Small Region
Goa has a population of around 1.4 million and an area of 3,700 sq. kilometres (1,430 sq. miles). For a small region, it has a significant amount of publication activity, possibly in part because its people write in a number of languages—as many as 13, according to one count—and also because of the large expatriate and diaspora population of Goans settled across the globe.
It was the first place in Asia to have a printing press, which was brought by the Jesuits in 1556; Goa's Portuguese colonial rulers also believed in meticulous record-keeping.
Read more about this topic: Goan Literature
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