Curtorim
Curtorim | |
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Town | |
Curtorim Location in Goa, India Curtorim Curtorim (India) | |
| Coordinates: 15°17′N 74°02′E / 15.28°N 74.03°E | |
| Country | India |
| State | Goa |
| District | South Goa |
| Sub-district | Salcete |
| Government | |
| • Body | Panchayat |
| • MLA | Aleixo Reginaldo Lourenco |
| Elevation | 33 m (108 ft) |
| Languages | |
| • Official | Konkani |
| Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
| Vehicle registration | GA-08 |
| Website | goa |
Curtorim is a town in the Salcette taluka of South Goa district in Goa, India. It comes under Margao metropolitan region. Curtorim, a verdant agrarian village, known as the "granary of Salcete", is said to have got its name from either kuddtari or kuddtoddi since the agricultural village had kudds (rooms) built on the river bank (toddir) to store kharif and rabi crops.