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Introduction

Goa, state, western India, bordered on the north by Maharashtra State, on the east and south by Karnataka State, formerly part of Portuguese India, and on the west by the Arabian Sea. Until May 1987, when it attained statehood, Goa was part of Goa, Daman, and Diu, a union territory named after the three districts it comprised. Daman and Diu retained separate status as a union territory. Goa is India’s smallest state, covering an area of about 3,702 sq km (1,429 sq mi).