Carmona is a village in the state of Goa, India. Located in the Salcette taluka of the South Goa district. It shares a border with Orlim village in the North, Cavelossim village in the South whilst the river Sal runs along its Eastern edge from North to South and the Arabian Sea to it's West.
The village of Carmona is sub-divided into wards (Vaddos) which includes Xiro, Fondo, Ratmadem, Kirbhat, Olavado, Choqui, Tamdeg, Batti, Batti Viegas, Xhetmalem,Jorge,Ankur Luis,Igreja,DeMello, Gavona, Alemao and Zalor.
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Sacred Heart of Jesus High School
It consists of ten Vangors of the Chardo class. The old Gaunkars used the surnames 'Naik', 'Garo' (Gadd) and 'Porto'. [1]
Filipe Neri António Sebastião do Rosário Ferrão is an Indian Catholic prelate who has served as Archbishop of Goa and Daman since 2004. He was previously an auxiliary bishop of the same archdiocese from 1993 to 2004. Ferrão was created a cardinal by Pope Francis in 2022.
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