Santo Estevam
Santo Estêvão Juvem or Juá | |
|---|---|
Island | |
  Santo Estevam  Santo Estevam | |
| Coordinates: 15°31′48.2″N 73°56′28.0″E / 15.530056°N 73.941111°E | |
| Country |  India |
| State | Goa |
| District | North Goa |
| Taluka | Ilhas |
| Named for | Saint Stephen |
| Government | |
| • Type | Panchayat |
| Area | |
| • Total | 8.2 km2 (3.2 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 8 m (26 ft) |
| Population | |
| • Total | 4,122 |
| • Density | 500/km2 (1,300/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
| Postcode | 403106 |
| Telephone Code | 0832 |
St Estevam (Santo Estêvão) is an estuarine islet in the Tiswadi taluka, Goa state, India. St Estevam is commonly referred as Jūvã (Isle) and has earned the monicker Šākêchô Jūvõ—the island of vegetables—famed for its long, seven-ridged, light green ladyfingers. Therefore, the people of Jūvã came to be nicknamed bhennddem. The island is named after St. Stephen. It is one of Goa's most prosperous villages, often quoted by ex-Chief Minister Pratapsingh Rane for having a high per capita income.[1]
It is the smallest of six major islands within the Mandovi, the others being:
- Ilha de Goa
- Chorão
- Divar
- Cumbarjua
- Vanxim
- Several other small mangrove islets and sand banks.
- ^ Mendis, Isidore Domnick (7 February 2017). "This island village holds a position of eminence in Goa". The Times of India. Retrieved 21 January 2019.