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Lakshadweep, INDIA
The tiniest Union Territoy of India, Lakshadweep is an archipelago consisting of 12 atolls, three reefs and five submerged banks. It is a uni-district Union Territory with an area of 32 Sq.Kms and is comprised of ten inhabited islands, 17 uninhabited islands attached islets, four newly formed islets and 5 submerged reefs.
It is 220 to 440 Kms. away from the coastal city of Kochi in Kerala, in the emerald Arabian sea. Considering its lagoon area of about 4,200 Sq.kms, 20,000 Sq.kms of territorial waters and about 4 lakhs Sq.kms. of economic zone, Lakshadweep is a large territory.
According to the 1991 Census, Lakshadweep has a population of 51707 persons. (It is 60,595 as per the Census -2001, provisional population Data sheet). More than 93% of the population who are indigenous, are Muslims and majority of them belong to the Shafi School of the Sunni Sect.
Malayalam is spoken in all the islands
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The tiniest Union Territoy of India, Lakshadweep is an archipelago consisting of 12 atolls, three reefs and five submerged banks. It is a uni-district Union Territory with an area of 32 Sq.Kms and is comprised of ten inhabited islands, 17 uninhabited islands attached islets, four newly formed islets and 5 submerged reefs.
It is 220 to 440 Kms. away from the coastal city of Kochi in Kerala, in the emerald Arabian sea. Considering its lagoon area of about 4,200 Sq.kms, 20,000 Sq.kms of territorial waters and about 4 lakhs Sq.kms. of economic zone, Lakshadweep is a large territory.
According to the 1991 Census, Lakshadweep has a population of 51707 persons. (It is 60,595 as per the Census -2001, provisional population Data sheet). More than 93% of the population who are indigenous, are Muslims and majority of them belong to the Shafi School of the Sunni Sect.
Malayalam is spoken in all the islands
http://img509.imageshack.us/i/1bigp.jpg/
http://img693.imageshack.us/i/2bigf.jpg/
http://img242.imageshack.us/i/3bige.jpg/
http://img230.imageshack.us/i/6big.jpg/
http://img52.imageshack.us/i/7bigu.jpg/
http://img691.imageshack.us/i/8big.jpg/
http://img692.imageshack.us/i/11big.jpg/
http://img705.imageshack.us/i/13big.jpg/