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 administ ...

) 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 ...

India India, officially the Republic of India (Hindi: ), is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by area, the second-most populous country, and the most populous democracy in the world. Bounded by the Indian Ocean on the so ...

, headquartered at

Mormugao Mormugao is a seaport city situated in the eponymous Mormugao taluka (municipality) of the 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-Portuguese era in 191 ...

. 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'' of the

Portuguese Empire in the East The Portuguese Empire ( pt, Império Português), also known as the Portuguese Overseas (''Ultramar Português'') or the Portuguese Colonial Empire (''Império Colonial Português''), was composed of the overseas colonies, factories, and the l ...

Settlements

Cities

Morumugão has 1 City : Morumugão- Vasco

Towns

Morumugão has 3 Towns : Sancoale, Cortalim, Chicalim

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, Quelossim, São Jacinto Island, Velsao

Islands

Morumugão has 4 Islands : Ilha de São Jacinto, Ilha de Pequeno (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 go ...

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