Panaji (
Konkani/
Hindi/
Marathi: पणजी,
English: Panjim,
Portuguese: Pangim) is the capital of the
Indian state of
Goa. It lies on the banks of the
Mandovi estuary, in the district of
North Goa. With a population of 65,000 (a metropolitan population of 100,000 if suburbs are included), Panaji is Goa's third largest city after
Vasco and
Margao. The current official name is Panaji. The
Portuguese name was Pangim. The city is called Panjim in English. It has been spelt as Panaji since the 1960s, and is also called Ponnje in Konkani, the widely spoken local language.
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