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. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
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1. Panaji (Wikidata)
P1082 (population)Quote, P1082 (population)
population 40,017 (2011)
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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