Dadra an Nagar Haveli
Dadra ad Nagar Haveli /ˈdɑːdrɑː/ & /ˌnʌɡərˌhəˈvɛli/ (Marathi: दादरा आणि नगर हवेली, Gujarati: દાદરા અને નગર હવેલી, Portuguese: Dadrá e Nagar-Aveli) is a Union Territory in wastren Indie. Nagar Haveli is wedged atween Maharashtra an Gujarat, whauras Dadra is a enclave 1 km NW surroondit bi Gujarat. The shared caipital is Silvassa. The muckler pairt spans a muckle, roughly c-shaped aurie 12–30 kilometres up-river frae the ceety o Daman on the coast, at the centre o which, an thus ootside the territory, is the Madhuban reservoir.
Dadra an Nagar Haveli दादरा आणि नगर हवेली / દાદરા અને નગર હવેલી Dadrá e Nagar-Aveli | |
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Union Territory | |
Coordinates: 20°16′12″N 73°1′12″E / 20.27000°N 73.02000°E | |
Kintra | Indie |
Uniton territory | Dadra an Nagar Haveli |
Established | 11 August 1961 |
Caipital | Silvassa |
Govrenment | |
• Admeenistrator | B. S. Bhalla, IAS |
Area | |
• Total | 487 km2 (188 sq mi) |
Area rank | 4th |
Population | |
• Total | 342,853 |
• Rank | 33rd |
• Density | 700/km2 (1,800/sq mi) |
Leids | |
• Offeecial | Inglis, Gujarati, Hindi Marathi |
Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
ISO 3166 code | IN-DN |
No. o destricts | 1 |
HDI | 0.618 (2005) |
HDI Category | heich |
Website | dnh |
Dadra an Nagar Haveli (DNH) are in the middle o the quite undulatin wattershed o the Daman Ganga River, which efter the reservoir flows through Nagar Haveli an later furms the short soothren border o Dadra. The touns o Dadra an Silvassa lie on the north bank o the river. The Wastren Ghats range rises tae the east, an the fithills o the range occupy the eastren portion o the destrict. While the territory is landlocked, the Arabian Sea lies juist tae the wast in Gujarat.