Poinguinim
Poinguinim is a village in the Canacona taluka administrative region of Goa, India, near the Goa-Karnataka border, and close to the Cotigao Wildlife Sanctuary.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Village
- Description: human settlement in India
- Also known as: “Poninguinim”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Loliem railway station and Gokarna Math.
Loliem railway station
Railway station
Loliem Railway Station a railway station in Goa, under the jurisdiction of the Konkan Railway. It's the last railway station in South-West railway zone in the state of Goa in its southern end. Loliem railway station is situated 3 km south of Poinguinim.
Gokarna Math
Hindu temple
Shree Samsthana Gokarn Partagali Jeevottam Math or Partagali Math is the first Gaud Saraswat Mathas of the Dvaita order, a system established by Jagadguru Madhvacharya in the 13th century AD. Gokarna Math is situated 3½ km northeast of Poinguinim.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Canacona and Chaudi.
Canacona
Town
Photo: Srahulbose, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Canacona, historically known as Kanvapura, is a city and a municipal council in the district of South Goa, Goa state, India. The Canacona taluka includes Patnem, Chaudi, Poinguinim, Loliem-Polem, Agonda, and Gaumdongre. Chaudi is the headquarters of its taluka. Canacona is situated 5 km northwest of Poinguinim.
Chaudi
Suburb
Chaudi is a town in the South Goa district of the state of Goa, India. It is located approximately two kilometres from the city of Canacona. Chaudi is situated 6 km northwest of Poinguinim.
Palolem
Photo: Martin Frey, Public domain.
Palolem is a village in South Goa, India. Palolem has one of the most beautiful beaches in all of Goa. It is a natural bay surrounded by lofty headlands on either sides, resulting in a calm, idyllic sea with a gently sloping bed which allows you to walk up to 100 m out from the beach.
Poinguinim
- Categories: human settlement and locality
- Location: Canacona, South Goa, Goa, Western India, India, South Asia, Asia
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Latitude
14.96755° or 14° 58′ 3″ northLongitude
74.08664° or 74° 5′ 12″ eastElevation
15 metres (49 feet)Open location code
7J6PX39P+2MOpenStreetMap ID
node 10230205082OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Irish—“Poinguinim” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Poinguinim”
- Hindi: “पैंगीण”
- Irish: “Poinguinim”
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