An island off the Kathiawad coast, 21 km of coastline and two bridges: Diu district

Background

Diu, one of the three districts of the Union Territory of Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu, is an island slightly off the Kathiawad coast near the port of Veraval in Gujarat. Its own district administration records a coastline of about 21 km, a distance of about 768 km from Daman, and boundaries with the Gir-Somnath and Amreli districts of Gujarat to the north and the Arabian Sea on three sides. The island measures 4.6 km north to south and 13.8 km east to west, stands about 6 metres above sea level and is generally plain with hillocks up to 30 metres. It is connected to the mainland by two bridges. The district is headed by Collector Rahul Dev Boora, IAS, under Administrator Praful Patel.