Important Cities, Towns and Religious/ Tourist Places:
Aguada, Anjuna and Miramar (loveliest beaches), Baga, Benaulim, Bondla, Calangute, Chapora and Cabo de Rama Forts, Chorao (Dr. Salim Ali Bird Sanctuary), Cotigao and Molen (wildlife santuaries), Colva, Dabolim, Dauna, Dudhsagar and Harvalem (waterfalls), Harmal, Kavalem, Mardol, Old Goa (Basilica of Bom Jesus and se Cathedral churches, Viceroy's Arch, Gate of Adil Shab's Palace), Mangusehi and Bandora temples, Margao, Marmugao, Mayem (lake resort), Panaji, Terekhol, Vasco da Gama, Vagator.
Judicature: The State comes under the jurisdiction of Bombay High Court. A new District Court, South Goa, has been constituted. A bench of Bombay High Court in Goa has been set up at Panaji.
Location: Goa is bounded on the north by Maharashtra and on the east and south by Karnataka and has a coastline of 105 km, opening upto Arabian Sea in the west.
History:
Goa was captured for Portugal by Afonso de. Albuquerque in 1510 to Which Daman and Diu were added later. It was liberated from Portuguese yoke on December 19,1961 and the territories incorporated into the Indian Union.
For over 25 years, Goa, Daman and Diu were a Union Territory what it became the 25th State in the Country on May 30,1987. the overland districts of Daman and Diu were delinked from Goa and are now a Union Territory.
The important rivers : Mandovi, Zuari, Tiracol, Chapora and Betul which are navigable for a total length of 256 km.
Economy:
Rice is the Principal food crop. Pulses and ragi are also grown. Groundnut, maize, jowar and bajra are grown in small quantities. The important cash crops are sugarcane, coconut, cashewnut, arecanut and fruits like pineapple, mango and banana. Forests cover about 29 percent of the total area of the State.
Iron ore, manganese, Ferro-manganese, bauxite and silica sand are the minerals found in Goa. Mining industry is very important for the economy of the State.
The small-scale industries include bakeries, printing Presses, sawmills, tyre retreading units,
Fruit and fish canning, cashjewnut processing, mosaic tiles, Soap manufacture, furniture, typewriter ribbons, carbon paper, automobile batteries, acrylic sheet polythene bags, sodium silicate, fishing nets, zip fasteners, stoves, footwears, spectacle frames. Chemicals, stainless steel wares, etc.
Panaji and Mormugao are the two main ports, while Dabolim is the only airport in the State.
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