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Mormugao
City in Goa, India / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
This article is about the locality/area. For the port, see Mormugao Port Trust.
Mormugao (Portuguese: Mormugão) 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.
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Mormugao | |
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City | |
![]() Aerial view of Mormugao Harbour | |
Coordinates: 15.40°N 73.80°E / 15.40; 73.80 | |
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District | South Goa |
Taluka | Mormugao taluka |
Government | |
• Type | Municipality |
• Body | Mormugao Municipal Council |
• chairperson | Girish Borkar |
Area | |
• Total | 65.62 km2 (25.34 sq mi) |
Demonym | Mormugaokar |
Languages | |
• Official | Konkani |
Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
PIN | 403601 |
Vehicle registration | GA-06 |
Website | www |
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Towards the end of the Indo-Portuguese era in 1917, thirty-one settlements were carved out of the Salcette area, to form Morumugão with Mormugao seaport as its headquarters. The remaining thirty-five settlements were retained in Salcette which encompass the present-day Salcete taluka with Margao as its headquarters.[1]