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- ● Daman and Diu district occupies an area of 72 and 40 square kilometres and a population of 113,949 and 52,056 respectively.
- ● Daman lies at the mouth of the Daman Ganga River. Major industries have units here. The closest railway station is Vapi (7 km). It is also famous for its beach, Portuguese colonial architecture, churches, and for the scenic beauty in the twin towns of Nani-Daman and Moti-Daman, which lie opposite each other across the Daman Ganga.
- ● Diu consists of Diu Island and a part on the mainland (the Ghoghla peninsula). Diu Island is the place where the town of Diu is located. Diu Fort is also located on Diu Island.
- ● The district is infamous for having the least balanced sex ratio in the country. The chief occupation has been fishing.
- ● Daman district has only one tehsil. The territory of the whole district is part of Daman and Diu Lok Sabha constituency.
- ● Ironically, Nanidaman is the larger of the two towns. It is the downtown area containing most of the important entities like the major hospitals, supermarkets, major residential areas etc.
- ● Motidaman is mainly the old city inhabited mostly by the fishing communities and government officers. Both Nanidaman and Motidaman are connected to each other by two bridges
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