Morumugão Sub-District is an administrative subdivision (

tehsil A tehsil (, also known as tahsil, taluka, or taluk) is a local unit of administrative division in some countries of South Asia. It is a subdistrict of the area within a district including the designated populated place that serves as its administr ...

) of

Goa Goa () is a state on the southwestern coast of India within the Konkan region, geographically separated from the Deccan highlands by the Western Ghats. It is located between the Indian states of Maharashtra to the north and Karnataka to the ...

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, headquartered at

Mormugao Mormugao is a seaport city situated in the eponymous Mormugao taluka (municipality) of the South Goa district, South district, in the Goa state, India. It has a deep natural harbour and remains Goa's chief port. Towards the end of the Indo-Po ...

. It is the state's only ''taluka'' (tehsil) to have all four modes of transport—air, road, rail, and sea.

History

Morumugão was one of the first places to be conquered and incorporated into the ''

Velhas Conquistas {{Unreferenced, date=November 2008 ''As Velhas Conquistas'' or "the Old Conquests" are a grouping of the areas in Goa which were incorporated into Portuguese India early in the sixteenth century AD; as these areas underwent urbanisation they were ...

'' of the

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Settlements

Cities

Morumugão has 1 City : Morumugão- Vasco

Towns

Morumugão has 3 Towns :

Sancoale Sancoale is a census town in South Goa district in the Indian state of Goa. It falls within the Sub-District of Mormugão and the Velhas Conquistas region. It is famous for being the hometown of Joseph Vaz, the patron saint of Sri Lanka. Chur ...

Cortalim Cortalim (pronounced ) is a village in Morumugão, Goa, India. Its native Goan population is entirely Catholic and their main occupations include fishing and agriculture. Located on the banks of the Zuari River, it was previously known as Kusha ...

Chicalim Chicalim is a census town in Morumugão Sub-District, Goa Goa () is a state on the southwestern coast of India within the Konkan region, geographically separated from the Deccan highlands by the Western Ghats. It is located between the ...

Villages

Morumugão has 10 Villages : Arossim, Cansaulim, Chicolna, Cuelim,

Dabolim Dabolim is a village, with a total population of around 6700, in Mormugão, Goa, India. It is located about 30 km from the state capital Panjim, 23 km from the South Goa district headquarters Margão and 5 kilometres from Vas ...

, Issorcim,

Pale Pale may refer to: Jurisdictions * Medieval areas of English conquest: ** Pale of Calais, in France (1360–1558) ** The Pale, or the English Pale, in Ireland *Pale of Settlement, area of permitted Jewish settlement, western Russian Empire (179 ...

Quelossim Quelossim is a village in Mormugao taluka, South Goa, India. This village was known as ''Kardalipura'' in ancient times and had a beautiful temple dedicated to the Mother-Goddess Shri Shantadurga and Shri Kavale Math which was shifted to Kavale ...

, São Jacinto Island, Velsao

Islands

Morumugão has 4 Islands : Ilha de São Jacinto,

Ilha de Pequeno Ilha (Portuguese for "island") may refer to the following places in Portugal or Mozambique: *Ilha (Santana), a parish in the municipality of Santana, Madeira *Ilha (Pombal), a former parish in the municipality of Pombal *Island of Mozambique T ...

(or Bat Island),

Ilha Grande Ilha Grande ( "Big Island") is an island located off the coast of Rio de Janeiro state, Brazil. The island, which is part of the municipality of Angra dos Reis, remains largely undeveloped. For almost a century it was closed by the Brazilian gov ...

, Ilha de São Jorge{{Geographic location, Centre=Morumugão, North=

Ilhas de Goa Tiswadi ( pt, Ilhas de Goa, lit=Islands of Goa, or simply ''Ilhas'') is a sub-district in the district of North Goa, situated in the Indian coastal state of Goa. It is the largest and populous island of Goa situated in the basin of the Zuar ...

, Northeast= Ponda Sub-Division, East= Ponda Sub-Division, Southeast= Salcete Sub-Division, South= Canacona Sub-Division, Southwest=Arabian Sea, West=Arabian Sea, Northwest=Arabian Sea

References

Cities and villages in Mormugao Taluk
Taluks of Goa Geography of South Goa district