Andaman & Nicobar Islands
South Andaman District
Port Blair

Port Blair

Port Blair is the capital and largest city of the group, with a population of around 100,000.
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  • Type: City with 109,000 residents
  • Description: capital city of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, India
  • Also known as: “Sri Vijay Puram”, “Sri Vijaya Puram”, and “Sri Vijaya Puram (Port Blair)”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Cellular Jail and Netaji Stadium.

Monument
Photo: Jomesh, CC BY 3.0.
The , also known as 'Kālā Pānī', was a British colonial prison in the . The prison was used by the colonial government of India for the purpose of exiling insurgents and political prisoners.

Stadium
Photo: Rohith1995, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a multi-purpose stadium in Sri Vijaya Puram, . The stadium hosts the major local football and cricket matches, and other public events.

Islet
Photo: Gangulybiswarup, CC BY 3.0.
is an island of the . It belongs to the administrative district, part of the union territory of . The island is located 3 km north of downtown Port Blair.

Port Blair

Latitude
11.6665° or 11° 39′ 59″ north
Longitude
92.7338° or 92° 44′ 2″ east
Population
109,000
Elevation
36 metres (118 feet)
IATA airport code
IXZ
United Nations Location Code
IN IXZ
Open location code
7M3JMP8M+HG
Open­Street­Map ID
node 293673885
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­city
Geo­Names ID
1259385
Wiki­data ID
Q203476
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Yue Chinese—“Port Blair” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “بورت بلير”
  • Arabic: “سري فيجايا بورام”
  • Armenian: “Պորտ Բլեր”
  • Asturian: “Port Blair”
  • Asturian: “Sri Vijay Puram”
  • Awadhi: “पोर्टब्लेयर”
  • Awadhi: “श्री विजयपुरम”
  • Basque: “Port Blair”
  • Basque: “Sri Vijay Puram”
  • Belarusian: “Порт-Блэр”
  • Belarusian: “Шри Виджай пурам”
  • Bengali: “পোর্ট ব্লেয়ার”
  • Bengali: “শ্রীবিজয়পুরম”
  • Bhojpuri: “श्री विजयपुरम”
  • Bishnupriya: “পোর্ট ব্লেয়ার”
  • Bulgarian: “Порт Блеър”
  • Bulgarian: “Шри Виджай пурам”
  • Catalan: “Port Blair”
  • Catalan: “Sri Vijay Puram”
  • Cebuano: “Port Blair”
  • Cebuano: “Sri Vijay Puram (kapital sa estado sa Indya)”
  • Chinese: “Port Blair”
  • Chinese: “布莱尔港”
  • Chinese: “布萊爾港”
  • Croatian: “Port Blair”
  • Croatian: “Sri Vijay Puram”
  • Czech: “Port Blair”
  • Czech: “Sri Vijay Puram”
  • Danish: “Port Blair”
  • Danish: “Sri Vijay Puram”
  • Dutch: “Port Blair”
  • Dutch: “Sri Vijay Puram”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “بورت بلير”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “سري فيجايا بورام”
  • Esperanto: “Port Blair”
  • Esperanto: “Sri Vijaya Puram”
  • Fiji Hindi: “Port Blair”
  • Fiji Hindi: “Sri Vijay Puram”
  • Finnish: “Port Blair”
  • Finnish: “Sri Vijay Puram”
  • French: “Port Blair”
  • French: “Sri Vijay Puram”
  • Galician: “Sri Vijay Puram”
  • German: “Port Blair”
  • German: “Sri Vijay Puram”
  • Greek: “Πορτ Μπλαιρ”
  • Gujarati: “પોર્ટ બ્લૅર”
  • Gujarati: “પોર્ટ બ્લેયર”
  • Hebrew: “פורט בלייר”
  • Hindi: “पोर्ट ब्लेयर”
  • Hindi: “श्री विजयपुरम”
  • Hungarian: “Port Blair”
  • Hungarian: “Sri Vijay Puram”
  • Indonesian: “Port Blair”
  • Indonesian: “Sri Vijay Puram”
  • Irish: “Port Blair”
  • Irish: “Sri Vijay Puram”
  • Italian: “Port Blair”
  • Italian: “Sri Vijaya Puram”
  • Japanese: “ポート・ブレア”
  • Japanese: “ポートブレア”
  • Kannada: “ಪೋರ್ಟ್ ಬ್ಲೇರ್”
  • Kashmiri: “پورٹ بِلیر”
  • Kashmiri: “پورٹ بلییر”
  • Korean: “포트블레어”
  • Ladin: “Port Blair”
  • Ladin: “Sri Vijay Puram”
  • Latin: “Portus Blair”
  • Latin: “Portus Blairensis”
  • Latvian: “Portblēra”
  • Lithuanian: “Port Bleras”
  • Maithili: “पोर्ट ब्लेयर”
  • Maithili: “श्री विजयपुरम”
  • Malagasy: “Port Blair”
  • Malagasy: “Sri Vijay Puram”
  • Malay: “Port Blair”
  • Malayalam: “Port Blair”
  • Malayalam: “പോർട്ട് ബ്ലയർ”
  • Malayalam: “പോർട്ട് ബ്ലെയർ”
  • Marathi: “पोर्ट ब्लेअर”
  • Marathi: “पोर्ट ब्लेयर”
  • Marathi: “पोर्ट ब्लेर”
  • Marathi: “श्री विजयपुरम”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Sri Vijay Puram”
  • Mingrelian: “პორტ-ბლერი”
  • Nepali: “पोर्ट ब्लेयर”
  • Nepali: “पोर्टब्लेयर”
  • Nepali: “श्री विजयपुरम”
  • Northern Frisian: “Port Blair”
  • Northern Frisian: “Sri Vijay Puram”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Sri Vijay Puram”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Port Blair”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Sri Vijay Puram”
  • Norwegian: “Port Blair”
  • Oriya: “Port Blair”
  • Oriya: “ପୋର୍ଟ ବ୍ଲେୟର”
  • Ossetian: “Порт-Блэр”
  • Pampanga: “Port Blair”
  • Pampanga: “Sri Vijay Puram”
  • Panjabi: “ਪੋਰਟ ਬਲੇਅਰ”
  • Persian: “پورت بلر”
  • Polish: “Port Blair”
  • Polish: “Sri Vijay Puram”
  • Portuguese: “Porto Blair”
  • Portuguese: “Sri Vijay Puram”
  • Romanian: “Port Blair”
  • Romanian: “Sri Vijay Puram”
  • Russian: “Порт-Блэйр”
  • Russian: “Порт-Блэр”
  • Sanskrit: “पोर्ट ब्लेअर”
  • Sanskrit: “पोर्ट ब्लेयर”
  • Sanskrit: “पोर्ट् ब्लेयर्”
  • Sanskrit: “श्री विजयपुरम”
  • Santali: “ᱯᱚᱨᱴ ᱵᱞᱮᱭᱚᱨ”
  • Scots: “Sri Vijay Puram”
  • Serbian: “Sri Vijay Puram”
  • Serbian: “Порт Блер”
  • Slovenian: “Sri Vijay Puram”
  • Spanish: “Port Blair”
  • Spanish: “Sri Vijay Puram”
  • Swedish: “Port Blair”
  • Swedish: “Sri Vijay Puram”
  • Tajik: “Бандар Блэр”
  • Tamil: “போர்ட் பிளேர்”
  • Tamil: “போர்ட் பிளையர்”
  • Telugu: “పోర్ట్ బ్లెయిర్”
  • Telugu: “శ్రీ విజయ పురం”
  • Thai: “พอร์ตแบลร์”
  • Turkish: “Port Blair”
  • Turkish: “Sri Vijay Puram”
  • Ukrainian: “Порт-Блер”
  • Urdu: “پورٹ بلیئر”
  • Venetian: “Sri Vijay Puram”
  • Vietnamese: “Port Blair”
  • Vietnamese: “Sri Vijay Puram”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Port Blair”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Sri Vijay Puram”
  • Western Panjabi: “پورٹ بلیئر”
  • Wu Chinese: “布莱尔港”
  • Yue Chinese: “布萊爾港”
  • “पोर्ट ब्लेयर”

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