Havelock Island
| Swaraj Dweep formerly Havelock Island | ||
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| Waters | Andaman Sea | |
| Archipelago | Andaman Islands | |
| Geographical location | 11 ° 58 ′ N , 93 ° 0 ′ E | |
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| surface | 113.93 km² | |
| Residents | 5354 (2001) 47 inhabitants / km² |
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| main place | Govind Nagar | |
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Swaraj Dweep formerly Havelock Island , engl. Havelock Island is the main island of the Ritchie's Archipelago of the Andaman Islands in the Bay of Bengal , which belongs to India . The Andaman Sea extends east of the island . Politically, the island belongs to the Indian Andaman and Nicobar Union territory . It is located about 57 km northeast of Port Blair . It is the largest island in the Ritchie's Archipelago.
Surname
The island was renamed Swaraj Dweep on December 30, 2018 by Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi . Previously, the island was named after Henry Havelock , a British major general who took part in several campaigns in British India . The archipelago was named after the British geometer John Ritchie, who measured and documented the Andaman region for the East India Company between 1770 and 1785 .
Residents
The island is mainly inhabited by settlers from Bengal . The inhabitants speak Hindi , Bengali , Tamil and Telugu and belong to the religions Hinduism , Christianity and Islam .
The indigenous ethnic group of the Greater Andaman , originally from the islands of the Ritchie's Archipelago, has disappeared as part of the colonization of the islands.
Flora and fauna
The island does not differ much from the other islands. Here, too, you will find rainforest and mangrove forest with some endemic animal species and a species-rich underwater world.
tourism
The island is one of the exceptions where tourism is actively promoted by the administration of the territory. That is why it is one of the most visited islands. Ecotourism is particularly desirable .
There is a daily ferry service from the Marine Jetty in Port Blair that is run by the government. The official tourist office maintains a guest house and a campsite on the island. But there are also resorts .
Picture gallery
Andamanendrongo (Dicrurus andamanensis)
Mangrove forest
Radhanagar Beach
View from the beach
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Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Island-wise Statistical Outline - 2008. Havelock Island ( Memento of the original dated November 8, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (PDF; English; 119 kB)
- ^ National Geospatial Intelligence Agency: PUB. 173, Sailing Directions (Enroute): India and the Bay of Bengal, Bethesda, Maryland, Ninth Edition (PDF; 4.0 MB), p. 265
- ↑ Sir Clements Robert Markham : A memoir on the Indian surveys, 1871, p 4., online
- ↑ Andaman and Nicobar Administration: Tourism - Havelock Island ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
