Location of the Andaman Islands. |Location||Bay of Bengal|
|Archipelago||Andaman and Nicobar Islands| |Major islands||North
Andaman Island, Little Andaman, Middle Andaman Island|
|Area||8,249 km2 (3,185 sq mi)| |Highest elevation||732 m (2,402
ft)| |Highest point||Saddle Peak| |Union Territory||Andaman and
Nicobar Islands| |Capital city||Port Blair| |Population||343,125
(as of 2011)| |Density||48 /km2 (124 /sq mi)| |Ethnic
groups||Mainland Indians The Andaman Islands are a group of
Indian Ocean archipelagic islands in the Bay of Bengal, between
the Indian peninsula to the west and Burma to the north and
east. Most of the islands are part of the Andaman and Nicobar
Islands Union Territory of India, while a small number in the
north of the archipelago belong to Burma such as the Coco
Islands. The Andaman islands have been inhabited for several
thousand years, at the very least. The earliest archaeological
evidence yet documented goes back some 2,200 years; however, the
indications from genetic, cultural and iso