Konkan

Konkan is a coastal region of , consisting of the coastal areas of and . Some definitions include the entire western coast of India, from to .
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  • Type: Region
  • Description: region of Southwest India
  • Also known as: Concan”, “Conkan”, “Konkan coast”, “North Konkan”, and “South Konkan

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Mahad.

is a city in the district of , India. So many people have this wrong impression that it is famous for Ganesh Temple which is one of the 8 Ashtavinayak temples, but there are two cities having similar names.

Konkan

Latitude
18.0833° or 18° 5′ north
Longitude
73.4167° or 73° 25′ east
Elevation
11 metres (36 feet)
Open location code
7JCM3CM8+8M
Geo­Names ID
1266181
Wiki­data ID
Q1142402
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Western Panjabi—“Konkan” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: كوكن
  • Bavarian: Konkan
  • Belarusian: Конканскі бераг
  • Bengali: কোঙ্কণ
  • Bulgarian: Конкан
  • Catalan: Konkan
  • Central Bikol: Konkan
  • Chinese: 康坎
  • Chinese: 貢根
  • Chinese: 贡根
  • Czech: Kónkan
  • Dutch: Konkan
  • Finnish: Konkan
  • French: côte de Konkan
  • French: Côte de Konkan
  • French: Konkan
  • Galician: Konkan
  • German: Konkan
  • German: Konkanküste
  • Hebrew: קונקן
  • Hindi: कोंकण
  • Hungarian: Kónkan-part
  • Italian: Konkan
  • Japanese: コンカン
  • Japanese: コンカン地方
  • Japanese: コンカン海岸
  • Kannada: ಕೊಂಕಣ
  • Korean: 콘칸
  • Lithuanian: Konkanas
  • Malayalam: കൊങ്കൺ
  • Marathi: कोकण विभाग
  • Marathi: कोकण
  • Nepali: कोङ्कण
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: Konkan
  • Ossetian: Конкан
  • Panjabi: ਕੋਂਕਣ
  • Polish: Konkan
  • Portuguese: Concão
  • Russian: Конкан
  • Slovenian: Konkan
  • Swedish: Konkan
  • Tagalog: Konkan
  • Tamil: கொங்கண் மண்டலம்
  • Telugu: కొంకణ్
  • Urdu: کوکن
  • Venetian: Konkan
  • Western Panjabi: کونکن

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About Mapcarta. Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikivoyage page “Konkan”. Photo: Abe Bingham, CC BY 2.0.