Bardez (; ; IPA: ) is a taluka of the North Goa district in the Indian state of Goa. It was a concelho in the Portuguese State of India before 1961. Etymology The name is credited to the Saraswat Brahmin immigrants who emigrated to the Konkan via Magadha plains in northern India. Bardez, or more properly bara (twelve) desh (country), means "twelve countries" (or territories). The form 'country' probably refers to clan territorial limits, or to the Brahmin comunidades, of which the twelve are: Aldona Anjuna Assagao Candolim Moira Nachinola Olaulim Pomburpa Saligao Sangolda Serula Siolim Bardez is delimited on the north by the Chapora River, on the south by the Mandovi River, on the east by the Mapusa River, which originates in Bardez itself near the capital city of Mapusa, and on the west by the Arabian Sea. A native of Bardez is called a Bardeskar or Bardescar (IPA: ) in the Konkani language. Bardez is the site of the legislature of Goa, in the southern parish village of Penha de França (Britona), in Serula. Other famous sites are the Fort Aguada, the beaches of Candolim, Sinquerim, Calangute, Baga, Anjuna, and Vagator villages, the hilltop monastery and boarding school of Monte Guirim, which was restored by Padre Luna after Pombal's devastation, the village communities of Salvador do Mundo, Penha da França, Siolim, Moira, Porvorim, Colvale, Saligao, and Sangolda, to name but the most prominent. Goa's Indian Institute of Hotel Management (IIHM) and St Xavier's College, Mapusa are located in Bardez. The village and comunidade of Anjuna was a prime hippie destination. Bardes is famous as the birthplace of Rev Fr Agnelo de Souza, who is expected be recognised for sainthood in the near future. He is one of the two most prominent religious Goan Christians, the other being St Joseph De Vaz, the "Apostle of Ceylon". List of towns and villages List of towns in Bardez taluk: Mapusa Penha-de-Franca Calangute Socorro Siolim Anjuna Candolim Reis Magos Salvador do Mundo Saligao Aldona Pilerne Nerul Guirim Colvale Moira List of villages in Bardez taluk: Arpora Assagao Assonora Bastora Calvim Camurlim Canca Corjuem Marna Marra Moitem Nachinola Nadora Nagoa Olaulim Oxel Paliem Parra Pirna Pomburpa Ponolem Punola Revora Sangolda Sircaim Tivim Ucassaim Verla In popular culture The Indian Netflix original show, Typewriter, is set in Bardez. References External links Cities and villages in Bardez Taluk Goa - Calangute Beach - Information and