Lakshadweep
Sign in to saveLakshadweep () is a union territory of India. It is an archipelago of 36 islands divided into three island subgroups: the Amindivi Islands in the north, the Laccadive Islands (separated from Amindivi roughly by the 11th parallel north), and the atoll of Minicoy to the south of the Nine Degree Channel. The islands are located between the Arabian Sea to the west and the Laccadive Sea to the east, about off the Malabar Coast of mainland India.
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Lakshadweep is a union territory of India consisting of 36 islands divided into three groups—the Amindivi Islands, the Laccadive Islands, and the Minicoy atoll—located in the Arabian Sea off the coast of mainland India. It matters as an important territorial possession that demonstrates India's geographic extent and maritime presence in the Arabian Sea and Indian Ocean region.
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Key facts
- Indian state or territory.name
- Lakshadweep
- Indian state or territory.type
- Union Territory
- Indian state or territory.image_seal
- Lakshadweep Banner.png
- Indian state or territory.image_map
- IN-LD.svg
- Indian state or territory.region
- South India
- Indian state or territory.formation_date4
- 1 November 1956
- Indian state or territory.capital
- Kavaratti
- Indian state or territory.largestcity
- Kavaratti
- Indian state or territory.Administrator
- Praful Khoda Patel
- Indian state or territory.lok_sabha_seats
- 1 seat
- Indian state or territory.area_total_km2
- 32.62
- Indian state or territory.area_rank
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- Etymology
- History
- Early history
- Middle Ages
- European colonization
- Post Independence
- Geography
- Climate
- Flora and fauna
- Administration and politics
- Demographics
- Religion and ethnicity
- Languages
- Economy
- Infrastructure
- Transportation
- Education
- See also
- Notes
- References
- Further reading
- External links
Lakshadweep () is a union territory of India. It is an archipelago of 36 islands divided into three island subgroups: the Amindivi Islands in the north, the Laccadive Islands (separated from Amindivi roughly by the 11th parallel north), and the atoll of Minicoy to the south of the Nine Degree Channel. The islands are located between the Arabian Sea to the west and the Laccadive Sea to the east, about off the Malabar Coast of mainland India.
The islands occupy a total land area of approximately with a population of 64,473 as per the 2011 census across the ten inhabited islands. There is a long coastline with a lagoon area of , territorial waters of and an exclusive economic zone of . Lakshadweep is the northernmost island group of the exposed undersea mountain range, the Chagos-Lakshadweep Ridge. The entire union territory is administered as a single district with Kavaratti as its capital.