Middle Andaman Island

Middle Andaman Island
Waters	Indian Ocean
Archipelago	Andaman Islands
Geographical location	13 ° 30 ′ N , 92 ° 50 ′ E Coordinates: 13 ° 30 ′ N , 92 ° 50 ′ E
length	68 km
width	31 km
surface	1 535.5 km²
Highest elevation	Mount Diavolo ; 512 m
Residents	54,385 (2001) ; 35 inhabitants / km²
main place	Rangat
	Location of Middle Andaman Island

Middle Andaman or Engl. Middle Andaman Island is the largest of the three main Andaman Islands in the Indian Ocean . Politically, the island belongs to the Indian Andaman and Nicobar Union territory .

geography

Middle Andaman Island is located in the center of the archipelago between North Andaman Island and Baratang , from which it is only separated by a strait that is only a few hundred meters wide. Middle Andaman Island is 68 km long, up to 31 km wide and has an area of almost 1536 km², which makes it the largest island of both the Andamans and all of India. The island reaches a height of 512 meters near the east coast in Mount Diavolo. The largest city on the island is Rangat . Other important places are Mayabunder, Billiground, Kadamtala, Bakultata and Betapur. As of the 2001 census, the island had a total of 54,385 inhabitants.

population

A few hundred Jarawa still live on the west coast of Middle Andaman , an indigenous Andaman ethnic group who speak a language from the group of Andaman languages , also called Jarawa . Nowadays no one of the also indigenous people of the Great Andamanese , for example the Bo , lives in Middle Andaman. The vast majority of the population are therefore mainly ethnic groups who have immigrated from the Indian mainland and their descendants.

fauna

On Middle Andaman Island the Indochinese wood rat ( Rattus andamanensis ), the Andaman rat ( Rattus stoicus ) and the Andaman shrew ( Crocudira hispida ) occur.