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| 1 | Panaji ![]() FeatureType : null Elevation : 9 Lat/Lng : 15.493 / 73.818 | Panaji also known as Panjim, is the capital of the Indian state of Goa and the headquarters of North Goa district. It lies on the banks of the Mandovi River estuary in the Ilhas de Goa sub-district (taluka). With a population of 114,759 in the metropolitan area, Panjim is Goa's largest Urban (...) | |
| 2 | Chorão (island) ![]() FeatureType : null Elevation : 27 Lat/Lng : 15.5474 / 73.8794 | Chorão, also known as Choddnnem or Chodan, is an island along the Mandovi River near Ilhas, Goa, India. It is the largest among other 17 islands of Goa. It is located away from the state capital, the city of Panaji and away from the city of Mapusa (...) | |
| 3 | Goa ![]() FeatureType : adm1st Elevation : 8 Lat/Lng : 15.4989 / 73.8278 | Goa is a state in India within the coastal region known as the Konkan, in Western India. It is bounded by Maharashtra to the north and Karnataka to the east and south, with the Arabian Sea forming its Western coast. It is India's smallest state by area and the fourth smallest by population (...) | |
| 4 | Mandovi River ![]() FeatureType : null Elevation : 1 Lat/Lng : 15.5034 / 73.8412 | The Mahadayi/Mandovi River (Mandovi, pronounced), also known as Mahadayi or Mhadei river, is described as the lifeline of the Indian state of Goa. The Mandovi and the Zuari are the two primary rivers in the state of Goa (...) | |
| 5 | Tiswadi ![]() FeatureType : null Elevation : 13 Lat/Lng : 15.4986 / 73.8293 | Tiswadi or Ilhas de Goa (Islands of Goa) is a sub-district of North Goa district in the state of Goa, India. The word Tiswadi itself means thirty settlements. It refers to the thirty settlements in which the Goud Saraswat Brahmins settled when they migrated to Goa (...) | |
| 6 | Salim Ali Bird Sanctuary ![]() FeatureType : null Elevation : 3 Lat/Lng : 15.5146 / 73.8575 | Salim Ali Bird Sanctuary is an estuarine mangrove habitat, which is declared as the bird sanctuary, and located on western tip of the Island of Chorão along the Mandovi River, Goa, in India. The sanctuary is named after Salim Ali, the eminent Indian ornithologist (...) | |
| 7 | Divar ![]() FeatureType : null Elevation : 51 Lat/Lng : 15.5254 / 73.9 | The island of Divar (pronounced) (derived from the word Dipavati or 'small Island' in Konkani) lies in the Mandovi river in the Indian state of Goa. (...) | |
| 8 | Olaulim ![]() FeatureType : null Elevation : 29 Lat/Lng : 15.5756 / 73.8633 | Olaulim is a scenic village in Bardez sub-district, North Goa, India. The village lies between the lush green hills that separate it off from Bastora and Porvorim on the West and the back waters of the Mandovi River on the East (...) | |
| 9 | Rachol Seminary ![]() FeatureType : null Elevation : 20 Lat/Lng : 15.3096 / 74.0012 | The Rachol Seminary, also known today as the Patriarchal Seminary of Rachol (known as Raiturchi Patriarkal Siminar in Konkani, the native language of Goa; Seminário de Rachol in Portuguese), is the diocesan major seminary of the Primatial Catholic Archdiocese of Goa and Daman. (...) | |
| 10 | Vanxim ![]() FeatureType : null Elevation : 7 Lat/Lng : 15.5454 / 73.9123 | Vanxim or Capão is an island of Goa situated in the Ilhas region. One can reach here by taking a ferry from Divar. The colonial name for Vanxim was Capão. One may see a lot of houses with few villagers many of whom are fisher-folk in the area. Silveiras, Furtados, Vas, Olivera are surnames of people (...) | |
| 11 | Santa Cruz, Goa ![]() FeatureType : null Elevation : 12 Lat/Lng : 15.4708 / 73.8431 | Santa Cruz or Calaphur is a village-suburb of the Goan state capital of Panjim (Panaji). (...) | |
| 12 | Ribandar ![]() FeatureType : null Elevation : 32 Lat/Lng : 15.5028 / 73.8653 | Ribandar is a town in Ilhas, Goa, located between the cities of Panjim (Nova Goa) and Old Goa (Velha Goa). (...) | |
| 13 | St Estevam ![]() FeatureType : null Elevation : 14 Lat/Lng : 15.5301 / 73.9411 | St Estevam is an Island in Ilhas, Goa, India. St Estevam is known also 'Juvem' and in the past was known as 'Shakecho Juvo' - the isle of vegetables - known for its long, seven-ridged, light green ladyfingers. Therefore the people of Juvem came to be nicknamed 'bhende' (...) | |
| 14 | St. Cruz (Goa Assembly constituency) ![]() FeatureType : null Elevation : 12 Lat/Lng : 15.4708 / 73.8431 | Santa Cruz is one of the original Goa Assembly Constituency seat, in the Tiswadi Taluka, of North Goa District, in the State of Goa. The other constituencies in Tiswadi (Tis means thirty in Konkani & Wadi means settlements in Konkani) are Panaji and Taleigao Santa Cruz (Santa is a Portuguese word (...) | |