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Daman and Diu
दमन और दीव
દમણ અને દીવ
दमण आणि दीव
Damão e Diu— union territory — Coordinates 20°25′N 72°50′E / 20.42°N 72.83°ECoordinates: 20°25′N 72°50′E / 20.42°N 72.83°E Country India District(s) 2 Established 1987-05-30 Capital Daman Administrator Shri Satya Gopal, IAS Population
• Density
242,911 (6th(among u.t.))
• 2,169 /km2 (5,618 /sq mi)
HDI (2005) 
0.754 (medium)Official languages Marathi, Gujarati, Hindi, English Time zone IST (UTC+05:30) Area 112 km2 (43 sq mi) ISO 3166-2 IN-DD Daman and Diu (Hindi: दमन और दीव, Gujarati: દમણ અને દીવ, Marathi: दमण आणि दीव, Portuguese: Damão e Diu) is a union territory in India.
For over 450 years, the coastal enclaves of Daman and Diu on the Arabian Sea coast were part of Portuguese India, along with Goa and Dadra and Nagar Haveli. Goa, Daman, and Diu were incorporated into the Republic of India on 19 December 1961, by military conquest; Portugal did not recognize the Indian annexation of these territories until 1974. 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.
Marathi, Gujarati and English are the official[1] and main languages.[2][3] The use of Portuguese goes on declining because it is no longer official nor taught at school, though a number of elderly people can still understand it, some even preferring it for discourse at home. In addition to standard Portuguese, 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"). English is increasingly accepted for official purposes.
St. Paul's Church in Diu
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Districts
Population Growth Census Pop. %± 1951 49,000 — 1961 37,000 -24.5% 1971 63,000 70.3% 1981 79,000 25.4% 1991 102,000 29.1% 2001 158,000 54.9% Source:Census of India[4] - Diu District, an area of 40 km². The main settlement is the town of Diu.
- Daman District, an area of 28 sq mi or 72 km². The main settlement is the city of Daman.
Economy
Daman and Diu's gross state domestic product for 2005 is estimated at $156 million in current prices.
See also
Notes
- ^ The Goa, Daman and Diu Official Language Act, 1987
- ^ Tourism of India: Daman and Diu
- ^ Daman & Diu
- ^ "Census Population" (PDF). Census of India. Ministry of Finance India. http://indiabudget.nic.in/es2006-07/chapt2007/tab97.pdf. Retrieved 2008-12-18.
External links
- Daman Administration's Official Website
- Daman Online Website
- Daman and Diu Tourism's Official Website
- Daman and Diu at wikitravel
- Commissioner Linguistic Minorities; 42nd Report; July 2003 to June 2004
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