Bardez

Bardez is a region situated in the northern portion of the state of Goa, India. It is co-terminus with the eponymous "taluka" of the district of North Goa.
Etymology.
The name is credited to the Saraswat Brahmin immigrants who emigrated to the Konkan coast via Magadha plains in northern India. Bardez, or more properly "Bara" (twelve) "desh" (country), means 'twelve countries' (or territories). The form 'country' probably refers to clan territorial limits, or to the Brahmin "comunidades", of which the twelve are:
Bardez is delimited on the north by the Chapora River, on the south by the Mandovi River, on the east by the Mapusa River, which originates in Bardez itself near the capital city of Mapusa, and on the west by the Arabian Sea.
A native of Bardez is called a "Bardezcar" () in the local Konkani language.
Bardez is the site of the legislature of Goa, in the southern parish village of Penha de França (Britona), in Serula. Other famous sites are the Fort Aguada, the beaches of Candolim, Sinquerim, Calangute, Baga, Anjuna, and Vagator villages, the hilltop monastery and boarding school of Monte Guirim, which was restored by Padre Luna after Pombal's devastation, the village communities of Salvador do Mundo, Penha da França, Siolim, Moira, Porvorim, Colvale, Saligao, and Sangolda, to name but the most prominent.
Goa's Indian Institute of Hotel Management (IIHM) and Saint Xavier's College, Mapusa are located in Bardez.
The village and "comunidade" of Anjuna was famous as a hippie settlement. Among the Goan Catholics, it is famous as the birthplace of Venerable Father Agnelo, who is expected to attain sainthood. He is one of the two most prominent Catholic religious Goan, the other being St. Saint Joseph Vaz, the 'Apostle of Ceylon', who attained sainthood recently.
List of towns and villages.
List of towns in Bardez taluk:
List of villages in Bardez taluk:
In popular culture.
The Indian Netflix original show, "Typewriter", is set in Bardez.