Panaji is the capital of the Indian state of Goa and the headquarters of North Goa district, situated on the southern bank of the Mandovi river estuary in the Tiswadi sub-district. Formerly known as Nova Goa, it was the territorial capital of Portuguese India before becoming Goa's state capital in 1843. The city proper had a population of 40,017 at the 2011 census, with its metropolitan area home to 114,759 people, and is described as Goa's largest urban agglomeration.
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Founding Year Sources
1. Panaji (Wikidata)
P1082 (population)Quote, P1082 (population)
population 40,017 (2011)
2. IANA Time Zone Database: IANA Time Zone Database, asia zone file
IANA Time Zone DatabaseZone Asia/Kolkata; IN has this one zone in zone1970.tabQuote, Zone Asia/Kolkata; IN has this one zone in zone1970.tab
Zone Asia/Kolkata 5:53:28 - LMT 1854 Jun 28 # Kolkata ... 5:30 1:00 %z 1945 Oct 15 5:30 - IST
Panaji (Wikipedia)
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Panaji (formerly Nova Goa; ; Goan Konkani: Ponnjem, IPA: [pɵɳd͡ʑɛ̃] ; Portuguese: Pangim), also known as Panjim, is the capital of the Indian state of Goa and the headquarters of the North Goa district.
- In Group: Cities of Southern Asia (World), Wikipedia lead / Wikidata P17, confirms city and country
On Continent: Asia, Lead paragraph names India; continent follows from the atlas record for India
district. It was previously the territorial capital of the former Portuguese India
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