Mormugãois a sub-district and amunicipal councilinSouth Goa districtin theIndianstateofGoa. It isGoa’s main port. It was featured in the 1980 filmThe Sea Wolvesand theBollywoodfilmBhootnath.
When thePortuguesecolonisedpart of Goa in the sixteenth century, they based their operations in the central district of Tiswadi, notably in the international emporium 'City of Goa', nowOld Goa.