nicobar Islands
Andaman and Nicobar Command locatedIn Andaman and Nicobar Islands
Campbell Bay National Park locatedIn Andaman and Nicobar Islands
Campbell Bay National Park partOf Andaman and Nicobar archipelago
linked to: Andaman and Nicobar Islands
Veer Savarkar International Airport serves Andaman and Nicobar Islands
Port Blair locatedIn Andaman and Nicobar Islands
Port Blair capitalOf Andaman and Nicobar Islands
Cellular Jail locatedIn Andaman and Nicobar Islands
Sentinelese locatedIn Andaman and Nicobar Islands
Great Andamanese partOf Andaman and Nicobar Islands
Great Andamanese partOf Union Territory of Andaman and Nicobar Islands
linked to: Andaman and Nicobar Islands
Mahatma Gandhi Marine National Park locatedIn Andaman and Nicobar Islands
Bay of Bengal borderedBy Andaman and Nicobar Islands
Jarawa locatedIn Andaman and Nicobar Islands
Onge partOf Andaman and Nicobar Islands
Shompen locatedIn Andaman and Nicobar Islands
Shompen governedBy Union Territory of Andaman and Nicobar Islands
linked to: Andaman and Nicobar Islands
Bengali script usedIn Andaman and Nicobar Islands
Andaman Sea borderedBy Andaman and Nicobar Islands
South Andaman Island partOf Andaman and Nicobar Islands
South Andaman Island governedAs union territory of Andaman and Nicobar Islands
linked to: Andaman and Nicobar Islands
Middle Andaman Island locatedIn Andaman and Nicobar Islands
Middle Andaman Island administeredBy Union Territory of Andaman and Nicobar Islands
linked to: Andaman and Nicobar Islands
North Andaman Island locatedIn Andaman and Nicobar Islands
North Andaman Island administrativeTerritory Union Territory of Andaman and Nicobar Islands
linked to: Andaman and Nicobar Islands
Little Andaman Island locatedIn Andaman and Nicobar Islands
Car Nicobar locatedIn Andaman and Nicobar Islands
Car Nicobar administeredBy Union Territory of Andaman and Nicobar Islands
linked to: Andaman and Nicobar Islands
Great Nicobar Island partOf Andaman and Nicobar Islands
Great Nicobar Island locatedInAdministrativeTerritory Andaman and Nicobar Islands union territory
linked to: Andaman and Nicobar Islands
South India includes Andaman and Nicobar Islands
Eastern India includesUnionTerritory Andaman and Nicobar Islands
subject linked to: eastern India
Ritchie’s Archipelago partOf Andaman and Nicobar Islands
Ritchie’s Archipelago locatedIn Andaman and Nicobar Islands union territory
linked to: Andaman and Nicobar Islands
Union territories of India hasPart Andaman and Nicobar Islands
Cari language locatedIn Andaman and Nicobar Islands (union territory)
subject linked to: Cari
linked to: Andaman and Nicobar Islands
Andaman Hindi spokenIn Andaman and Nicobar Islands
Khora locatedIn Union Territory of Andaman and Nicobar Islands
linked to: Andaman and Nicobar Islands
Khora countrySubdivision Andaman and Nicobar Islands
Raj Niwas, Port Blair locatedIn Andaman and Nicobar Islands
Raj Niwas, Port Blair locatedInAdministrativeTerritory Andaman and Nicobar Islands
Raj Niwas, Port Blair hasJurisdiction Andaman and Nicobar Islands