Salcete taluka

Not to be confused with Salsette Island.

Salcete
Saxtti/Xaxtti
Salcette
Taluka (subdistrict)
Idyllic scenery
Salcete countryside
Location of Salcete in South Goa, Goa
Location of Salcete in South Goa, Goa
Coordinates: 15°12′45″N 74°04′24″E / 15.212450°N 74.07323°E / 15.212450; 74.07323
Country India
StateGoa
DistrictSouth Goa
HeadquartersMargao (Madgaon)
Settlements (as of 2011)2 cities
11 towns
35 villages
Government
 • Deputy CollectorJyoti Kumari, IAS[1]
 • Talukadar[1]Prataprao Gaunkar
Population
 (2011)[2]
 • Total
294,504
DemonymSaxtticar/Xaxtticar
PIN
4036XX, 4037XX
Vehicle registrationGA-08

Salcete or Salcette (Konkani: Saxtti/Xaxtti) is a subdivision of the district of South Goa, in the state of Goa, situated by the west coast of India.[3] The Sal River and its backwaters dominate the landscape of Salcete.[4] Historically, the sixty-six settlements south of the Zuari River formed the original Salcette territory.[5] Salcete forms a part of the bigger Konkan region that stretches along the western shoreline of peninsular India.[6]

In erstwhile Portuguese Goa, the Salcette concelho (county) located in the Velhas Conquistas (Old Conquests) was co-terminous with the undivided Salcette territory (Mormugao and Salcete talukas).[7] In 1917, the concelho was bifurcated into the present-day talukas of Mormugao and Salcete.[8] The contemporary Salcete taluka has been classified as a rurban area.[9] Margao serves as the administrative headquarters of both Salcete taluka and the South Goa district.[10]

  1. ^ a b "Who's Who | South Goa District | India". southgoa.nic.in. Archived from the original on 25 March 2021. Retrieved 15 January 2022.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference sal was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ Sequeira, Newton (21 December 2014). "The true soul of Goa's South". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 8 December 2016. Retrieved 16 April 2020.
  4. ^ Nambirajan, M. (2007). Coastal Archaeology of Western India: With Special Reference to Goa. Kaveri Books. p. 134. ISBN 9788174790798.
  5. ^ Rodrigues 1990, p. 231
  6. ^ Halarnakar, Tanaji D. (1990). Gram Panchayats in Goa: A Critical Study. Rajhauns Vitaran. p. 48.
  7. ^ Pandit, Heta; Mascarenhas, Annabel; Koshy, Ashok; Dalvi, Sunita (1999). Houses of Goa (2, illustrated ed.). Architecture Autonomous. p. 15.
  8. ^ Pinho, Vasco (2007). "Snapshots" of Indo-Portuguese history, Volume 1. p. 122.
  9. ^ Deshpande, Abhijeet. "Exploring Salcete, places near Margao". Indiatimes.com. The Times Group. Archived from the original on 29 April 2021. Retrieved 30 November 2019.
  10. ^ Deshpande, Abhijeet. "Margao, the cultural capital of Goa". Indiatimes.com. The Times Group. Archived from the original on 22 December 2018. Retrieved 30 November 2019.