It was on his arrival that the village was converted into a town with the official name of Pueblo de Goa. Juan Abalay, from the Portuguese colony of Goa, came to administer the parish.

There were scattered areas of swampland where ' gajo, a native slender cane plant the locals used for arrow shafts, grow in wild profusion. The original settlers found in the new site a wide stretch of plain land with brooks and rivers. The settlement center was later transferred to the present site because a disastrous flood swept the houses down the river and the inhabitants needed more land for planting. By 1729, it was declared independent and was later converted into a pueblo. Matias de Valdesoto and was attached to the parish of Manguiring, Calabanga.

The “visita” was established in 1701 by Franciscan Missionary Fr. Lalud is found along the banks of Cagaycay River and is about five kilometers away from the present site of the town center. The town of Goa was originally situated at Barangay Salog which was then known as “Visita de Salog”, comprising the barrios of Lalud (now known as barangay Salog), Himagaan, Matacla, and Payatan. The current municipal mayor is Marcel Pan, succeeded Racquel Lim. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 71,368 people. Goa, officially the Municipality of Goa ( Central Bikol: Banwaan kan Goa Tagalog: Bayan ng Goa), is a 1st class municipality in the province of Camarines Sur, Philippines.

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