Simbor
Sign in to saveSimbor is a territory of 0.91 square kilometers located in the estuary of the Sahil River (called Rio Vançoso by the Portuguese) in the cove of Simbor, about 25 km east of Diu. Since its establishment in the early 18th century, this exclave was subordinate to the District of Diu, Portuguese India, until it was occupied by India in December 1961, along with the rest of Portuguese India. Simbor (also Simar or Simarbandar) is now part of the District of Diu, one of the three districts of the union territory of Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu.
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- Portuguese Empire
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- Diu district
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Simbor é um pequeno território de 0,91 km² situado na enseada de Simbor a pouco mais de 20 km a leste de Diu. Pertenceu a Portugal até 1961. É constituído por duas faixas de terra de cada lado de um esteiro (Rio Vançoso) e por uma pequena ilhota onde se situa o Forte de Santo António. Era um antigo porto de aguada.
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