Tiswadi

Tiswadi or Ilhas de Goa (Islands of Goa) is a taluka of North Goa district in the state of Goa, India. The word Tiswadi itself means thirty settlements. It refers to the thirty settlements in which the Goud Saraswat Brahmins settled when they migrated to Goa. It is geographically an Island with the Mandovi River forming its northern boundary. The taluka of Tiswadi includes the smaller islands of Chorao, Divar, St Estevam, Cumbarjua and Vanxim. The present capital of Goa, Panaji, lies on this island. Tiswadi is also where the city of Old Goa (Velha Goa), a World Heritage Site, was established.