Diu

Diu, a seaport, situated at the eastern extremity of a Portuguese island (7 × 2 miles) of the same name, off the south coast of Kathiawar, 180 miles NW. of Bombay. Once an important city of 50,000 souls, it has sunk in importance till now the whole island has but 12,636 inhabitants, mostly fishermen. Some magnificent buildings still attest its ancient splendour, such as the Jesuit College (1601), now a cathedral. The place has been in possession of the Portuguese ever since 1535, and stood a famous siege in 1545.