Salcette (Konkani: साष्टी Sashti, Portuguese: Salsete), is a taluka (a unit of administration) of South Goa District in the Indian state of Goa. Its administrative and economic headquarters is Margao. It is largely coterminous with a region called Sashti (साष्टी), which comprised, by local tradition, sixty-six villages, hence the name.[1] However, it also includes the taluka of Mormugao. There are six comunidades in Salcette namely—Raia, Margao, Loutolim, Curtorim, Verna and Benaulim, and Quelossim in Mormugao. Salcette is bound by the Sanguem talukas to the east, Arabian sea to west, Tiswadi and Ponda talukas to the north, Cancaona and Quepem talukas to the south.
According to the legends some ninety-six families known as Goud Saraswat Brahmins settled in the Konkan region, of which sixty-six settled in Salcette. Hence, the name Salcete, derived from the sanskrit word Sassast meaning the number 66.[1]
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