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{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2022}}
{{Use Indian English|date=February 2019}}
{{More citations needed|date=June 2008}}
{{Infobox settlement
| name                            = Porvorim
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| native_name_lang                = Parvati ([[Konkani]])
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| subdivision_name1               = {{flagicon image|}} [[Goa]]
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| area_total_km2                  = 8.12
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| population_total                = 59066
| population_as_of                = 30000
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| population_density_km2          = 7274
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| timezone1                       = [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]
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| area_code                       = 0832
| registration_plate              = GA-03
| website                         = {{URL|goa.gov.in}}
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| official_name                   = Porvorim
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'''Porvorim''' (pronounced {{IPA-kok|puːrʋɔrĩ|}}), is the ''[[de facto]]'' legislative and executive capital of the state of [[Goa]] as both the [[Goa Legislative Assembly]] and Secretariat are functioning from the same complex in the region of Alto Porvorim in porvorim.(Alto – Portuguese word meaning high or upper).
It is also the ''[[De facto]]'' judicial capital of Goa. The High Court of Bombay at Goa (Bombay High Court – Panaji Bench) is now functioning from here in a new building complex overlooking the Mandovi river. Earlier it was functioning from the Lyceum complex in Panaji.
Porvorim is situated on the right bank (north bank) of the [[Mandovi River]], as ''[[de jure]]'' capital of [[Goa]], [[Panaji]] is located on the opposite bank.
Porvorim is considered an upmarket residential hub as it lies on the [[Mumbai]]–[[Goa]] highway NH66. Goa's largest shopping centre – [[Mall De Goa]] – is situated here.
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==History==
Historically, Porvorim was originally centered on the village market at the crossroad between the Panaji–Mapusa highway and the Socorro–Sangolda road. It used to be the ''por-vod'' or last ''vādo'' of the village of Socorro. Ecclesiastically speaking, the parish church was Nossa Senhora do Socorro, at Zosvaddo, Socorro; Porvorim was served by the Candelaria chapel near the market, and by the Holy Family chapel (now an independent church) higher up, in Alto Porvorim.
It was the ancestral home of eminent Goans such as Fr. [[Hubert Olympus Mascarenhas]] and [[Julio Ribeiro (Indian police officer)|Julio Ribeiro]].
==Development==
Porvorim is now particularly a residential area with educational institutions around.
<!-- Image with unknown copyright status removed:[[File:Porvorim.jpg|Map of Porvorim]] -->Porvorim is situated on the banks of the river Mandovi, with an excellent view of the state capital Panaji from the Mandovi bridge. Porvorim is home to several educational institutions, including the prominent Vidya Probhodhini Education Society, with pre-primary, primary, high school and senior secondary schooling sections.
==Educational and Government Institutes==
Porvorim is home to several educational and other governmental institutes.
* Directorate of Technical Education
* [[Goa Board of Secondary and Higher Secondary Education]] (GBSHSE)
* Vidya Prabodhini Parivar's L.D. Samant High School with Vidya Prabodhini Higher Secondary School
* ACDIL High School
* Holy Family High School
* Jnyan vikas
* Kids Kingdom International School
* Thomas Stefens Konkani Kendra
* Sanjay School for the disabled
* Spring Valley High School
* Teachers training college
* Institute of hotel management
==Government and politics==
Porvorim is part of [[Porvorim (Goa Assembly constituency)]] and [[North Goa (Lok Sabha constituency)]].
== Landmarks ==
Porvorim is home to many old as well as new beautiful landmarks. Porovorim houses the Goa's biggest mall situated on the national highway.
==Hospitals and health centers==
*Mandovi Clinic
*RG Urology and Laparoscopy Hospital
*Manoshri Children's Hospital-Dr Kini's Clinic
*Chodankar Hospital
*Jesus Mary Joseph Hospital
==References==
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==External links==
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* [https://web.archive.org/web/20081220000738/http://goagovt.nic.in/ Goa Govt website]
* [http://www.goatourism.org Goa tourism website]
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[[Category:Cities and towns in North Goa district]]