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Assagao is a village in Bardez, Goa, India located about 4 kilometres west of Mapusa. Assagao is known as the Land of Flowers as well as several other nicknames – “Goa’s South Extension”, ‘Artist’s village’, “The Beverly Hills of Goa”, “Goa’s Tuscany”. The village is surrounded by hills. From Mapusa town, the road u-turns uphill and, while descending the pass in the small plateau, splits into two parallel roads: one which proceeds straight along the St. Cajetan Church, Assagao Union High School to Anjuna and the other, which passes by Pallottine Seminary and Panchayat Office straight to Badem. The popular beaches of Anjuna and Vagator are to the west of Assagao.

Assagao Union High School is a school in Assagao, Bardez, Goa, India that was established in 1927. It is managed by the Assagao Association (formerly Assagao Union), a charitable trust founded in 1923 and registered on 16 April 1925, under the societies registration act XXI of 1860 and on 16-05-1953 under Bombay Public Trust Act, 1950 (Bom XXIX of 1950). The schools primary section is known as Dr. Augusto Souza Primary School.

Verla is a village in the Bardez sub-district of Goa. It is located on the outskirts of Mapusa town. Verla has an area of 354.35 hectares (875.6 acres). At the 2011 official census of Goa, there were 858 households with a population of 3,685 (1,890 are males and 1,795 females). Its under-six population was 403 (206 boys and 197 girl)s.

St. Michael's Church is a historic Roman Catholic church located in Anjuna, Goa state, India. It is one of the oldest churches still standing in Goa. It was built in 1613, to serve Goan Catholics in early colonial Portuguese India.

Agnel Institute of Technology and Design, Assagao is an Engineering College located in the village of Assagao in Bardez, India. It was established in the year 2012 and approved by AICTE and is affiliated with Goa University. The college is named after Fr. Agnelo. The college campus was designed by civil engineer Olavo Carvalho.The second campus of the Centre for Incubation and Business Acceleration (CIBA) was opened at AITD in 2015.

Siolim ([ʃiwoːlĩː]) is a village in Bardez taluka, and a census town on the central west coast of India, in the North Goa district of Goa. The 2001 population was 10,311, and 10,936 in 2011. Siolim is also the name of a constituency in the Goa assembly, which includes Assagao, Anjuna and Oxel, in addition to Siolim. A person from Siolim is known as a Siolcar or even as Shivalkar (Konkani: Xivolkar).

Zagor (Konkani:जागर), (nocturnal vigil ), mainly celebrated in Siolim, in Bardez taluka of Goa is a festival highlighted by dance, drama and music.

The Konkan (Konkani: कोंकण), also Concan or Kokan, is a stretch of land by the western coast of India, running from Damaon in the north to Anjediva in the south; with the Arabian Sea to the west and the Deccan plateau in the east. The hinterland east of the coast has numerous river valleys and riverine islands among the hilly slopes leading up into the tablelands of the Deccan. The region has been recognised by name, since at least the time of Strabo in the third century C.E., and was a thriving mercantile port with Arab tradesmen from the 10th century. The best-known islands of Konkan are Ilhas de Goa, the site of the Goa state's capital at Panjim, and the seven islands of Bombay, on which lies the capital of the state of Maharashtra.main kokan starts from Alibag and ends with goa. There is most sacred place in kokan of goddess padmakshi renuka temple in Alibag, this goddess is shaktipeeth among 108 peethas where sati goddess brain part is fallen. some people also recommend that devi sati's nails fallen but this goddess is also called goddess of kokan.

Tivim pronounced Thivim, is a village in Nathivim in Bardez, in the North Goa district of Goa, India. It is an important gateway into North Goa as the home to the major railway station in North Goa. Tivim was also the ancestral village of the first global beauty queen of India, Ms. Reita Faria. More recently Prathamesh Maulingkar was crowned Mister Supranational 2018. .

Siolim Assembly constituency is one of the 40 assembly constituencies of Goa, a southern state of India. Siolim is also one of the 20 constituencies that comes under North Goa (Lok Sabha constituency). It is part of North Goa district.

Canca is a village in the North Goa taluka (sub-district) of Bardez.

Saraswat Vidyalaya is an educational institution located in Mapusa, Goa. It was founded in March 1911 by the Saraswat Education Society that looks after the high school with the feeder units of pre-primary and primary, also has Purushottam Walawalkar Higher Secondary School of Arts, Science, Commerce and College of Commerce. In June 1984, the society has established Swar-Shrungar, a music school where tabla, harmonium, flute and vocal music are taught. Besides the general streams, the higher secondary manages vocational courses in Auto Engineering Technology, Office Secretaryship/Stenography and Accountancy and Auditing, Floriculture and Landscaping. From June 1990, the management has established an Institute of Management and Human Resources Development that conducts short term job oriented courses. A new study center of Yeshwantrao Chavan Maharashtra Open University has also been added with the four year degree course in Horticulture. From June 2000 B.B.A degree course has been started that caters to the needs of youth from North Goa.