GOA
Hello eveyone this is my another artical related to the tourism spot in India.In my pervious artical I have you introduced to the prestigious heritage TajMahal.
Now I am going to tell you about the very beautiful costal state of India i.e Goa. Goa is a state located in the South western region of India.
It is India's smallest state but the richest one.Arabian sea forms its western cost,while it is bounded by Maharashtra state to the North,and Karnatak by the east and south.
In earlier times Goa was also called Gomanta,Gopakapuri,Govem,etc.It have a very beautiful and mesmerizing capital called Panaji.It is the best placed state ranked by the Eleventh Finance Commision for its infrastructure.
Goa is visited by a huge number of inernational and domestic tourist each year for its beaches,places of workshipand world heritage architecture.
Goa encompases an area of (3,702 km sq).Most of Goa is a part of the coastal country known as the Konkan,which is an escarpment rising up to the Weastern Ghats ranges of mountains,which separate it from the Deccan Plateau.Goa has a coastline of 101km.Main rivers of Goa are Mandovi,Zuari,Terekhol,Chapora kushavati river and Sal.Goa's navigable rivers lenght is 253km.Goa has more than 300 ancient tanks built during the rule of the Kadamba dynasty and over 100 medicinal springs.
Besides all this geographical figure and mesurements some elements of Goa i.e it have an emblem a diya(lamp) supported by two open hands and the famous animal of this state is Gaur(Bos gaurus) and famous tree is Matti(Terminalia elliptica) and last but not the least is famous game of Goa is Football.
Now i would like to tell you about the soil of the Goa.Most of Goa's soil cover is made up of laterites rich in ferric aluminium.But at the riverbanks of Goa their is alluvial and loamy soil.The soil is rich in minerals and humus,thus conducive to agriculture.The rocks are classified as Trondjemetic Gneiss estimated to be 3,600 million years old.
Now i would like to highlight some points about the climate of Goa.It features a tropical monsoon climate as we all love monsoon.Goa,being in the tropical zone and near the Arabian sea,has a hot and humid climate for most of the year.The hottest month is considerd to be Maybecause temperature raise upto 35 degree C.Goa has a short winter season between mid-December and Feburary.
This was all that you wanted to know Goa i have'nt tell you in deep insted i have explained some of the keypoints.Now about the division of Goa,since it is divided into two district North Goa and South Goa.Each district is govern by a district collecter(an administrative appointed by Indian government).North Goa is further divided into three subdivision-Panaji,Bicholim and Mapusa.South Goa is also divided into four subdivision-Margao,Mormugao,Quepem and Ponda.
Goa have a tourism generally focused on the coastal area with decreased tourist activity inland.Accourding to a survey of 2010 their are more than 2 million tourist visited Goa.Goa also stands 6th in the Top 10 Nightlife cities in the world in a National Geographic Book.Goa has two World Heritage Sites:the Bom Jesus Basilia and Churches and covents of old Goa.
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