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Key facts
- Country
- India
- Union territory
- Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu
- District
- Diu
- Established
- 1500s
- Type
- Municipal Council
- Body
- Diu Municipal Council
- President
- Smt. Hemlatabai Rama
- Total
- 40 km (15 sq mi)
- Elevation
- 0 m (0 ft)
- Density
- 1,300/km (3,400/sq mi)
- Official
- Hindi , English
- Other
- Gujarati , Diu Indo-Portuguese
- Time zone
- UTC+5:30 ( IST )
- Telephone code
- (International) +91-2875-, (National) 02875-
- Vehicle registration
- DD-02
- Sex ratio
- 0.85 ♂ / ♀
- Website
- http://diu.gov.in/
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- town
- Country
- Portuguese Empire
- Located in
- Diu district
- Continent
- Asia
- Population
- 52074
- Area
- 38.8
- Elevation
- 0
- Time zone
- UTC+05:30
- Body of water
- Arabian Sea
- Image
- Diu,Gujarat,India (37).jpg
- Width
- 3.5
- Length
- 13.1
- Dialing code
- 28758
- Significant event
- Siege of Diu
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- Commons category
- Diu
- twinned administrative body
- Loures
- topic's main category
- Category:Diu, India
- postal code
- 362520
- IATA airport code
- DIU
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Encyclopedic overview
Diu ( English: /'diːuː/, Hindi: [d̪iːʋ]), also known as Diu Town, is a medieval fortified town in Diu district in the union territory of Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu, India. Diu district is the tenth least populated district of India. The town of Diu lies at the eastern end of Diu Island and is known for its fortress and old Portuguese cathedral. It is a fishing town.
The city is one of the hundred Indian cities competing in a national-level competition to get funds under Narendra Modi's flagship Smart Cities Mission. Diu will be competing for one of the last 10 spots against 20 cities from across India. In April 2018, it was reported that the Diu Smart City has already become India's first city to run on 100 percent renewable energy during the daytime.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Diu” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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