Silvassa
Sign in to saveSilvassa or Selvas ( , ) is a city and the headquarters of the Dadra and Nagar Haveli district in Union territory of Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu in western India. It is today the largest city in the union territory. The city was chosen as one of the hundred Indian cities in Government of India's flagship Smart Cities Mission.
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Silvassa is a city in western India that serves as the administrative center of the Dadra and Nagar Haveli district within the union territory of Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu. It is the largest city in its union territory and was selected as one of India's hundred Smart Cities by the government to receive development and modernization funding.
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Silvassa or Selvas ( , ) is a city and the headquarters of the Dadra and Nagar Haveli district in Union territory of Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu in western India. It is today the largest city in the union territory. The city was chosen as one of the hundred Indian cities in Government of India's flagship Smart Cities Mission.
==Etymology== The former official name of the city, during Portuguese rule, was Paço de Arcos (Engl.: "palace of arches", also spelled '''Paço d'Arcos'), named after the town of that same name located in Oeiras, Lisbon.