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{{Infobox settlement
|name = Bardez
|native_name =
|settlement_type = [[Tehsil|Taluka]] (sub-district)
|image_map = Bardez_taluka_in_North_Goa_district.png
|map_caption = Location of Bardez in North Goa, Goa
|coordinates = {{coord|15.589407|N|73.818305|E|region:IN|display=inline,title}}
|subdivision_type = Country
|subdivision_name = {{flag|India}}
|subdivision_type1 = [[States and union territories of India|State]]
|subdivision_type2 = [[Administrative divisions of India|District]]
|subdivision_name1 = [[Goa]]
|subdivision_name2 = [[North Goa district|North Goa]]
|seat_type = Headquarters
|seat =[[Mapusa]]

|parts_type = Settlements
|parts_style = para
|p1 = 1 City <br/> 15 Towns <br/> 28 Villages

|leader_title = [[Tehsildar]]
|leader_name = na
|leader_title1 = [[Lok Sabha|Lok Sabha constituency]]
|leader_name1 = [[North Goa]]
|area_total_km2 =
|population_total = 2,37,440
|population_as_of = 2011
|population_footnotes =
|population_density_km2 = auto
|population_urban = 68.69%
|demographics_type1 = Demographics
|demographics1_title1 = [[Literacy in India|Literacy rate]]
|blank_name_sec1 = Rain
|blank_info_sec1 = na
|website =
|footnotes =
|leader_title2 =
[[Vidhan Sabha|Assembly constituency]]
|leader_name2 =
|leader_title3 = [[Member of the Legislative Assembly (India)|MLA]]
|leader_name3 = na
|demographics1_info1 = na
|demographics1_title2 = Sex ratio 8/9
|demographics1_info2 = na
| registration_plate = [[List of RTO districts in India#Goa|GA]]-03
| postal_code_type = [[Postal Index Number|PIN]]
| postal_code = 4031XX, 4032XX, 4035XX
}}
'''Bardez''' was a ''[[concelho]]'' ([[municipality]]) of Portuguese possessions of [[Goa, Damaon& Diu]]. Situated in the northern portion of the present-day [[Goa state]], in [[western India]], it is a co-terminus and is an eponymous [[tehsil]] (sub-district or ''taaluka'') of the [[North Goa district]].

== Etymology ==
[[File:Slope to Bardez, Goa, India.jpg|thumb|left|View of a valley in Bardez]]
The name is credited to the [[Saraswat Brahmin]] immigrants who emigrated to the [[Konkan]] coast via [[Magadha]] plains in northern India. Bardez, or more properly ''Bara'' (twelve) ''desh'' (country), means 'twelve countries' (or territories). The form 'country' probably refers to clan territorial limits, or to the Brahmin ''[[wikt:comunidade#Portuguese|comunidades]]'', of which the twelve are:
# [[Aldona]]
# [[Anjuna]]
# [[Assagao]]
# [[Candolim]]
# [[Moira, Goa|Moira]]
# [[Nachinola]]
# [[Olaulim]]
# [[Pomburpa]]
# [[Saligao]]
# [[Sangolda]]
# [[Serula]]
# [[Siolim]]

Bardez is delimited on the north by the [[Chapora River]], on the south by the [[Mandovi River]], on the east by the [[Mapusa River]], which originates in Bardez itself near the capital city of [[Mapusa]], and on the west by the [[Arabian Sea]].

A native of Bardez is called a ''Bardezcar'' ({{IPA|/'baːɾdeːskaːɾ/}}) in the local [[Konkani language]].

Bardez is the site of the legislature of Goa, in the southern parish village of [[Penha de França, Goa|Penha de França]] (Britona), in Serula. Other famous sites are the [[Fort Aguada]], the beaches of [[Candolim]], [[Sinquerim]], [[Calangute]], [[Baga (Goa)|Baga]], [[Anjuna]], and [[Vagator]] villages, the hilltop monastery and boarding school of Monte Guirim, which was restored by Padre Luna after Pombal's devastation, the village communities of Salvador do Mundo, Penha da França, Siolim, Moira, Porvorim, Colvale, Saligao, and Sangolda, to name but the most prominent.

Goa's Indian Institute of Hotel Management (IIHM) and [[St. Xavier's College, Mapusa, Goa|Saint Xavier's College, Mapusa]] are located in Bardez.

The village and ''[[Comunidades of Goa|comunidade]]'' of [[Anjuna]] was famous as a [[hippie]] settlement. Among the [[Goan Catholics]], it is famous as the birthplace of [[Agnelo de Souza|Venerable Father Agnelo]], who is expected to attain sainthood. He is one of the two most prominent Catholic religious [[Goans|Goan]], the other being St. [[Joseph Vaz|Saint Joseph Vaz]], the 'Apostle of [[Sri Lanka|Ceylon]]', who attained sainthood recently.

==List of towns and villages==
List of towns in Bardez taluk:<ref>{{cite web|title=Villages & Towns in Bardez Taluka of North Goa, Goa|url=http://www.census2011.co.in/data/subdistrict/5610-bardez-north-goa-goa.html|website=Census 2011|publisher=Government of India}}</ref>
{{div col|colwidth=15em}}
*[[Mapusa]]
*[[Penha-de-Franca]]
*[[Calangute]]
*[[Socorro, Goa|Socorro]]
*[[Siolim]]
*[[Anjuna]]
*[[Candolim]]
*[[Reis Magos]]
*[[Salvador do Mundo]]
*[[Saligao]]
*[[Aldona]]
*[[Pilerne]]
*[[Nerul,_Goa|Nerul]]
*[[Guirim]]
*[[Colvale]]
*[[Moira, Goa|Moira]]
{{div col end}}

List of villages in Bardez taluk:
{{div col|colwidth=15em}}
*[[Arpora]]
*[[Assagao]]
*[[Assonora]]
*[[Bastora]]
*[[Calvim]]
*[[Camurlim]]
*[[Canca, Goa|Canca]]
*[[Corjuem]]
*[[Marna, Goa|Marna]]
*[[Marra, Goa|Marra]]
*[[Moitem]]
*[[Nachinola]]
*[[Nadora]]
*[[Nagoa_(Bardez)|Nagoa]]
*[[Olaulim]]
*[[Oxel]]
*[[Paliem_(Bardez)|Paliem]]
*[[Parra, Goa|Parra]]
*[[Pirna, Goa|Pirna]]
*[[Pomburpa]]
*[[Ponolem]]
*[[Punola]]
*[[Revora]]
*[[Sangolda]]
*[[Sircaim]]
*[[Tivim]]
*[[Ucassaim]]
*[[Verla, Goa|Verla]]
{{div col end}}

==In popular culture==
The [[India|Indian]] Netflix original show, ''[[Typewriter (TV series)|Typewriter]]'', is set in Bardez.<ref>https://amp.scroll.in/reel/930994/typewriter-review-some-thrills-but-not-enough-chills-in-sujoy-ghoshs-netflix-horror-series </ref>

==References==
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==External links==
*[http://www.indiastudychannel.com/india/cities/Taluks-620-Bardez.aspx Cities and villages in Bardez Taluk]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20051212104508/http://www.funonthenet.in/content/view/192/31/1/2/ Goa - Calangute Beach] - Information and Pictures of Calangute Beach in Bardez

{{Goa topics}}

[[Category:Taluks of Goa]]
[[Category:Geography of North Goa district]]

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>Nolicmahr at 09:51, 25 September 2021