

The Port Blair not only acts, as gateway to Andaman & Nicobar Islands, apart from giving a visual delight with its nature, its unique contribution to the freedom struggle of the Country cannot be ignored. For such a beautiful union territory, Port Blair is Capital town wherein all trades commerce, Administrative tourism activities are managed. The Andaman & Nicobar Islands surrounded by emerald sea, lush green forest, mountains scenic beauty, unpolluted corals, serene white sandy beaches, marine national park have all contributed to make these islands one of the most beautiful tourist destination acclaimed World wide. Andaman Creole Hindi is widely used as a trade language in the Andamans. Other minor spoken languages are Kurukh/Oraon, Munda and Kharia. The other major languages spoken in the islands are Hindi (18.23%), Tamil (17.68%), Telugu (12.81%), Malayalam (8.11%) and Nicobarese (8.05%) according to 2001 Census of India. Bengali is the dominant and most spoken language, with 26% of the population speaking Bengali.

Hindi and English are the official languages of the islands. Added together, the total land area of the territory is approximately 8,249 km².The total area of the Andaman Islands is 6,408 km² and that of the Nicobar Islands is 1,841 km² approximately. The Andamans and Nicobars are separated by a channel (the Ten Degree Channel) some 150 km wide.The territory's population as per the most recent (2011) Census of India was 3,79,944 and the literacy rate is 86.27%. The smaller Nicobars comprise some 22 main islands (10 inhabited). The capital of this territory is the Andamanese town of Port Blair.There are 836 Islands/Islets/Rocky Outcrops in the territory, of which only some 31 are permanently inhabited. 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. This comprises of two island groups - the Andaman Islands and the Nicobar Islands - which separates the Andaman Sea to the east from the Indian Ocean. It is located in the Indian Ocean, in the southern reaches of the Bay of Bengal, nearer to Indonesia and Thailand. This territory is known as A & N Islands, or ANI. Re Brandon using English puns that shouldn't exist in the original anime.The Andaman & Nicobar Islands is a union territory of India. Genre Entertainment Comment by Dean Exikanas Intro/outro music: "Moonlight" by Jivemind. Artwork by Danielle "FelCandy" Prosperie. Inking Out Loud is Drew McCaffrey and Rob Santos. Visit our website at and join the conversation on Twitter us on Patreon: Send us a tip on Ko-fi: /inkingoutloud The Final Draft features soju and beers from Rally Cap and Our Mutual Friend. Drew and Lauren welcome Argent from the 17th Shard for a special episode, covering Parts 1-4 of the first secret novel from Brandon Sanderson!
