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Goa is the Smallest state by area of India and Fourth Smallest state by Population.Goa is located in South west india in the Region known as Konkan, It is bounded by Maharashtra to the North and by Karnataka to the east and south.Goa is India's richest state with a GDP per capita two and a half times that of the country as a whole.It was ranked the best placed state by the Eleventh Finance Commission for its infrastructure and ranked on top for the best quality of life in India by the National Commission on Population based on the 12 Indicators.
Panaji is the capital of Goa, while Vasco da Gama is the largest city. The historiccity of Gao still exhibits the cultural influence of the Portuguese, who first landed in the early 16th century as merchants, and conquered it soon thereafter. The Portuguese overseas territory of Portuguese India existed for about 450 years.
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