Andaman and Nicobar Islands

The **Andaman and Nicobar Islands** are a union territory of India. The name is often shortened to **A & N Islands**, or **ANI**.

The islands are in the Indian Ocean, in the southern part of the Bay of Bengal. The capital of this territory is the Andamanese town of Port Blair.

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 channel that separates ANI is the 10° degree channel. This islands have the only active volcano in India, Barren Island. These islands are also uninhabitated. It also has the lowest point in India, The Indira Point

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 mi², it is larger than the Palestinian territories but smaller than Georgia territory of Abkhazia.

## Infobox (place symbols)

- **embedded**: Yes
- **region**: Andaman and Nicobar Islands
- **country**: India
- **emblem**: Emblem of Andaman and Nicobar Islands
- **motto**: Satyameva Jayate
(Truth alone triumphs)
- **mammal**: Dugong
- **bird**: Andaman Wood Pigeon
- **tree**:  Andaman Padauk
- **flower**: Lagerstroemia speciosa Pyinma


## Infobox (settlement)

- **name**: Andaman and Nicobar Islands
- **type**: Union territory
- **image blank emblem**: Andaman and Nicobar Administration Banner.png
- **blank emblem type**: Emblem
- **blank emblem size**: 75px
- **image map**: IN-AN.svg
- **image caption**: (clockwise from top) Barren Island (Andaman Islands), Barren Island, Beach at Ross Island, North and Middle Andaman district, Ross and Smith Island (Andaman and Nicobar Islands), Smith island; Sunset at Andaman Islands, Andaman Island; Diving in Andamans
- **map caption**: Location of Andaman and Nicobar Islands in India
- **coor pinpoint**: Port Blair
- **subdivision type**: Country
- **established title**: Established
- **established date**: 1 November 1956
- **seat type**: Capital and largest city
- **seat**: Port Blair
- **leader title**: List of Lieutenant Governors of Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Lieutenant Governor
- **leader name**: Devendra Kumar Joshi, Admiral (Retd.) Devendra Kumar Joshi
- **leader title1**: Chief Secretary (India), Chief Secretary
- **leader name1**: Chetan Bhushan Sanghi, IAS
- **leader name2**: Shri. Kuldeep Rai Sharma (INC)
- **leader title3**: Shri. Kuldeep Rai Sharma INC #Andaman and Nicobar Islands (1), Lok Sabha Constituency 1
- **leader name3**: Andaman and Nicobar Islands (Lok Sabha constituency),  Shri. Kuldeep Rai Sharma INC
- **leader title4**: High Courts of India, High Court
- **leader name4**: Calcutta High Court#The Itanagar bench for Arunachal Pradesh state, Calcutta High Court - Port Blair Bench
- **parts type**: List of Indian districts, Districts
- **parts**: 3
- **area total km2**: 8249
- **area rank**: List of states and territories of India by area, 28th
- **population total**: 380,520
- **population as of**: 2012
- **population density km2**: auto
- **demographics type1**: Languages
- **demographics1 title1**: Official
- **demographics1 info1**: Hindi, English language, English
- **demographics1 title2**: Spoken
- **demographics1 info2**: Bengali language, Bengali, Hindi, Tamil language, Tamil, Telugu language, Telugu, Malayalam, Nicobarese language, Nicobarese, Kurukh language, Kurukh, Munda languages, Munda, Kharia language, Kharia
- **timezone1**: Indian Standard Time, IST
- **utc offset1**: +05:30
- **iso code**: ISO 3166-2:IN, IN-AN
- **blank name sec1**: Human Development Index, HDI
- **blank info sec1**: 0.741 () • List of Indian states and territories by Human Development Index, 6th
- **native name**: अन्डमान और नोकोबार द्वीप समूह
- **native name lang**: hi