Daman district, India

Daman district /dəˈmɑːn/, is one of four districts of the Indian union territory of Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu on the west coast of India. It is surrounded by the Valsad district of the Gujarat state to the north, east and south and the Arabian Sea to the west. The district has an area of 72 square kilometres (28 sq mi), and a population of 191,173 as of the 2011 census, an increase of 69.256% from the 2001 Census. The district headquarters is Daman. The previous territorial headquarters were in Panjim when it was jointly administered as Goa, Daman and Diu until the time of the Konkani language agitation.

Daman lies at the mouth of the Daman Ganga River. Major industries have units here. The closest railway station is Vapi (7 km). It is also known for its beach, Portuguese colonial architecture, churches, and for the scenery in the twin towns of Nani-Daman and Moti-Daman, which lie opposite each other across the Daman Ganga. The city of Surat lies to the north, and Bombay (Mumbai) lies approximately 160 km (100 mi) to the south in the Konkan division of Maharashtra.