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Also known as Laccadive, Minicoy, and Amindivi Islands

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.

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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
36th
Indian state or territory.elevation_max_m
15
Indian state or territory.elevation_max_point
Unnamed point on Agatti Island
Indian state or territory.elevation_min_m
0
Indian state or territory.elevation_min_point
Arabian Sea and Laccadive Sea
Indian state or territory.population_total
64,473
Indian state or territory.population_as_of
2011

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Lakadivy: Odolávajú plynutiu času - India - PlaceMania

Maledivy bez rezortov: indické ostrovy, ktoré spomalili čas

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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.

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