Daman district, India

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Daman district Distrito de Damão[1]
District
Daman district Daman district headquarters Show map of India Daman district Daman district (Gujarat) Show map of Gujarat
Coordinates: 20°25′N 72°53′E / 20.41°N 72.89°E / 20.41; 72.89
Country	India
Union territory	Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu
Tehsil	Daman Tehsil
Headquarters	Daman
Government
• District Collector	Rakesh Minhas, IAS
Area
• Total	72 km2 (28 sq mi)
Elevation	0 m (0 ft)
Population  (2011)
• Total	191,173
• Density	2,700/km2 (6,900/sq mi)
Languages[2]
• Official	Hindi, English
• Additional official	Gujarati
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
Sex ratio	1.69 ♂/♀
Website	http://daman.nic.in/

Daman district /dəˈmɑːn/ (formerly Distrito de Damão), is one of four districts of the Indian union territory of Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu.^[3] It is located on the west coast of India and is surrounded by the Valsad district of the Gujarat state to the north, east and south, and by the Arabian Sea to the west. The district covers an area of 72 square kilometers (28 sq mi)^[4] and had a population of 191,173 as of the 2011 census, an increase of 69.256% from the 2001 census. The district headquarters is Daman. Previously, the territorial headquarters were in Panjim when it was jointly administered as Goa, Daman, and Diu until the time of the Konkani language agitation.

Daman lies at the mouth of the Daman Ganga River. Major industries have units here.^{[citation needed]} The closest railway station is Vapi, which is 7 km away. Daman is also known for its beaches, Portuguese colonial architecture, churches, and the scenic twin towns of Nani-Daman and Moti-Daman, which lie opposite each other across the Daman Ganga. The city of Surat lies to the north, and Bombay (Mumbai) is approximately 160 km (100 mi) to the south in the Konkan division of Maharashtra.