Lakshadweep

Lakshadweep, formerly the Laccadives, is a group of islands 200–440 km off 's southwestern coast in the Arabian Sea. They are India's only coral atolls and geologically a part of the same chain as the .
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Island is the most southern island of the Lakshadweep archipelago, in . It is about 200 km from the coast of Kerala and is the second largest island in the archipelago.

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is an atoll in the Indian Union Territory of Lakshadweep. The census town of , which is the major settlement in the atoll, serves as the capital of Lakshadweep. It is located about 360 km west of the Malabar coast in mainland India.

Lakshadweep

Latitude
10.57° or 10° 34′ 12″ north
Longitude
72.62° or 72° 37′ 12″ east
Population
64,500
Elevation
7 metres (23 feet)
Abbreviation
“LD”
Open location code
7J2JHJ9C+X2
Open­Street­Map ID
node 4567438900
Geo­Names ID
1265206
Wiki­data ID
Q26927
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In Other Languages

From Amharic to Yue Chinese—“Lakshadweep” goes by many names.
  • Amharic: “ላካዲቭ”
  • Angika: “लक्षद्वीप”
  • Arabic: “لكشديب”
  • Arabic: “لَكْشَدِيب”
  • Armenian: “Լաքշադվիպ”
  • Assamese: “লক্ষদ্বীপ”
  • Assamese: “লাক্ষাদ্বীপ, মিনিকয় আৰু আমিনদীৱি দ্বীপপুঞ্জ”
  • Assamese: “লাক্ষাদ্বীপ”
  • Asturian: “Lakshadweep”
  • Awadhi: “लक्षद्वीप”
  • Azerbaijani: “Lakkadiv adaları”
  • Balinese: “Lakshadwip”
  • Basque: “Lakadiveak”
  • Basque: “Lakshadweep”
  • Belarusian: “Лакшадвіп”
  • Bengali: “লাক্ষাদ্বীপ”
  • Bhojpuri: “लक्षदीप”
  • Bhojpuri: “लक्षद्वीप”
  • Bishnupriya: “লাক্ষাদ্বীপ”
  • Breton: “Lakshadweep”
  • Bulgarian: “Лакшадвип”
  • Catalan: “Lacadives”
  • Catalan: “Laccadive, Minicoy, and Amindivi Islands”
  • Catalan: “Laccadives”
  • Catalan: “Lakshadweep, Minicoy, and Amindivi Islands”
  • Catalan: “Lakshadweep”
  • Catalan: “Laquedives, Minicoy i Amindives”
  • Catalan: “Laquedives”
  • Cebuano: “Union Territory of Lakshadweep”
  • Chechen: “Лакшадвип”
  • Chinese: “Lakshadweep”
  • Chinese: “拉克代夫”
  • Chinese: “拉克代夫群岛”
  • Chinese: “拉克沙群岛”
  • Chinese: “拉克沙群島”
  • Croatian: “Lakadivi”
  • Croatian: “Lakshadweep”
  • Czech: “Lakadivy”
  • Czech: “Lakšadvíp”
  • Danish: “Lakshadweep”
  • Dhivehi: “ލަކްޝަދީބު”
  • Dhivehi: “ލަކްޝަދްވީޕު”
  • Dutch: “Laccadiven, Minicoy en Amindiven”
  • Dutch: “Laccadiven”
  • Dutch: “Lakshadweep”
  • Esperanto: “Lakŝadivoj”
  • Esperanto: “Lakŝadvipo”
  • Esperanto: “Lakŝadvipoj”
  • Estonian: “Lakshadweep”
  • Finnish: “Amindiivit”
  • Finnish: “Lakkadiivit”
  • Finnish: “Lakshadweep”
  • French: “Lakshadweep”
  • French: “Laquedives”
  • Galician: “Lakshadweep”
  • Georgian: “ლაქშადვიპი”
  • German: “IN-LD”
  • German: “Lakkadiven”
  • German: “Lakshadweep”
  • Goan Konkani: “Lakshadweep”
  • Goan Konkani: “लक्षव्दिप”
  • Greek: “Λακσαντγουίπ”
  • Gujarati: “લક્ષદ્વીપ”
  • Hausa: “Laccadive”
  • Hausa: “Lakshadweep”
  • Hebrew: “לאקסהאדוויפ”
  • Hebrew: “לאקשאדוויפ”
  • Hebrew: “לקשאדוויפ”
  • Hebrew: “לקשהדוויפ”
  • Hebrew: “מיניקוי”
  • Hindi: “लक्षद्वीप के जिले”
  • Hindi: “लक्षद्वीप”
  • Hindi: “साँचा:लक्षद्वीप के जिले”
  • Hungarian: “Laksadíva”
  • Icelandic: “Lakshadweep”
  • Indonesian: “Lakshadweep”
  • Indonesian: “Lakshadwip”
  • Italian: “Amindivi”
  • Italian: “Laccadive”
  • Italian: “Lakshadweep”
  • Japanese: “ラカディブ諸島”
  • Japanese: “ラクシャディープ諸島”
  • Japanese: “ラクシャディープ連邦直轄地”
  • Japanese: “ラクシャディープ連邦直轄地域”
  • Japanese: “ラクシャドヴィーパ諸島”
  • Japanese: “ラクシャドウィープ”
  • Japanese: “ラッカダイブ諸島”
  • Japanese: “ラッカディヴ諸島”
  • Japanese: “ラッカディブ”
  • Japanese: “ラッカディブ諸島”
  • Javanese: “Laccadive”
  • Kannada: “ಲಕ್ಷದ್ವೀಪ”
  • Kashmiri: “لکشادیپ”
  • Kazakh: “Лакқадив аралдары”
  • Kirghiz: “Лакадив аралдары”
  • Korean: “락샤드위프 제도”
  • Latin: “Laccadiva”
  • Latin: “Lakshadweep”
  • Latvian: “Lakadiva”
  • Latvian: “Lakadivu salas”
  • Latvian: “Lakšadvīpa”
  • Latvian: “Lakšadvīpu salas”
  • Latvian: “Lakshadweep”
  • Lithuanian: “Lakadyvai”
  • Lithuanian: “Lakadyvų salos”
  • Lithuanian: “Lakšadvipas”
  • Macedonian: “Лакадиви”
  • Macedonian: “Лакадивски Острови”
  • Macedonian: “Лакшадвип”
  • Maithili: “लक्ष द्विप”
  • Maithili: “लक्ष्यद्विप”
  • Malay: “Laccadive”
  • Malay: “Lakshadweep”
  • Malayalam: “Lakshadweep”
  • Malayalam: “ലക്ഷദ്വീപ്‌”
  • Malayalam: “ലക്ഷദ്വീപ്”
  • Marathi: “लक्षद्विप”
  • Marathi: “लक्षद्वीप”
  • Mazanderani: “لاکشادویپ”
  • Min Dong Chinese: “Lakshadweep”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Lakshadweep”
  • Mingrelian: “ლაქშადვიპი”
  • Nepali: “लक्षद्वीप”
  • Newari: “लक्षद्वीप”
  • Northern Frisian: “Lakadiiwen”
  • Northern Frisian: “Lakadive”
  • Northern Frisian: “Lakshadweep”
  • Northern Luri: “لاکشادڤیپ”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Lakkadivene”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Lakshadweep”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Lakkadivane”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Lakkadivene”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Lakshadweep”
  • Norwegian: “Lakkadivene”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Lakshadweep”
  • Oriya: “ଲାକ୍ଷାଦିପ”
  • Oriya: “ଲାକ୍ଷାଦ୍ବୀପ”
  • Oriya: “ଲାକ୍ଷାଦ୍ଵୀପ”
  • Oriya: “ଲାକ୍ଷାଦ୍ୱୀପ”
  • Oromo: “Laccadive”
  • Ossetian: “Лакшадвип”
  • Panjabi: “ਲਕਸ਼ਦੀਪ”
  • Panjabi: “ਲੱਕਸ਼ਾਦੀਪ”
  • Persian: “لاکشادویپ”
  • Persian: “لاکشادیپ”
  • Persian: “منگالور”
  • Polish: “Lakkadiwy”
  • Polish: “Lakszadiwy”
  • Portuguese: “Ilhas Laquedivas”
  • Portuguese: “Lakshadweep”
  • Portuguese: “Laquedivas”
  • Pushto: “لاکاديو”
  • Pushto: “لاکشادويپ”
  • Romanian: “Lakshadweep”
  • Russian: “Лакшадвип”
  • Sanskrit: “Lakshadweep Sea”
  • Sanskrit: “लक्षद्वीप”
  • Sanskrit: “लक्षद्वीपाः”
  • Santali: “ᱞᱟᱠᱷᱭᱟᱫᱤᱯ”
  • Scots: “Lakshadweep”
  • Serbian: “Лакадиви”
  • Serbian: “Лакадивска острва”
  • Serbian: “Лакшадвип”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Lakadivi”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Lakšadvip”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Lakshadweep”
  • Sinhala: “ලක්ෂද්වීප්”
  • Slovak: “Lakadivy”
  • Slovak: “Lakšadvíp”
  • Slovak: “Lakshadweep”
  • Slovenian: “Lakadivi”
  • Somali: “Laccadive”
  • South Azerbaijani: “لاکشادویپ”
  • Spanish: “Islas Lakshadweep”
  • Spanish: “Islas Laquedivas”
  • Spanish: “Laccadivas”
  • Spanish: “Laccadives”
  • Spanish: “Lakshadweep”
  • Spanish: “Laquedivas”
  • Swahili: “Laccadive”
  • Swahili: “Lakshadweep”
  • Swedish: “Amindiverna”
  • Swedish: “Laccadiverna”
  • Swedish: “Lackadiverna”
  • Swedish: “Lakshadweep”
  • Tajik: “Лаккадив”
  • Tajik: “Локшодвип”
  • Tamil: “இலட்சத் தீவுகள்”
  • Tamil: “இலட்சத்தீவுகள்”
  • Tamil: “லட்சத்தீவுகள்”
  • Tatar: “Лаккадив”
  • Tatar: “Лакшадвип”
  • Telugu: “లక్ష దీవులు”
  • Telugu: “లక్షదీవులు”
  • Telugu: “లక్షద్వీపాలు”
  • Telugu: “లక్షద్వీప్ దీవులు”
  • Telugu: “లక్షద్వీప్”
  • Thai: “ลักษทวีป”
  • Tulu: “ಲಕ್ಷದ್ವೀಪ”
  • Turkish: “Lakşadvip Adaları”
  • Turkish: “Lakşadvip”
  • Turkish: “Lakshadvip”
  • Ukrainian: “Лакшадвіп”
  • Urdu: “ڈوب”
  • Urdu: “لکادیپ”
  • Urdu: “لکشادیپ”
  • Uzbek: “Lakkadiv orollari”
  • Uzbek: “Lakshadvip”
  • Vietnamese: “Lakshadweep”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Lakshadweep”
  • Western Frisian: “Lakshadweep”
  • Western Panjabi: “لکشادیپ”
  • Wu Chinese: “拉克沙群岛”
  • Yoruba: “Lakshadweep”
  • Yue Chinese: “拉克沙群島”
  • “लक्षदीप”

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