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Goa ( Konkani pronunciation: [ɡõːj], Portuguese: [ˈɡoɐ] ⓘ) is a state on the southwestern coast of India within the Konkan region, geographically separated from the Deccan highlands by the Western Ghats. [ 9][ 10] It is bound by the Indian states of Maharashtra to the north, and Karnataka to the east and south, with the Arabian Sea in ...
Mormugao Port. / 15.4089°N 73.8012°E / 15.4089; 73.8012. Mormugao Port is a port on the western coast of India, in the coastal state of Goa. Commissioned in 1885 on the site of a natural harbour, it is one of India's oldest ports. [ 1] The port employs around 2,600 employees and has about 4,000 pensioners. [ 2]
Vasco da Gama, 1st Count of Vidigueira was the first European to reach India by sea. His initial voyage to India (1497–1499) was the first to link Europe and Asia by an ocean route, connecting the Atlantic and the Indian oceans and, in this way, the West and the East. He reached Goa on 11 September 1524 but died at Kochi three months
List of airports in Goa. Goa is a small Indian state in western India bordering Maharashtra and Karnataka. Goa has two operational airports. The first being Dabolim Airport at Dabolim, and the new Manohar International Airport built at Mopa, North Goa . The Dabolim Airport is an international airport which was built in 1955 and is currently ...
Anjuna Beach. Anjuna Beach is a beach in Goa, [5] which is located 18 kilometers from Panaji and 8 kilometers to the west of Mapusa, North Goa. It is situated in Anjuna village of Bardez taluka in North Goa. The beach is part of a 30 kilometer stretch of extended beach coastline along the west coast of Goa by the Arabian Sea. [6]
Fort Assunção[ 1] or Corjuem Fort is a fortress situated 4 kilometres (2.5 mi) from the village of Aldona on the river island of Corjuem, Goa. It was a military fortress for the defense of Portuguese India. It is smaller than the other forts in Goa, but it gives a good view of the surrounding river and land. It is a protected monument under ...
Annexation of Goa. The Annexation of Goa was the process in which the Republic of India annexed the Portuguese State of India, the then Portuguese Indian territories of Goa, Daman and Diu, starting with the armed action carried out by the Indian Armed Forces in December 1961. In India, this action is referred to as the " Liberation of Goa ".
South Goa is divided into five subdivisions — Ponda, Mormugao (Vasco da Gama), Margao, Quepem, and Dharbandora; and seven talukas — Ponda, Mormugao, Salcete , Quepem, and Canacona , Sanguem, and Dharbandora. (Ponda taluka shifted from North Goa to South Goa in January 2015). [1]