Salcete

Salcete ( ; Romanised Konkani: "Sashti" or "Xaxtti", ), also spelt as Salcette, is a region situated in southern Goa state on the west coast of India.
In Konkani, the local language, the region is known as "Sashti" or "Xaxtti" and the natives are referred to as "Sashtikar" or "Xaxtticar" (  / ; / , ).
Salcete is derived from the Sanskrit word "" "ṣaṭ-ṣaṣṭi" meaning 'Sixty-six', after the tradition that sixty-six settlements were established by the Saraswat Brahmin families who had emigrated to Salcete from northern India.
In 1917, Mormugao seaport along with thirty-one settlements were carved out of Salcete territory to form the Mormugao taluka. The remaining thirty-five settlements encompass the contemporary Salcete taluka of the civil district of South Goa. Margao serves as the administrative headquarters of both Salcete taluka and the South Goa district.
History.
King Viramarmadeva of the Kadamba dynasty issued a copper-plate inscription in 1049 CE concerning a grant of a piece of land called "Tudukapura" in "Kudtarika agrahara" of "Chhat sathi desha". This inscription suggests that "Chhat sathi" refers to modern Salcete, known as "Sāshṭi" in the local language.
Salcete territory.
The original sixty-six settlements of Salcete are as follows: 
Salcete taluka.
Salcete taluka comprises nine comunidades: Benaulim, Betalbatim, Colva, Curtorim, Loutolim, Margao, Nuvem, Raia, and Verna.
The subdistrict consists of two cities, eleven towns, and thirty-five villages as per the 2011 Census of India.