Goa
North Goa
Bardez

Chapora Fort

Chapora Fort, located in Bardez, , rises high above the . The site is the location of a fort built by Adil Shahi dynasty ruler Adil Shah and called Shahpoora, whose name was altered to Shapora by Malvankar on the request of the Portuguese.
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  • Type: Village with 1,000 residents
  • Description: fort in Goa, India
  • Also known as: “Chapora” and “Vagator Fort”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Vagator and Chapora Beach.

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Beach a beach in Bardez Taluka, in the state of , India. It is located across the from the town of .

Beach
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Chapora is a coastal village at estuary lying alongside a beach stretch in North Goa that is around 10 km. from , a City in Northern .

Church
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St. Michael's Church is a historic Roman Catholic church located in , state, India. It is one of the oldest churches still standing in Goa. It was built in 1613, to serve Goan Catholics in early colonial Portuguese India. is situated 3 km southeast of Chapora Fort.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Anjuna and Morjim.

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is a popular beach in , north of the beaches of and , and close to the beaches of and Chapora. The nearest town is , which is a few kilometres to the east.

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is a census town in Pernem, , India. It is situated on the northern bank of the estuary. It is home to a variety of birds and is a nesting site for Olive Ridley sea turtles.

Village
is a village in Bardez, , India located about 4 kilometres west of . It is known as the "Land of Flowers" as well as several other nicknames – "Goa’s South Extension", "Artist’s village", "The Beverly Hills of Goa", "Goa’s ". is situated 3½ km east of Chapora Fort.

Chapora Fort

Latitude
15.60312° or 15° 36′ 11″ north
Longitude
73.7419° or 73° 44′ 31″ east
Population
1,000
Elevation
12 metres (39 feet)
United Nations Location Code
IN CHR
Open location code
7J7MJP3R+6Q
Open­Street­Map ID
node 5418178954
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
1274613
Wiki­data ID
Q5073352
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In Other Languages

From Egyptian Arabic to Tamil—“Chapora Fort” goes by many names.
  • Egyptian Arabic: “قلعة شابورا”
  • Gujarati: “શાપોરા કિલ્લો”
  • Malayalam: “ചാപോര ഫോർട്ട്‌”
  • Portuguese: “Forte de Chaporá”
  • Portuguese: “Forte de Chapurá”
  • Russian: “Форт Вагатор”
  • Russian: “Форт Чапора”
  • Russian: “Чапора”
  • Spanish: “Fuerte de Chapora”
  • Spanish: “Fuerte de Chaporá”
  • Tamil: “சப்போரா கோட்டை”

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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 “Chapora Fort”. Photo: Argenberg, CC BY 4.0.