Daman and Diu Union Territory

Daman and Diu Damão e Diu (Portuguese)
Union territory
Devka Beach in Daman
Seal of Daman and Diu
Coordinates: 20°25′N 72°50′E / 20.42°N 72.83°E / 20.42; 72.83Coordinates: 20°25′N 72°50′E / 20.42°N 72.83°E / 20.42; 72.83
Country	India
Established	30 May 1987
Capital	Daman
Government
• Member of Parliament	Lalubhai Patel
• Administrator	Praful Khoda Patel
• Advisor to Administrator, Daman & Diu	S. S. Yadav, IAS
• High Court	Bombay High Court
Area
• Total	112 km2 (43 sq mi)
Area rank	35th
Population (2011)
• Total	242,911
• Rank	6th (among union territories)
• Density	2,200/km2 (5,600/sq mi)
Languages
• Official	Konkani Gujarati
Time zone	IST (UTC+5:30)
ISO 3166 code	IN-DD
No. of districts	2
HDI	0.754 (2005)
HDI Category	high
Sex ratio	1.61 ♂/♀
Website	www.daman.nic.in

Daman and Diu /dəˈmɑːn ... ˈdiːuː/ ( locally ) is a union territory in Western India. With an area of 112 km², it is the smallest federal division of India on the mainland. The territory comprises two distinct regions Daman and Diu, geographically separated by the Gulf of Khambhat. The state of Gujarat and the Arabian Sea border the territory. A Portuguese colony since the 1500s, the territories were amalgamated in India in 1961 through a military conquest.

For over 450 years, the coastal enclaves of Daman (Portuguese: Damão) and Diu on the Arabian Sea coast were part of Portuguese India, along with Goa and Dadra and Nagar Haveli. Goa, Daman and Diu were incorporated into the Republic of India on December 19, 1961, by military conquest. Portugal did not recognise the Indian annexation of these territories until 1974.