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{{Infobox settlement
| name                   = Panaji
| native_name            = Panjim
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| settlement_type        = Caipital
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| pushpin_map_caption    = Location o Panjim in Goa
| coordinates            = {{coord|15|29|56|N|73|49|40|E|display=inline}}
| subdivision_type       = Kintra
| subdivision_name       = Indie
| subdivision_type1      = [[States an territories o Indie|State]]
| subdivision_name1      = [[Goa]]
| subdivision_type2      = [[Leet o destricts o Indie|Destrict]]
| subdivision_name2      = [[North Goa]]
| subdivision_type3      = Sub-destrict
| subdivision_name3      = [[Ilhas]]
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| leader_title           = Mayor
| leader_name            = Surendra Furtado
| leader_title1          = Deputy mayor
| leader_name1           = Bento Lorena
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| area_total_km2         = 36
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| elevation_m            = 7
| population_total       = 114,405
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| postal_code            = 403 00x
| area_code_type         = Telephone code
| area_code              = 0832
| registration_plate     = GA-07
| website                = {{URL|http://www.ccpgoa.com/}}
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'''Panaji''' {{IPAc-en|'|p|V|n|@|dZ|ee}} ([[Konkani]]: पणजी ''Panaje'', pronoonced {{IPA-kok|pɔɳɟĩ|}}, {{IPA-kok|pɵɳɟiː||Panaji.ogg}}, {{Lang-pt|Pangim}}, uisually kent in Inglis as '''Panjim''') is the caipital o the [[Indie]] state of [[Goa]] an the heidquairters o [[North Goa]] destrict. It lees on the banks o the [[Mandovi River]] [[estuar]] in [[Tiswadi]] taluka. Wi a population o 114,405 in the metropolitan aurie, Panaji is Goa's seicont lairgest ceety, aheid o [[Margao]] an [[Vasco da Gama, Goa|Vasco da Gama]].

Panaji means “land that niver floods”. It haes terracit hills, concrete biggins wi balconies an reid-tiled roofs, kirks, an a riverside promenade. Thare are avenues lined wi [[gulmohar]], [[acacia]] an ither trees. The Baroque [[Oor Lady o the Immaculate Conception Kirk, Goa|Oor Lady o the Immaculate Conception Kirk]] is locatit owerleukin the main square kent as Praça da Igreja. Pretty villas, cobbled streets an interestin biggins gie Panaji a Portuguese ambience.

==Etymologie==
The wird ''Panaji'' is derivit frae the wirds ''panjani'' an ''khali'', which mean ''a boat'' an ''a smaw creek'' respectively, in [[Sanskrit]]. Sicweys the modren wird Panaji is a corrupt form o the auld wird ''Panjakhali'' as inscribit on the copper-plates foond, belangin tae the rule o Kadamba keeng ''Tribhuvanamalla''.<ref>Title: Gazetteer of the Union Territory Goa, Daman and Diu: district gazetteer, Volume 1; Publisher: Gazetteer Dept., Govt. of the Union Territory of Goa, Daman and Diu, 1979 (Original from the University of Michigan, Digitised: 30 Aug 2008)</ref>

The offeecial name is ''Panaji''. The [[Portuguese leid|Portuguese]] name wis ''Pangim''. The ceety is cried ''Panjim'' in Inglis. It haes been spelt ''Panaji'' syne the 1960s. The ceety is cried ''ponnjé'' in Konkani.

Earlier a smaw veelage on the river front, in 1843 the ceety haed been renamit ''Nova Goa'' (Portuguese for ''New Goa'') when it offeecially replacit the ceety o Goa (nou [[Auld Goa]]) as the admeenistrative seat o [[Portuguese Indie]], tho the Viceroy haed already moved thare in 1759.

==Geografie==
[[File:Se cathedral goa.jpg|thumb|[[Se Cathedral]] in [[Auld Goa]]]]
Panaji is locatit at {{Coord|15|29|56|N|73|49|40|E|}}.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.fallingrain.com/world/IN/33/Panaji.html |title=Falling Rain Genomics, Inc - Panaji |publisher=Fallingrain.com |date= |accessdate=2012-05-09}}</ref> It haes a average elevation o 7 metres (23 feet). Panaji haes various ''vāde'' or sub-diveesions, some o which are São Tomé, Fontainhas, Mala, Portais, Altinho, Cortin, Praça da Igreja, Tar (near the ferry wharf), Bāzār, Japão (near Don Bosco), an Boca de Vaca. Some auries ootlyin it are Cāmpāl, Santa Inez, Chinchollem, Batulem, an Pātto. Besides lyin on the banks o the [[Mandovi River]], Panaji is boondit bi twa creeks, locally cried ''pői'' in the singular, namely Ourém an Santa Inêz.

==History==
Panaji wis annexed bi Indie wi the rest o Goa an the umwhile Portuguese territories in the invasion of 1961. Panaji became a state-caipital on Goa's elevation tae stateheid in 1987. Atween 1961 an 1987, it wis the caipital o the Union Territory o Goa, Daman an Diu. A new Legislative Assembly complex wis inauguratit in Mairch 2000, athort the Mandovi River, in Alto Porvorim. Panaji is the admeenistrative heidquairters o [[North Goa]] destrict an aw.

==Demographics==
As o the [[2011 census o Indie]],<ref name="Census 2011">{{cite web|title=Provisional Population Totals Paper 2, Volume 2 of 2011: Goa State Tables|url=http://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011-prov-results/paper2-vol2/data_files/goa/Tables.pdf|work=censusindia.gov.in|publisher=[[Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India]]|accessdate=9 July 2013|format=PDF}}</ref> Panjim haed a population o 114,405. Males constitutit 52% o the population an females 48%. It haed a average leeteracy rate o 90.9%; male leeteracy wis 94.6%, an female leeteracy 86.9%. In Panjim, 9.6% o the population wis unner 7 years o age.

==Climate==
Panaji featurs a [[tropical monsoon climate]] ([[Köppen climate clessification]] ''Am''). The climate in Panaji is het in simmer an equable in winter. Durin simmers (frae Mairch tae Mey) the temperatur reaches up tae 32&nbsp;°C an in winters (frae Dizember tae Februar) it is uisually atween 31&nbsp;°C an 23&nbsp;°C.

The [[monsoon]] period is frae Juin tae September wi hivy rainfaw an gusty winds. The annual average rainfaw is {{convert|2932|mm|2|abbr=on}}.

{{Weather box
|location = Panaji
|metric first = Yes
|single line = Yes
|Jan record high C = 42.0
|Feb record high C = 39.0
|Mar record high C = 38.8
|Apr record high C = 43.0
|May record high C = 43.0
|Jun record high C = 39.0
|Jul record high C = 39.0
|Aug record high C = 45.0
|Sep record high C = 39.0
|Oct record high C = 43.0
|Nov record high C = 43.0
|Dec record high C = 38.0
|Jan high C = 31.6
|Feb high C = 32.0
|Mar high C = 32.0
|Apr high C = 33.0
|May high C = 34.0
|Jun high C = 30.3
|Jul high C = 29.0
|Aug high C = 28.8
|Sep high C = 29.5
|Oct high C = 31.6
|Nov high C = 32.8
|Dec high C = 33.0
|Year high C = 31.3
|Jan mean C = 26.0
|Feb mean C = 26.3
|Mar mean C = 27.7
|Apr mean C = 29.3
|May mean C = 30.0
|Jun mean C = 27.6
|Jul mean C = 26.7
|Aug mean C = 26.4
|Sep mean C = 26.9
|Oct mean C = 27.9
|Nov mean C = 27.6
|Dec mean C = 26.9
|Jan low C = 19.6
|Feb low C = 21.0
|Mar low C = 23.2
|Apr low C = 25.6
|May low C = 26.3
|Jun low C = 24.7
|Jul low C = 24.0
|Aug low C = 24.0
|Sep low C = 23.8
|Oct low C = 23.8
|Nov low C = 23.0
|Dec low C = 20.6
|Year low C = 23.2
|Jan record low C = 10.0
|Feb record low C = 9.0
|Mar record low C = 13.0
|Apr record low C = 18.0
|May record low C = 18.0
|Jun record low C = 11.0
|Jul record low C = 8.0
|Aug record low C = 15.0
|Sep record low C = 16.0
|Oct record low C = 16.0
|Nov record low C = 8.0
|Dec record low C = 13.0
|Jan precipitation mm = 0.2
|Feb precipitation mm = 0.1
|Mar precipitation mm = 1.2
|Apr precipitation mm = 11.8
|May precipitation mm = 112.7
|Jun precipitation mm = 868.2
|Jul precipitation mm = 994.8
|Aug precipitation mm = 518.7
|Sep precipitation mm = 251.9
|Oct precipitation mm = 124.8
|Nov precipitation mm = 30.9
|Dec precipitation mm = 16.7
|Year precipitation mm = 2932.0
|Jan rain days = 0.0
|Feb rain days = 0.1
|Mar rain days = 0.1
|Apr rain days = 0.6
|May rain days = 3.8
|Jun rain days = 24.0
|Jul rain days = 28.2
|Aug rain days = 27.2
|Sep rain days = 14.9
|Oct rain days = 6.6
|Nov rain days = 3.5
|Dec rain days = 0.3
|Jan sun = 311.8
|Feb sun = 290.2
|Mar sun = 291.0
|Apr sun = 289.0
|May sun = 296.5
|Jun sun = 125.1
|Jul sun = 105.7
|Aug sun = 122.1
|Sep sun = 177.1
|Oct sun = 247.7
|Nov sun = 272.6
|Dec sun = 299.3
|Jan humidity = 67
|Feb humidity = 69
|Mar humidity = 71
|Apr humidity = 71
|May humidity = 71
|Jun humidity = 85
|Jul humidity = 88
|Aug humidity = 89
|Sep humidity = 86
|Oct humidity = 80
|Nov humidity = 70
|Dec humidity = 64
|source 1 = wunderground.com<ref name=weatherbox>{{cite web
| url = http://www.wunderground.com/NORMS/DisplayIntlNORMS.asp?CityCode=42182&Units=both | title =Historical Weather for Delhi, India | accessdate =November 27, 2008
| publisher =Weather Underground }}</ref>
|source 2 = NOAA (1971-1990) <ref name= NOAA>{{cite web
  |url = ftp://dossier.ogp.noaa.gov/GCOS/WMO-Normals/RA-II/IN/43192.TXT
  |title = Goa (Panjim) Climate Normals 1971-1990
  |publisher = [[National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration]]
  |accessdate = December 24, 2012}}</ref>
|date=November 2010}}

==Landmarks==
[[File:our lady panjim.jpg|thumb|Oor Lady o the Immaculate Conception Kirk]]
The hert o the ceety is the Praça da Igreja (Kirk Square) or Municipal Garden wi the Portuguese [[Baroque]] ''[[Oor Lady o the Immaculate Conception Kirk, Goa|Oor Lady o the Immaculate Conception Kirk]]'', oreeginally biggit in 1541. Ither tourist attractions include the auld and rebuilt Adilshahi Palace (or ''Idalçao'' Palace), datin frae the saxteent century, the Menezes Braganza Institute, the ''Mahalaxmi'' Temple, the ''Jama Masjid'' mosque, the Chapel o St. Sebastian an the [[Fontainhas (quairter)|Fontainhas]] aurie—which is considered tae be the auld Laitin Quairter—as well as the nearbi beach o Miramar. Hanuman Mandir at Malā on the hill tap (Altinho) an its annual zatrā in Februar are a major attraction o Panaji. Panaji hostit the relics o Saunt [[John Bosco]] (kent as Don Bosco an aw) till 21 August 2011 at the Don Bosco Oratory.

The [[Carnival]] celebrations in Februar include a colourful parade on the streets. This is follaeed bi the [[Shigmo]]/xigmo, or [[Holi]]. The Narkāsūr parade on the nicht afore Diwali in the ceety is vera colourful.

Well-kent places in Panaji are the [[18th June Road]] (a busy thoroufare in the hert o the toun an a shoppin aurie for tourists an locals), [[Mala]] aurie, [[Miramar, Panaji|Miramar]] beach an the [[Kala Academy]] (a cultural centre kent for its structur biggit bi airchitect [[Charles Correa]]). Kala Academy is a place whaur [[Goa]] showcases its airt an cultur.

==Ither attractions==
[[File:India Goa Chapora River Colony of Birds.jpg|thumb|Inside the [[Salim Ali Bird Sanctuary]]]]

[[File:Dona Paula, Panjim.jpg|thumb|[[Dona Paula]]]]
[[Salim Ali Bird Sanctuary]] is a bird [[sanctuar]] namit efter the ornithologist Dr Salim Ali. The sanctuar, locatit in the veelage o Chorão, near Panaji, plays host tae rare an endangered bird species—baith migratory an resident.

[[Goa]] is famous for its beaches, an Miramar, Bambolim, an Dona Paula are three popular beaches locatit near Panaji.

Dona Paula is the meetin pynt for twa o Goa’s famous rivers, Zuari and Mandovi. Thir twa rivers meet at the Arabian Sea. The offeecial residence o the Govrenor o Goa, kent as Cabo Raj Bhavan, is situated on the westernmost tip of Dona Paula.

Miramar Beach is ane o the mair croudit beaches in Goa, which remains full wi local an internaitional tourists throuoot the year.

An aw locatit near Panaji, is the [[Goa Science Centre]] which wis opened tae the public in Dizember 2001.

==Eddication==
[[File:GMC building.jpg|thumb|The renovatit biggin o [[Goa Medical College]]]]
Some educational institutes in Panaji are:
*[http://www.vmslaw.edu/ V. M. Salgaocar College of Law, Miramar]
*The Progress High School
*[[Goa Medical College]], Bambolim<ref>http://www.gmcmec.gov.in/</ref>
*Santa Cruz High School, Santa Cruz
*[[Don Bosco High School]]
*Goa Institute of Management
*Dempo College of Commerce and Economics, Altinho
*Dhempe College of Airts and Sciences, Miramar
*Sharada Mandir, Miramar
*Mary Immaculate Girls High School, São Tomé/Fontainhas
*Fowks High School, Mala
*[[Mushtifund]] Saunstha
*Goa College of Pharmacy
*Goa Polytechnic Panaji
*Goa College of Fine Airts
*Dr. Hedgewar High School
*The Rosary High School, Miramar
*Our lady of Rosary (Green Rosary), Dona Paula<ref>http://olorosaryhss.com/index.html</ref>
*Taleigao Chess Academy

Besides this, the anlery univarsity in [[Goa]], the [[Goa Varsity]], is situatit at [[Taleigao]] on the ootskirts o Panaji.<ref>http://www.unigoa.ac.in/</ref>

===Research centres===
The [[National Institute of Oceanography, India|National Institute of Oceanography]] (NIO) is situatit at [[Dona Paula]], on the ootskirts o Panaji ceety. It daes research in fields relatit tae marine sciences.

==Transport==
[[File:Panaji Circle.JPG|thumb|Panaji Circle unner the Mandovi brig links Panaji ceety tae the road goin tae Ponda, Ribandar an Marcela]]
The nearest airport is [[Dabolim Airport]] which is {{convert|30|km|0|abbr=off}} awa.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.aai.aero/allAirports/goa_generalinfo.jsp |title=Airports Authority of India |publisher=Aai.aero |date=2011-09-21 |accessdate=2012-05-09 }} {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120421123224/http://www.aai.aero/allAirports/goa_generalinfo.jsp |date=2012-04-21 }}</ref>

==Govrenment offices==
The Goan govrenment, as well as the [[Govrenment o Indie|Indie govrenment]], haes its major offices in Goa.
*Passport Office, Panaji
*Junta Hoose - hooses govrenment offices
*[[Industrial Development Corporation Goa]]
*[[Goa Education Development Corporation]]
*[[Sports Authority o Goa]]
*[[Bombay Heich Court]] - Goa bench
*Press Information Bureau (Govrenment o Indie's Press Office)
*[[All India Radio]], Altinho
*[[Doordarshan]] Complex, Altinho

The [[Goa Legislative Assembly]] is situatit at Alto [[Porvorim]], aboot {{convert|2|km|abbr=on}} frae Panaji. The hillock cried [[Altinho]] hooses some major central govrenment offices an the residences o prominent offeecials an politeecians.

==Politics==
The Member o Legislative Assembly (MLA) for Panaji is [[Manohar Parrikar]] o the [[Bharatiya Janata Pairty]], who is the incumbent Chief Meenister o the state an aw.<ref>http://www.goavidhansabha.gov.in/member.php?dflag=CM</ref>

The C.C.P. ([[Corporation of the City of Panaji]])<ref>http://www.ccpgoa.com/</ref> admeenisters the ceety an its mayor is Surendra Furtado.<ref>http://www.navhindtimes.in/goa-news/surendra-furtado-elected-ccp-mayor</ref> The Govrenor o Goa stays at the [[Raj Bhavan (Goa)|Cabo Raj Bhavan]] at Dona Paula, aboot {{convert|8|km|0|abbr=on}} frae Panaji.<ref>http://www.rajbhavangoa.org/rajbhavan_past_present.htm</ref> The incumbent Govrenor is Bharat Vir Wanchoo.<ref>http://www.rajbhavangoa.org/governor_about.htm</ref>

==Internaitional relations==
{{See an aw|Leet o twin touns an sister ceeties in Indie}}

===Twin touns – Sister ceeties===
Panaji is [[Twin touns an sister ceeties|twinned]] wi:
*{{flagicon|POR}} [[Lisbon]], Portugal<ref name="Lisbon twinnings 2">{{cite web|url=http://www.cm-lisboa.pt/municipio/relacoes-internacionais|title=Acordos de Geminação, de Cooperação e/ou Amizade da Cidade de Lisboa|accessdate=2013-08-23|work=Camara Municipal de Lisboa|language=Portuguese|trans_title=Lisbon - Twinning Agreements, Cooperation and Friendship}}</ref>

==Gallery==
<gallery>
image:AbaDeFaria.JPG|Statue of [[Abbé Faria]]
File:INOX_Multiplex_Theatre.jpg|The Inox Multiplex Theatre near the Panaji mercat
File:Miramar_Beach.jpg|Miramar Beach
File:Panaji Market.JPG|Panaji Market Buildings
File:Goa Villa Paradiso.JPG|Villa Paradiso
File:Goa Mandovi Bridge view from Ribandar.JPG|Mandovi Brig frae the tap of Ribandar
File:Scenes of Panjim (Panaji), capital of Goa, India 01.JPG|Hotel Mandovi aurie
File:Scenes of Panjim (Panaji), capital of Goa, India 02.JPG|Hotel Mandovi aurie
File:Scenes of Panjim (Panaji), capital of Goa, India 03.JPG|Hotel Mandovi aurie
File:Scenes of Panjim (Panaji), capital of Goa, India 04.JPG|General Post Office aurie
File:Scenes of Panjim (Panaji), capital of Goa, India 05.jpg|Panjim bi nicht
File:Scenes of Panjim (Panaji), capital of Goa, India 06.jpg|Immaculate Conception Kirk at Panjim
File:Scenes of Panjim (Panaji), capital of Goa, India 07.jpg|Miramar circle
File:Scenes of Panjim (Panaji), capital of Goa, India 08.jpg|Brig tae Panjim
File:Scenes of Panjim (Panaji), capital of Goa, India 09.JPG|Govrenment-run handicrafts complex (Apparent)
</gallery>

==References==
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==Freemit airtins==
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*{{Wikivoyage-inline}}
*[http://goagovt.nic.in/ Govrenment o Goa] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081205061436/http://goagovt.nic.in/ |date=2008-12-05 }}
*[http://www.heritagegoa.com/blog/the-majestic-panjim-church/ Panjim Church]

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