Valsad
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- Valsad
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- Vad(Banyan Tree) Saal(covered - Gujarati term for shawl) Vadsal- land covered with banyan trees, later britishers adopted Bulsar, which later became Valsad.
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- City
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- Valsad City View from Parnera Hill in Gujarat,India.jpg
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- Valsad City View from Parnera Hill
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- India Gujarat#India3#Asia
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- Valsad
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- Gujarat
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- District
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Valsad () is a town and municipality in the Valsad district of the Indian state of Gujarat. It is the district headquarters of Valsad district. Valsad is located north of Vapi and shares border with Maharashtra and the union territories of Daman in the south.
== Etymology == The name "Valsad" derives from vad-saal, a Gujarati language compound meaning "covered (sal) by banyan trees (vad)" or "where vad (banyan trees) and sal (sal tree) are" (the area was naturally rich in banyan trees). During British Era, it was historically known as "Bulsar".