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LakshadweepLakshadweep is a Union Territory of India. It consists of 36 coral islands totalling 32 km² in the Arabian Sea, between 200 to 300 km off the coast of Kerala.
The main islands are Kavarrati, Minicoy, and Amini. The total population of the 10 inhabited islands is about 51,000.
The name of the archipelago literally means hundred thousand islands (laksha = one hundred thousand, dweep = island).
Prior to 1973, the island group was known by the anglicized name Laccadives (compare to Maldives, Sanskrit name Maladweepa).
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Lakshadweep
Government website; information about the islands from NIC.
http://lakshadweep.nic.in/
Weather Underground
Weekly forecast and a report on current conditions for Minicoy.
http://www.wunderground.com/global/stations/43369.html
Lakshadweep Fact File
Site offer history, people, economy and tourism of Lakshayadweep.
http://www.webindia123.com/Territories/LAKSHADWEEP/land/land.htm
Exotic Diving Locations: Lakshadweep
Informative resource and travelogue by Chris Fernandez.
http://www3.sympatico.ca/loki.sails/adv6.html
Perry-Castañeda Library Map Collection
Detailed physical map of the islands.
http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/islands_oceans_poles/laccadive_minicoy_76.jpg
123India.com Weather
Weather reports and short term forecasts for the islands, repackaged from Accuweather.com.
http://weather.123india.com/lakshadweep/
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