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Daman is a city and union territory on India's western coast, located between Gujarat and Maharashtra. It has historical significance as a former Portuguese colonial settlement and serves as an important port and administrative center in the region.
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Place details
- Locality
- Daman
- Region
- Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu
- Country
- India
- Population
- 44,282
- Timezone
- Asia/Kolkata
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- city
- Country
- Portuguese Empire
- Located in
- Daman district
- Area
- 72
- Elevation
- 5
- Time zone
- UTC+05:30
- Capital of
- Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu
- Image
- Gateway of Moti Daman.jpg
- Dialing code
- 2636
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- Commons category
- Daman, India
- topic's main category
- Category:Daman, India
- described by source
- The Nuttall Encyclopædia
- IATA airport code
- NMB
- P12749
- Gladbeck
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Encyclopedic overview
Daman ( IPA: [d̪əmən]) is a city and the administrative capital of the Indian union territory of Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu. It is a municipal council situated in the Daman district.
The Daman Ganga River divides Daman into: Nani-Daman (Little Daman) and Moti-Daman (Big Daman). Despite its name, Nani-Daman is the larger of the two parts, while the old city is mainly in Moti-Daman. This holds most of the important entities, like the major hospitals, supermarkets, and major residential areas. Vapi, Gujarat, is the nearest city to Daman.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Daman” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.