Goa is located on the west coast of the Indian peninsula. It is the smallest state in the country by area and has a total area of 3,702 square kilometres, which makes up only 0.11 percentage of the total land area of the country. Panaji is the capital of Goa and Vasco da Gama is its largest city.
Goa shares boundaries with Karnataka and Maharashtra, where the Terekhol River separates Goa from Maharashtra in the North. In the East and the South, the boundaries are defined by the state of Karnataka. The Arabian Sea marks Goa’s borders in the West. The state is 594 km away from Mumbai city by road.
Konkani is the official language of Goa, which is spoken by the majority population. Goa is known for its white-sand beaches, active nightlife, places of worship, and World-Heritage-listed architecture. These factors attract many tourists from across the globe to Goa every year. Goa is also renowned for the wealth of flora and fauna it possesses as it lies close to the North Western Ghat rainforests, which is one among the rarest biodiversity hotspots of the world.
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