Andaman and Nicobar are a large group of nearly 600 islands in the Bay of Bengal. Though Andaman Tourism they are a part of India, geographically, they are closer to Myanmar and Thailand than to the Indian mainland. They are grouped here with Southern India. They were just north of the epicenter of the "Boxing Day" quake of 2004, and were the site of dozens of aftershocks.

The district's administrative territory encompasses all of the Andaman Islands, which are located in the Indian Ocean (Bay of Bengal, bordering with the Andaman Sea).

Andaman Travel Guide, The Andaman Islands form a single administrative district within the Union Territory, the Andaman district (the Nicobar district was separated and established as a new district in 1974).

Andaman district is a district of India, one of two districts in the Indian Union Territory (UT) of Andaman and Nicobar Islands.The district government is headed by a Deputy Commissioner, who in turn reports into the Lt. Governor of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands.