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{{distinguish|Salsette island}}

| native_name               = ''Saxtti''/''Xaxtti''

| other_name                 = Salcette

| settlement_type           = [[Tehsil|Taluka]] (sub-district)

| subdivision_name               = {{flag|India}}

| seat_type                     = Headquarters

| seat                               = [[Margao]]

| parts_type                   = Settlements (as of 2011)

| parts_style                   = para

| p1                                 = 2 cities <br/> 11 towns <br/> 35 villages

| leader_title                 = [[Deputy Collector]]

| leader_name               = Jyoti Kumari, IAS<ref name="web.archive.org">https://web.archive.org/web/20210325183859/https://southgoa.nic.in/about-district/whos-who/</ref>

| population_demonym       = ''Saxtticar''/''Xaxtticar''

| leader_title4= [[Tehsildar|Talukadar]]<ref name="web.archive.org">https://web.archive.org/web/20210325183859/https://southgoa.nic.in/about-district/whos-who/</ref>

'''Salcete''' ({{indic|lang= gom |indic= साष्टी/षाष्टी |trans= sāṣṭī/ṣāṣṭī}}; [[Romi Konkani]]:&nbsp;''Saxtti'' or ''Xaxtti''; {{lang-pt|Salcette}}) is a sub-division of [[South Goa district]], [[Goa]] state, situated along the south-west coast of [[India]].<ref name="Xax">

</ref> The [[Sal River (India)|Sal river]] and its backwaters dominate the landscape of Salcete.<ref>

</ref> Historically, the sixty-six villages south of the [[Zuari River|Zuari river]] formed the original Salcette territory.<ref>Rodrigues 1990, p. 231</ref> Salcete forms a part of the bigger [[Konkan]] coastal region thats stretches north–south through most of India's western shoreline.<ref>{{cite book|title=Gram Panchayats in Goa: A Critical Study|last=Halarnakar|first=Tanaji D.|publisher=Rajhauns Vitaran|year=1990|page=48}}</ref>  

In erstwhile [[Portuguese India]], the municipality of ''Salcette [[concelho]]'' located in the ''[[Velhas Conquistas]]'' (Old Conquests) of Goa was co-terminous with the undivided Salcette territory (Salcete and [[Mormugao taluka]]s).<ref>{{cite book|title=Houses of Goa|last1=Pandit|first1=Heta|last2=Mascarenhas|first2=Annabel|last3=Koshy|first3=Ashok|last4=Dalvi|first4=Sunita|date=1999|publisher=Architecture Autonomous|edition=2, illustrated|page=15}}</ref> In 1917, the territory was bifurcated into the present-day talukas.<ref name="mmg">

{{cite book

  | last = Pinho

  | first = Vasco

  | date = 2007

  | title = "Snapshots" of Indo-Portuguese history, Volume 1

</ref> The contemporary Salcete taluka of the civil district of [[South Goa district|South Goa]] is a [[rurban]] area.<ref>

  | url = https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/travel/destinations/Exploring-Salcete-places-near-Margao/gs51976512.cms

  | title = Exploring Salcete, places near Margao

| website = [[Indiatimes.com]]

'Salcete' is the [[Anglicism|anglicised]] spelling of the [[Lusitania|lusitanised]] version "Salcette" that was derived from the [[Konkani language|Konkani]] word "Saxtti" which in turn is a corruption of the [[Sanskrit]] word "{{lang|sa|षट-षष्टि}}"&nbsp;''ṣaṭ-ṣaṣṭi''{{efn|name=fn1}} meaning "sixty-six".<ref>

</ref> According to [[Hindu mythology]] of the Konkan, the original sixty-six settlements of the Salcette territory were established by sixty-six [[Saraswat Brahmin]] clans who had emigrated here from [[northern India]].<ref>

  | title = Goa Through th Ages: An Economic History, Volume II, Issue VI  

</ref> In [[Konkani]], the natives are referred to as ''Saxtticar'' or ''Xaxtticar'' ({{lang|gom|साष्टीकार}}/{{lang|gom|षाष्टीकार}}; {{transl|gom|Sāṣṭīkār/ṣāṣṭīkār}}; <small>[[International Phonetic Alphabet|IPA]]:</small>&nbsp;{{IPA|[/'saːʂʈiːkaːɾ/]}} / {{IPA|[/'ʂaːʂʈiːkaːɾ/]}}).<ref name="Xax"/> The Salcete Konkani dialect of southern Goa known as 'Saxtti' is notably different from the 'Antruzi' ([[Ponda taluka|Ponda]]) and 'Bardescari' ([[Bardez]]) dialects of northern Goa.<ref>

{{cite news

  | last = Fernandes

  | first = Joaquim

  | date = 15 February 2010

  | title = Saxtti dialect draws the laughs on Konkani stage

  | url = https://m.timesofindia.com/city/goa/Saxtti-dialect-draws-the-laughs-on-Konkani-stage/articleshow/5574578.cms

  | work = [[The Times of India]]

== Salcette territory ==

The original sixty-six settlements of Salcette are as follows:<ref>Rodrigues 1990, p. 245</ref>

{{col-begin}}

<ol start="1">

<li> Sernabatim </li>

<li> Vanelim </li>

<li> Colva </li>

<li> Seraulim </li>

<li> Gandaulim </li>

<li> Duncolim </li>

<li> Betalbatim </li>

<li> Nuvem </li>

<li> Calata </li>

<li> Gonsua </li>

<li> Majorda </li>

<li> Utorda </li>

<li> Nagoa </li>

<li> Verna </li>

<li> Loutulim </li>

<li> Camurlim </li>

<li> Ambora </li>

<li> Raia </li>

<li> Rachol </li>

<li> Curtorim </li>

<li> Nesai </li>

<li> Macasana </li>

<li> Guirdolim </li>

<li> Chandor </li>

<li> Cavorim </li>

<li> Paroda </li>

<li> Mulem </li>

<li> Sarzora </li>

<li> Talvorda </li>

<li> Veroda </li>

<li> Cuncolim </li>

<li> Betul </li>

<li> Velim </li>

<li> Ambelim </li>

<li> Assolna </li>

<li> Cavelossim </li>

<li> Chinchinim </li>

<li> Deussua </li>

<li> Carmona </li>

<li> Orlim </li>

<li> Varca </li>

<li> Sirlim </li>

<li> Dramapur </li>

<li> Dicarpale </li>

<li> Davorlim </li>

<li> Aquem </li>

<li> Telaulim </li>

<li> Navelim </li>

<li> Margao </li>

<li> Benaulim </li>

<li> Adsuli </li>

<li> Cana </li>

<li> Mormugao </li>

<li> Vadem </li>

<li> Chicalim </li>

<li> Dabolim </li>

<li> Sancoale </li>

<li> Cortalim </li>

<li> Quelossim </li>

<li> Cuelim </li>

<li> Arossim </li>

<li> Cansaulim </li>

<li> Velsao </li>

<li> Pale </li>

<li> Issorcim </li>

<li> Chilcona </li>

== Notes ==

{{efn|name=fn1|Founded by the immigrant Brahmins (circa 4–12 CE), ''Salcette'' is the [[Portuguese language|Portuguese]] corruption of the word ''Sāṣaṭī'', the sixty-six settlements.<ref>