Novas Conquistas

The Novas Conquistas or "New Conquests" are a group of seven <a href="/facts/Concelho/Bu0INBej">concelhos</a> (municipalities) of <a href="/facts/Goa_and_Damaon/3Kbr8b7S">Goa and Damaon</a>, officially known as <a href="/facts/Portuguese_India/jeLpNXfc">Portuguese India</a>. They were added into Goa in the 18th century AD, comparatively date than the three original concelhos that make up the <a href="/facts/Velhas_Conquistas/2Pp067JA">Velhas Conquistas</a>, or "Old Conquests". 
The seven concelhos of the Novas Conquistas are:

<ul><li><a href="/facts/Pernem_taluka/Ht1YzdEk">Pernem</a>,</li>
<li><a href="/facts/Bicholim_taluk/VSurz8Iq">Bicholim</a>,</li>
<li><a href="/facts/Sattari/MSkEjHK6">Sattari</a>,</li>
<li>Antruz (<a href="/facts/Ponda_taluka/PQ6pXgMU">Ponda</a>),</li>
<li><a href="/facts/Sanguem_taluka/5j1qu7Hg">Sanguem</a> (modern-day <a href="/facts/Sanguem/RUsftlaI">Sanguem</a> and <a href="/facts/Dharbandora/HjhFS8FT">Dharbandora</a>),</li>
<li><a href="/facts/Quepem_taluk/1nTVK3kH">Quepem</a> and</li>
<li><a href="/facts/Canacona_taluka/lzFSgI5x">Canacona</a>.</li></ul>
<a href="/facts/Silvassa/LFjttuwN">Silvassa</a> was a newly-acquired area in the <a href="/facts/Damaon%2c_Diu_%2526_Silvassa/Q8q7LH9r">Província do Norte</a>.
In writing postal addresses, the Novas Conquistas were abbreviated "N.C."

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