Margao
Margao is the second largest city in the Indian state of Goa, 33 km from the state capital Panaji. It is Goa's cultural and commercial capital, and is close to the central coast.
- Type: Town with 107,000 residents
- Description: second largest city in Goa
- Also known as: “Dongorwado”, “Margón”, “Modgaum”, “मठग्राम”, “マーガオ”, and “馬果”
Places of Interest
Highlights: Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium and Madgaon Junction railway station.
Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium
Stadium
Photo: Vrlobo888, Public domain.Madgaon Junction railway station
Railway station
Goa Chitra Museum
Museum
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.Places in the Area
Nearby places include Benaulim and Colva.
Margao
- Categories: city and locality
- Location: Salcete, South Goa, Goa, Western India, India, South Asia, Asia
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
15.2729° or 15° 16′ 23″ north
Longitude
73.9583° or 73° 57′ 30″ east
Population
107,000
Elevation
22 metres (72 feet)
UN/LOCODE
IN MRG
Open location code
7J7M7XF5+58
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Waray—“Margao” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “مارجاو”
- Arabic: “مارغاو”
- Asturian: “Margao”
- Bengali: “মারগাও”
- Bishnupriya: “মারগাও”
- Bulgarian: “Мадгаон”
- Catalan: “Margao”
- Catalan: “Margão”
- Cebuano: “Madgaon”
- Central Bikol: “Margao”
- Chinese: “馬高”
- Chinese: “马尔加奥”
- Chinese: “马高”
- Czech: “Margao”
- Danish: “Margao”
- Dutch: “Margao”
- Finnish: “Margao”
- French: “Margao”
- Georgian: “მარგაო”
- German: “Margao”
- Goan Konkani: “Moddganv”
- Goan Konkani: “Modganv”
- Goan Konkani: “मडगाव”
- Goan Konkani: “मडगांव”
- Greek: “Μαργκάο”
- Gujarati: “મડગાંવ”
- Gujarati: “મારગાઓ”
- Hindi: “मडगाँव”
- Hindi: “मडगांव”
- Hungarian: “Márgáo”
- Italian: “Margao”
- Japanese: “マドガーオン”
- Japanese: “マルガオ”
- Kannada: “ಮಡಗಾಂವ”
- Kannada: “ಮಾರ್ಗಾವೋ”
- Kannada: “ಮಾರ್ಗೋವಾ”
- Korean: “마르가오”
- Ladin: “Margao”
- Magahi: “मडगाँओ”
- Malagasy: “Margao”
- Malay: “Margao”
- Malayalam: “മഡ്ഗാവ്”
- Marathi: “मडगांव”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Margao”
- Newari: “मार्गांव”
- Newari: “मुरगांव”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Margao”
- Norwegian: “Margao”
- Oriya: “Margao”
- Oriya: “ମାର୍ଗାଓ”
- Pampanga: “Margao”
- Persian: “مارگائو”
- Polish: “Margao”
- Portuguese: “Margão”
- Romanian: “Madgaon”
- Russian: “Маргао”
- Sanskrit: “मठग्रामः”
- Sanskrit: “मडगांव”
- Spanish: “Margao”
- Swedish: “Madgaon”
- Tagalog: “Margao”
- Talysh: “Margao”
- Tamil: “மட்காவ்”
- Tamil: “மார்கோ”
- Telugu: “మార్గావ్”
- Telugu: “మార్గోవా”
- Urdu: “مارگاو”
- Vietnamese: “Margao”
- Waray (Philippines): “Margao”
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