Penha de França is a town in
Bardez
''Bardez'' ( kok, Bardes; pt, Bardes; IPA: ) is a ''taluka'' of the North Goa district in the Indian state of Goa. It was a ''concelho'' in the Portuguese State of India before 1961.
Etymology
The name is credited to the Saraswat Br ...
,
Goa
Goa () is a state on the southwestern coast of India within the Konkan region, geographically separated from the Deccan highlands by the Western Ghats. It is located between the Indian states of Maharashtra to the north and Karnataka to the ...
in India. It is north of the capital
Panjim
Panaji (; also known as Panjim) is the capital of the Indian state of Goa and the headquarters of North Goa district. Previously, it was the territorial capital of the former Portuguese India. It lies on the banks of the Mandovi river estuary ...
in
North Goa
North Goa district is one of the two districts that constitutes the state of Goa, India. The district has an area of , and is bounded by Kolhapur and Sindhudurg districts of Maharashtra state to the north and by Belgavi district of Karnataka t ...
. It takes its name from the patroness of its church,
Nossa Senhora da Penha de França which it shares with
Penha de França
Penha may refer to: Places
*Penha, Santa Catarina, a municipality in Santa Catarina, Brazil
*Penha, Rio de Janeiro, a neighborhood in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
*Penha Circular, a neighborhood in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
*Subprefecture of Penha, São Pau ...
in
Lisbon
Lisbon (; pt, Lisboa ) is the capital and largest city of Portugal, with an estimated population of 544,851 within its administrative limits in an area of 100.05 km2. Grande Lisboa, Lisbon's urban area extends beyond the city's administr ...
. It is the birthplace of writer
Vimala Devi
Vimala Devi is the pseudonym of Teresa da Piedade de Baptista Almeida (born 1932), a Goan writer, poet and translator.
Life in Goa
Vimala Devi was born in 1932 in the village of Britona in the parish of Penha de França, across the Mandovi riv ...
.
Demographics
,
Penha de França had a population of 15,375. Males constitute 53% of the population and females 47%. Penha de França had an average literacy rate of 81%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy was 83%, and female literacy was 78%. In Penha de França, 10% of the population is under six years of age.
References
Cities and towns in North Goa district
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