State of India
area 3,700 sq km/1,428 sq mi
capital Panaji
features Portuguese colonial architecture; church with remains of St Francis Xavier.
history captured by the Portuguese 1510; the inland area was added in the 18th century. Goa was incorporated into India as a union territory with Daman and Diu 1961 and became a state 1987.
Ehem. port. Niederlassung an der mittleren W-Küste Indiens (15101951 Kolonie, 195161 Überseeprov.), 196287 zus. mit Diu u. Daman ein ind. Unionsterritorium, jetzt Bundesstaat.