انڊيمان ۽ نڪوبار ٻيٽ

**انڊيمان ۽ نڪوبار ٻيٽ** (Andaman and Nicobar Islands) ڀارت جو هڪ يونين علائقو آهي، جنهن ۾ 836 ٻيٽ شامل آهن، جن مان صرف 31 آباد آهن. ٻيٽ ٻن مکيه گروپن، اترين انڊيمان ۽ ڏاکڻي نڪوبار ٻيٽن ۾ ورهايل آهن، جيڪا 150 ڪلوميٽر (93 ميل) ويڪر واري ڏهه ڊگري چينل سان الڳ ٿيل آهن. علائقي جو گاديءَ جو هنڌ ۽ سڀ کان وڏو شهر، پورٽ بلئر، سرڪاري طور تي سري وجياپورم، مکيه زمين ڀارت ۾ چنائي کان تقريبن 1,190 ڪلوميٽر (740 ميل) ۽ ڪولڪتا کان 1,255 ڪلوميٽر (780 ميل) جي مفاصلي تي واقع آهن. ٻيٽ اولهه ۾ بنگال جي نار ۽ اوڀر ۾ انڊيمان سمنڊ جي وچ ۾ واقع آهن. اتر وارو نقطو اولهه بنگال جي هگلي ندي جي وات کان 901 ڪلوميٽر (560 ميل) پري آهي. اندرا پوائنٽ، جيڪو گريٽ نڪوبار جي ڏاکڻي چوٽي تي 45°6 اتر ۽ 49°93 اوڀر تي واقع آهي، ڀارت جو ڏاکڻي ترين نقطو آهي.

The **Andaman and Nicobar Islands** is a union territory of India comprising 836 islands, of which only 31 are inhabited. The islands are grouped into two main clusters: the northern Andaman Islands and the southern Nicobar Islands, separated by the -wide Ten Degree Channel. The capital and largest city of the territory, Port Blair (officially Srivijayapuram), is located approximately  from Chennai and  from Kolkata in mainland India. The islands are situated between the Bay of Bengal to the west and the Andaman Sea to the east. The northernmost point is  from the mouth of the Hooghly River. Indira Point, located at 6°45'10″N and 93°49'36″E on the southern tip of Great Nicobar, is the southernmost point of India.

The territory shares maritime borders with Indonesia located about  to the south, Myanmar located  to the north-east and Thailand located  to the south-east. The islands occupy a total land area of approximately  with a population of 380,581 as per the 2011 census. The territory is divided into three districts: Nicobar, South Andaman, and North and Middle Andaman with the capitals at Car Nicobar, Port Blair and Mayabunder respectively.

Genetic and cultural studies suggest that the indigenous Andamanese people may have been isolated from other populations during the Middle Paleolithic era, more than 30,000 years ago. Archeological evidence of civilisation has been dated back to 2,200 years. In the 11th century, Cholas, one of the three Tamil kingdoms, used the islands as a naval base to launch expeditions in South East Asia. The Danish were the first Europeans to arrive on the islands in 1755. The islands became part of the British Raj in 1868. During the Second World War, the islands were invaded by the Empire of Japan. After Indian Independence in 1947, the region became a province and later a union territory after the adoption of the Constitution of India in 1950.

The islands host the Andaman and Nicobar Command, the only geographical command operated jointly by the three major wings of the Indian Armed Forces: the Army, the Air Force and the Navy. While Hindi and English are the official languages, the major spoken languages include Bengali, Tamil and Telugu. Indigenous people speak any of the Andamanese or Nicobarese family of languages. Hinduism is the majority religion in the union territory, with a significant Christian minority. The islands include North Sentinel Island, home to the Sentinelese people, an uncontacted tribe.

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