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Varca

Varca is a census town in in the state of . Varca has about 5,440 residents.
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Places of Interest

Highlights include Varca Beach and Goa Chitra Museum.

Beach
Photo: Dinesh Valke, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Museum
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
The Goa Chitra is an ethnographic museum based in the former Portuguese colony of . It has a large collection—over 4000 artefacts—focusing on Goa's traditional agrarian technology and lifestyle. is situated 3½ km north of Varca.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Benaulim and Navelim.

is a village with 13,000 people on the beach in . A popular seaside resort in South Goa district, it is renowned for its balmy weather, golden sands, and palm-fringed beaches. It also houses the Don Bosco Animation Centre.

Suburb
is a census town and fast growing suburb of the city of located in the Salcete sub-district of , , India. It has a large parish and has played a crucial rule in South Goa politics at some stage. is situated 3½ km northeast of Varca.

Village
is a village in the state of , . Located in the Salcette taluka of the South Goa district. It shares a border with Orlim village in the North, village in the South whilst the river Sal runs along its Eastern edge from North to South and the Arabian Sea to its West. is situated 4 km south of Varca.

Varca

Latitude
15.23142° or 15° 13′ 53″ north
Longitude
73.94327° or 73° 56′ 36″ east
Population
5,440
Elevation
15 metres (49 feet)
Open location code
7J7M6WJV+H8
Open­Street­Map ID
node 2635792805
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
1253401
Wiki­data ID
Q2558931
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In Other Languages

From Bengali to Vietnamese—“Varca” goes by many names.
  • Bengali: “ভারকা”
  • Bishnupriya: “ভারকা”
  • Cebuano: “Varca”
  • Chinese: “Varca”
  • Chinese: “瓦尔恰”
  • Chinese: “瓦爾恰”
  • Dutch: “Varca”
  • French: “Varca”
  • Goan Konkani: “Varca Praie”
  • Goan Konkani: “Varca”
  • Gujarati: “વર્કા”
  • Hindi: “वार्का”
  • Italian: “Varca”
  • Malay: “Varca”
  • Malayalam: “വാർക”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Varca”
  • Newari: “वर्च”
  • Panjabi: “ਵਾਰਕਾ”
  • Persian: “ورکا”
  • Portuguese: “Varca”
  • Russian: “Варка”
  • Swedish: “Varca”
  • Vietnamese: “Varca”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Varca”. Photo: Wikimedia, CC0.