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| Time zone | IST (UTC+5:30) |
| Area | 112 km² (43 sq mi) |
| Capital | Daman |
| District(s) | 2 |
| Population • Density |
158,059 (36th) • 1,411 /km² (3,654 /sq mi) |
| Language(s) | Gujarati, Marathi, English |
| Administrator | Arun Mathur |
| Established | 1987-05-30 |
| ISO abbreviation | IN-DD |
Daman and Diu (Official languages [1], [2]: Gujarati: દમણ અને દિવ, Marathi: दमण आणि दीव, English): Daman and Diu is a union territory in India. India, officially the Republic of India (भारत गणराज्य inc-Latn Bhārat Gaṇarājya; see also other Indian languages) is a country WikipediaWikiProject Indian cities for details --> Daman ( Damão in Portuguese) is a city and a Municipal council in Daman district A geographic coordinate system enables every location on the Earth to be specified in three coordinates using mainly a spherical coordinate system. Indian Standard Time ( IST) is the time observed throughout India and Sri Lanka, with a Time offset of UTC+530. UTC+530 is the Timezone for Indian Standard Time Sri Lanka Time The geography of India is diverse with landscape ranging from snow-capped mountain ranges to deserts plains rainforests hills and plateaus To help compare different Orders of magnitude and geographical regions we list here areas between 100 km² and 1000 km² Wikipedia_talkFeatured_lists#Proposed_change_to_all_featured_lists for an explanation of this and other inclusion tags below -->This is a list of Indian state WikipediaWikiProject Indian cities for details --> Daman ( Damão in Portuguese) is a city and a Municipal council in Daman district A district is an administrative division of a state in India India is divided into twenty-eight states and seven Union territories (UT In Biology a population is the collection of inter-breeding organisms of a particular Species; in Sociology Population density (in agriculture standing stock and Standing crop) is a measurement of Population per unit area or unit volume This is a list of the States of India in order of population The Constitution of India envisages Hindi as the primary official language to be used by the Union Government, with English as the subsidiary official language Gujarati (ગુજરાતી Gujǎrātī ? Marathi (mr मराठी Marāṭhī) is an Indo-Aryan language spoken by the Marathi people of what is considered western India. English is a West Germanic language originating in England and is the First language for most people in the United Kingdom, the United States The States Reorganization Act of 1956 was a major reform of the boundaries and governance of India 's states and territories. Year 1987 ( MCMLXXXVII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link displays 1987 Gregorian calendar) Events 1416 - The Council of Constance, called by the Emperor Sigismund a supporter of Antipope John XXIII burns Jerome of Prague following ISO 3166-2 is the second part of the ISO 3166 standard published by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO ISO 3166-2IN is an ISO standard which defines Geocodes it is the subset of ISO 3166-2 which applies to India. A geographic coordinate system enables every location on the Earth to be specified in three coordinates using mainly a spherical coordinate system. Gujarati (ગુજરાતી Gujǎrātī ? Marathi (mr मराठी Marāṭhī) is an Indo-Aryan language spoken by the Marathi people of what is considered western India. English is a West Germanic language originating in England and is the First language for most people in the United Kingdom, the United States A Union Territory is a sub-national administrative division of India. India, officially the Republic of India (भारत गणराज्य inc-Latn Bhārat Gaṇarājya; see also other Indian languages) is a country For over 450 years, these coastal enclaves on the Arabian Sea coast were part of Portuguese India, along with Goa and Dadra and Nagar Haveli. The Arabian Sea ( Arabic: بحر العرب transliterated: Baḥr al-'Arab Sanskrit: सिन्धु सागर transliterated: Portuguese India (Índia Portuguesa or Estado da Índia) was the aggregate of Portugal 's colonial holdings in India. Goa ( Konkani: गोंय /ɡɔ̃j/ is India 's smallest state in terms of area and the fourth smallest in terms of population. For the Indian musical form see Dadra. Dadra and Nagar Haveli ( Gujarati: દાદરા અને નગર હવેલી Marathi Goa, Daman, and Diu were incorporated into the Republic of India on December 19, 1961 by military conquest; Portugal did not recognize the Indian annexation of these territories until 1974. Events 324 - Licinius abdicates his position as Roman Emperor. Year 1961 ( MCMLXI) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Portugal, officially the Portuguese Republic (República Portuguesa is a country on the Iberian Peninsula. Year 1974 ( MCMLXXIV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the 1974 Gregorian calendar. Goa, Daman, and Diu were administered as part of a single union territory until 1987, when Goa was granted statehood, leaving Daman and Diu as a separate union territory; each enclave constitutes one of the union territory's two districts. Goa Daman and Diu was a former Union territory of India from 1962 to 1987 Year 1987 ( MCMLXXXVII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link displays 1987 Gregorian calendar) Districts are a type of Administrative division, in some countries managed by a Local government.
Gujarati and, to a much lesser extent, Marathi are the main languages [3] [4], and the use of Portuguese goes on declining because it is no longer official nor taught at school, though a number of elder people can still understand it, some even preferring it for discourse at home. Gujarati (ગુજરાતી Gujǎrātī ? Marathi (mr मराठी Marāṭhī) is an Indo-Aryan language spoken by the Marathi people of what is considered western India. Portuguese ( or língua portuguesa) is a Romance language that originated in what is now Galicia (Spain and northern Portugal. In addition to standard Portuguese language, there are two also shrinking Portuguese-based creole languages in Daman (known as Língua da Casa, "Home Language") and Diu (Língua dos Velhos, "Elders' Language"). Portuguese ( or língua portuguesa) is a Romance language that originated in what is now Galicia (Spain and northern Portugal. This article is about Portuguese-based Creole languages See Creole peoples for the Portuguese Creole ethnicity The Daman Indo-Portuguese language or Daman Portuguese creole, known to its speakers as Língua da Casa ( Portuguese for "Home language" The Diu Indo-Portuguese language or Diu Portuguese Creole (in Portuguese língua dos velhos, "Elder's Language" was spoken in Diu English is increasingly accepted for official purposes. English is a West Germanic language originating in England and is the First language for most people in the United Kingdom, the United States
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Districts
It should be noted that Daman refers only to the city, which lies in the larger Daman District. WikipediaWikiProject Indian cities for details --> Diu is a city in Diu district in the union territory of Daman and Diu, India. Daman District is an Enclave on the western coast of India surrounded by Valsad District of Gujarat on the north east and south and the Arabian Sea to Daman District is an Enclave on the western coast of India surrounded by Valsad District of Gujarat on the north east and south and the Arabian Sea to
Economy
Daman and Diu's gross state domestic product for 2004 is estimated at $156 million in current prices.
See also
External links
- Daman Administration's Official Website
- Daman Online Website
- Diu Tourism's Official Website
- Daman and Diu at wikitravel
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