Poinguinim

Poinguinim
Poinguinim
	Poinguinim Location within Goa Poinguinim Location within India
	Coordinates: 14°58′N 74°05′E / 14.967°N 74.083°E
Country	India
State	Goa
Subdivision	Canacona taluka

Poinguinim is a village in the Canacona taluka in the Kushavati district,Goa,India near the Goa-Karnataka border, and close to the Cotigao Wildlife Sanctuary. The village is home to a population of 6,625 people as of the 2011 census.

The name of the village derives from poi, a strip of low-lying land along a river or sea, or a narrow inlet that floods in high tide, and guim or guine, meaning low-lying area.

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↑ "Census of India 2011" (PDF). Census of India. Retrieved 29 October 2021.
↑ Phaldesai, Pandurang R (2001). "A Cultural History of the Canacona Taluka of Goa". Goa University: 19 – via Institutional Repository @ Goa University.

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[GR2-1] "Census of India 2011" (PDF). Census of India. Retrieved 29 October 2021.

[2] Phaldesai, Pandurang R (2001). "A Cultural History of the Canacona Taluka of Goa". Goa University: 19 – via Institutional Repository @ Goa University.

Poinguinim
Poinguinim Location within Goa Show map of Goa Poinguinim Location within India Show map of India
Coordinates: 14°58′N 74°05′E / 14.967°N 74.083°E / 14.967; 74.083
Country	India
State	Goa
Subdivision	Canacona taluka

Poinguinim

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