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| | Goa - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography |
 | | Forest cover in Goa stands at 1,424 km², most of which is owned by the government.[Economy of Goa, from goenkar.com, Government owned forest is estimated at 1224.38 km² whilst private is given as 200 km² verified 2005-04-02.] Most of the forests in the state are located in the interior eastern regions of the state. |
 | | Goa's literacy rate is 82.32%, broken down into: males 88.88% and females 75.51%.[Manorama Year Book 2003 — pg 659 – ISBN 81-900461-8-7] Hinduism (65%), Catholicism (30%)[The People, Department of Tourism, Government of Goa, verified 2005-04-02] and Islam are the three main religions in Goa. |
 | | Goa's legislative capital is Porvorim – the seat of the Goa assembly, which lies across the Mandovi River. |
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