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Panaji ( Konkani / Marathi: पणजी, Panaji, formerly Portuguese too Nova Goa, " New Goa " ) is the capital of the state of Goa in western India.
Panaji is now the official name of the city. During the Portuguese rule it was known as Nova Goa, later also English New Goa; were also used in the names Pangim ( Portuguese) and Panjim (English).
Panaji was originally a small suburb of Velha Goa. After several epidemics in the first half of the 18th century in this until then capital of the Portuguese colony of Portuguese India wins Panaji importance: in 1759 it became the seat of the Viceroy, in 1843 it then became the capital of the colony and given the name Nova Goa. After the occupation of the colony by the Indian army in 1961 Panaji is the capital of the Union Territory Goa, Daman and Diu, and 1987, when Goa is proclaimed to the Indian state, then its capital.
Panaji is also the largest city of Goa. The area is about 36 square kilometers, the population was 1 January 2005 62 398 ( with suburbs 100,000 ); However, due to numerous government institutions, it is much higher on the working days.
Panaji is located on the left bank of the Mandovi River and is about 54 kilometers from Vasco da Gama International Airport (IATA: GOI) away.
Numerous buildings found mainly in the city center in the Portuguese colonial style. But including the Church of Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception from 1619. The city also houses the Hindu Mahalaxmi Temple and Jama Masjid Mosque.
There is a statutory scheme under which the regular strongly drawn by the monsoon affected plaster must be repaired annually to the buildings in the city center. Other architectural monuments in Old Goa. However, Panaji is also a modern city with a growing economic importance.