. "Salcete (Konkani: \u0938\u093E\u0937\u094D\u091F\u0940 Marathi: \u0938\u093E\u0937\u094D\u091F\u0940 S\u0101\u1E63\u0163\u012B) is a taluka (a unit of administration) of South Goa District in the Indian state of Goa. Its administrative and economic headquarters is Margao. It is largely coterminous with a region called Sashti (\u0938\u093E\u0937\u094D\u091F\u0940), which comprised, by local tradition, sixty-six villages, hence the name. However, Sashti also included the now separate taluka of Mormugao."@en . .