Canacona

Canacona, also known locally as Kankon, is a town and a municipal council in the Kushavati district of , . It is one of the four talukas of Kushavati district. is the headquarters of the Canacona taluka.
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  • Type: Town with 12,400 residents
  • Description: city in Goa, India
  • Also known as: “Advota”, “Chauri”, “Chauri Town”, “Kankon”, and “Kanvapura”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Canacona railway station and Patnem Beach.

Railway station
Photo: Saurabh Shetty, CC BY 3.0.
is a small railway station in , . It serves Canacona, a sub-district in the extreme southernmost end of Goa.

Beach
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is situated 3 km west of Canacona.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Chaudi and Palolem.

Suburb
Photo: Klaus Nahr, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a town in the Kushavati district of the state of , . It is located approximately two kilometres from the city of Canacona.

Photo: Martin Frey, Public domain.
is a village in , . has one of the most beautiful beaches in all of . 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.

Village
is a village in the in the Kushavati district,, near the - border, and close to the . is situated 5 km southeast of Canacona.

Canacona

Latitude
15.00691° or 15° 0′ 25″ north
Longitude
74.05706° or 74° 3′ 25″ east
Population
12,400
Elevation
31 metres (102 feet)
Open location code
7J7P2344+QR
Open­Street­Map ID
node 3253815062
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
1268022
Wiki­data ID
Q5029212
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In Other Languages

From Asturian to Vietnamese—“Canacona” goes by many names.
  • Asturian: “Canacona”
  • Bengali: “কানাকোনা”
  • Bishnupriya: “কানাকোনা”
  • Cebuano: “Kānkon”
  • Chinese: “恰纳乔纳”
  • Czech: “Canacona”
  • Dutch: “Canacona”
  • French: “Canacona”
  • Goan Konkani: “Kannkonn”
  • Hebrew: “קנאקונה”
  • Hindi: “कंवपुरा”
  • Hindi: “काणकोण”
  • Italian: “Canacona”
  • Kannada: “ಕಾಣಕೋಣ”
  • Ladin: “Canacona”
  • Malay: “Canacona”
  • Marathi: “काणकोण”
  • Newari: “कनकोना”
  • Newari: “काणकोण”
  • Portuguese: “Canácona”
  • Spanish: “Canacona”
  • Swedish: “Kānkon”
  • Tamil: “கனகோனா”
  • Telugu: “కన్వపుర”
  • Telugu: “కేనకోన”
  • Vietnamese: “Canacona”

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Notable Places Nearby

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