Andaman and Nicobar Islands
The Andaman and Nicobar Islands is a union territory of India. The name is often shortened to A & N Islands, or ANI. It is in the Indian Ocean, in the southern part of the Bay of Bengal. 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 capital of this territory is the Andamanese town of Port Blair.
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 sq mi, it is larger than the Palestinian territories but smaller than Georgia territory of Abkhazia.
| Indian States and Territories | |
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| Andhra Pradesh | Arunachal Pradesh | Assam | Bihar | Chhattisgarh | Goa | Gujarat | Haryana | Himachal Pradesh | Jammu and Kashmir | Jharkhand | Karnataka | Kerala | Madhya Pradesh | Maharashtra | Manipur | Meghalaya | Mizoram | Nagaland | Orissa | Punjab | Rajasthan | Sikkim | Tamil Nadu | Tripura | Uttarakhand | Uttar Pradesh | West Bengal | |
| Union Territories: National Capital Territory of Delhi Others: Andaman and Nicobar Islands | Chandigarh | Dadra and Nagar Haveli | Daman and Diu | Lakshadweep | Puducherry | |
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