Three districts lying in separate pieces: Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu

Background

The union territory of Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu is made up of three districts, named Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu. The UT administration's introduction page records that the territory of Dadra and Nagar Haveli became one of the three districts of the new union territory. It gives the area of Dadra and Nagar Haveli as 491.00 sq.kms, landlocked between Gujarat in North and Maharashtra in South. Daman, whose area the administration gives as 72.00 Sq. Km, is divided by the Damanganga river. Diu is described as an island in the Arabian Sea off the southern coast of the Kathiawad peninsula of Gujarat, with an area of 40.00 Sq. Km. A portion of the Diu district is on the mainland and is named Ghoghla. A small part of Diu known as Simbor lies at a distance of 25 km from Diu and is reached through Gujarat. Each district has its own municipal body: the Silvassa Municipal Council, the Daman Municipal Council and the Diu Municipal Council.