Laccadives
| Laccadives | ||
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| Waters | Lakkadive Sea (Indian Ocean) | |
| Geographical location | 10 ° 34 ' N , 72 ° 39' E | |
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| Number of islands | 4th | |
| Main island | Kavaratti | |
| Total land area | 18.65 km² | |
| Residents | 32,000 (2001) | |
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The Laccadives ("Hundred Thousand Islands ") are an Indian group of islands in the Laccadive Sea , a marginal sea of the Indian Ocean . Together with the Amindiven in the north and the island of Minicoy (Maliku) in the south, they form the Indian Union Territory of Lakshadweep .
The Laccadives include the four inhabited islands of Kavaratti (4.22 km²), Andrott (4.84 km²), Agatti (3.84 km²) and Kalpeni (2.79 km²) as well as some smaller, uninhabited islands. The population is around 32,200 (status: 2001 census).
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- ^ Johann Jakob Egli : Nomina geographica. Language and factual explanation of 42,000 geographical names of all regions of the world. Friedrich Brandstetter, 2nd edition Leipzig 1893, p. 522 ( Lakkadiwa , Sankrit: lákscha-dwípa )