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|official_name = Goa Velha<br />
|image_skyline = Saint_Andrew's_Church_and_School,_Goa_Velha.jpg<br />
|imagesize = 250px<br />
|image_alt = <br />
|image_caption = Saint Andrew's Church and School<br />
|settlement_type = Town<br />
|pushpin_map = India Goa#India3<br />
|mapsize = 150px<br />
|subdivision_type = [[List of countries|Country]]<br />
|subdivision_name = {{flag|India}}<br />
|subdivision_type1 = [[States of India|State]]<br />
|subdivision_name1 = {{flagicon image|Goa government banner.png}} [[Goa]]<br />
|subdivision_type2 = [[Districts of Goa|District]]<br />
|subdivision_name2 = [[North Goa District|North Goa]]<br />
|subdivision_type3 = [[Talukas of Goa|Sub District]]<br />
|subdivision_name3 = [[Ilhas]]<br />
|founder = Afonso Albuquerque<br />
|named_for = "Goa - The Old" in Portuguese<br />
|leader_title = <br />
|leader_name = seat vacant<br />
|established_title = <br />
|established_date = 1510<br />
|area_total_km2 = 6.20<br />
|area_footnotes = <br />
|population_as_of = 2011<br />
|population_total = 4,322<br />
|population_density_km2 = auto<br />
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| demographics_type1 = Languages<br />
| demographics1_title1 = Official<br />
| demographics1_info1 = [[Konkani language|Konkani]]<br />
| demographics1_title2 = Also Spoken (understood)<br />
| demographics1_info2 = [[English language|English]]<br />
| demographics1_title3 = Historical<br />
| demographics1_info3 = [[Portuguese language|Portuguese]]<br />
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| demographics_type2 = Religions<br />
| demographics2_title1 = Dominant<br />
| demographics2_info1 = [[Christianity]]<br />
| demographics2_title2 = Minor<br />
| demographics2_info2 = [[Hinduism]]<br />
| demographics2_title3 = Historical<br />
| demographics2_info3 = [[Roman Catholicism]]<br />
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|timezone = [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]<br />
|utc_offset = +5:30<br />
|coordinates = {{coord|15.444|N|73.881|E|region:IN|display=inline,title}}<br />
|elevation_m = 6<br />
|postal_code_type = Postcode<br />
|postal_code = 403108<br />
|area_code_type = Telephone Code<br />
|area_code = 0832<br />
|government_type = <br />
|website = <br />
|footnotes = <br />
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'''Goa Velha''' is a [[census town|small town]] in [[Tiswadi|''Ilhas de Goa'']] subdistrict, [[Goa]] state, [[India]]. It should not be confused with the [[World Heritage Site]] of the historical city of [[Old Goa]] ({{lang-pt|Velha Goa}}). St Andrew's is its parish church. It is well known for its yearly 'Procession of the Saints' ([[Konkani language|Konkani]]: ''Santanchem Pursanv'')<br />
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==History==<br />
The town of Goa Velha was a southern suburb of the [[City of Goa]], which was the original capital of [[Portuguese India]]. The Plagues of Goa in the 16th and 18th century gradually brought about the decline in the city's population. Goa Velha was one of the few areas on the [[Island of Goa]] where populations of people began to cluster around.<br />
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==Geography==<br />
Goa Velha is located adjacent to [[Pilar, Goa|Pilar]] in [[Ilhas]], [[North Goa]]. By road it is approximately 2.5&nbsp;kilometres north-west of [[Agaçaim]], 12&nbsp;kilometres south-east of the capital [[Panjim]], 17&nbsp;kilometres north-east of [[Vasco da Gama, Goa|Vasco da Gama]], and 22&nbsp;kilometres north of the [[South Goa]] district headquarters [[Margão]].<br />
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==Demographics==<br />
===Population===<br />
{{As of|2001|alt=As of the 2011 India census}}, Goa Velha had a population of 4,322 . Males constitute 53% of the population and females 47%.{{citation needed|date=May 2019}}<br />
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===Literacy===<br />
Goa Velha has an average literacy rate of 89.17%, higher than the state average of 88.70%: male literacy is 82%, and female literacy is 71%. In Goa Velha, 9% of the population is under 6 years of age.<br />
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===Religion===<br />
68.12% of the population is Christian, 27.97% is Hindu and 3.77% is Muslim.{{citation needed|date=May 2019}}<br />
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Goa Velha Census Town has total administration over 1,055 houses to which it supplies basic amenities like water and sewerage. It is also authorized to build roads within Census Town limits and impose taxes on properties coming under its jurisdiction.<br />
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==References==<br />
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[[Category:Cities and towns in North Goa district]]<br />
[[Category:Colonial Goa]]</div>UpdateBot