Daman district

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Daman district is a coastal administrative district in western India, known for its former Portuguese colonial heritage and status as part of the union territory of Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu.

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All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Daman 10
Daman and Diu 3
Daman district canonical 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf administrative district
district
administrativeHeadquarters Daman district self-linksurface differs
surface form: Daman
annexationYear 1961
annexedBy India
borderedBy Gujarat
Valsad
surface form: Valsad district
capital Daman district self-linksurface differs
surface form: Daman
climate tropical savanna climate
coast Arabian Sea coast
coastType sandy beaches
contains city of Daman
country India
formerColonialPower Portugal
governingBody Daman district self-linksurface differs
surface form: District Administration of Daman
hasCoastline yes
hasFort Moti Daman Fort
Moti Daman Fort
surface form: Nani Daman Fort
heritage Portuguese colonial heritage
isoCode IN-DD
knownFor beaches
colonial-era churches
forts
localLanguage Konkani
Portuguese (heritage language)
locatedIn Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu
western India
locatedInTimeZone Indian Standard Time
locatedOn Arabian Sea
mergedInto Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu
mergerYear 2020
officialLanguage English
Gujarati
Hindi
partOf Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu
surface form: union territory of Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu
partOfHistoricalEntity Portuguese India
primaryEconomicActivities fishing
light manufacturing
tourism
religion Christianity (significant minority)
Hinduism (majority)
touristAttraction Devka Beach
Jampore Beach
unionTerritoryFormation Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu
surface form: Daman and Diu
unionTerritoryFormationYear 1987
utcOffset +05:30
vehicleRegistrationCode DD

Referenced by (15)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu capital Daman district
this entity surface form: Daman
Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu formedByMergerOf Daman district
this entity surface form: Daman and Diu
Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu hasCity Daman district
this entity surface form: Daman
Viceroy of Portuguese India hasJurisdictionOver Daman district
this entity surface form: Daman and Diu
Portuguese India part Daman district
this entity surface form: Daman
Daman district administrativeHeadquarters Daman district self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Daman
Daman district capital Daman district self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Daman
Daman district governingBody Daman district self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: District Administration of Daman
Sanjay Suri notableWork Daman district
this entity surface form: Daman
Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Goa and Daman locatedIn Daman district
this entity surface form: Daman and Diu
Estado da Índia mainTerritory Daman district
this entity surface form: Daman
Nal o Daman mainCharacter Daman district
this entity surface form: Daman
Indian annexation of Daman and Diu location Daman district
this entity surface form: Daman
Portuguese Indian rupia usedIn Daman district
this entity surface form: Daman