Population: 1,347,668
• Capital: Panaji
• Area: 1,430 square miles (3,702 sq km)
• Capital: Panaji
• Area: 1,430 square miles (3,702 sq km)
Goa, with a coastline of 65 miles, is hilly and includes a portion of the Western Ghats rising to nearly 4,000 feet. The two largest rivers are the Mandavi and Zuari, between the mouths of which lies the island of Goa (Ilhas). The island is triangular, the apex (called the cape) being a rocky headland separating the harbor of Goa into two anchorages. There are three principal cities in Goa: Marmagao ,Madgaon (Margao), and Panaji (Nova Goa). Old Goa is, for the most part, a city of ruins.
About one-quarter of the state is covered
by forest. The climate is generally warm, with average January temperatures
ranging from 19° to 29° C (66° to 84° F), and average June temperatures ranging
from 25° to 33° C (77° to 91° F). Goa experiences a monsoon season from June
through September; it accounts for four-fifths of the state's average annual
rainfall.
The Goan population is a mixture of
Christian and Hindu. In the past the Christians generally spoke Portuguese but
now tend to speak English and Konkani. The Hindus speak Konkani and Marathi.
Economic conditions in Goa have caused emigration on a large scale, mainly to
the eastern coast of Africa but also to other parts of India. Large Goanese
colonies have consequently been formed in Bombay, Mozambique, Tanzania, South
Africa, and elsewhere. Goa's 450 years under Portuguese domination produced a
unique, synchronized blend of East and West that is at once exotic and
strangely familiar: Christmas and Carnival are celebrated as enthusiastically
by the 30-percent Christian minority as Diwali and Durga puja are by the mainly
Konkani-speaking Hindus. The state's separate identity is discernible in other
ways too, most visibly in its Latinate architecture, but also in a preference
for a fish-and meat-rich cuisine. Another marked difference is the prevalence
of alcohol. Beer is cheap, and six thousand or more bars around the state are
licensed to serve it, along with the more traditional tipples of feni, the
local hootch, and toddy, a derivative of palm sap..
there multiple localities in GOA
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