administratively the islands are part of the andaman and nicobar islands, a union territory of india. the capital of the andaman and nicobar islands territory is port blair on south andaman. the union territory is divided into two districts, andaman district and nicobar district (the latter encompassing all of the nicobars). the indian government presently restricts access to the nicobars by special permit, and in general non-indian citizens are forbidden from visiting the nicobar islands.