Benaulim

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Landform.type: Beach
Settlement.name: Benaulim
Settlement.image_skyline: 20191211 Benaulim 4885.jpg
Settlement.caption: Benaulim beach in 2019
Settlement.etymology: Village of the arrow
Settlement.settlement_type: Village
Settlement.pushpin_map: India Goa#India3
Settlement.pushpin_map_caption: Location in Goa, India
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_name: India
Settlement.subdivision_type1: State
Settlement.subdivision_name1: Goa
Settlement.subdivision_type2: District
Settlement.subdivision_name2: South Goa
Settlement.subdivision_type3: Sub-district
Settlement.subdivision_name3: Salcete
Settlement.unit_pref: Metric
Settlement.elevation_m: 1

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Benaulim (Bannalem) is a village in the state of Goa, India. Located in Salcete taluka of South Goa district, it neighbours Colva village to the north, Margao in the northeast, and Varca village to the south. During Portuguese rule, it was one of the nine communidades in Salcete. Benaulim is the birthplace of St. Joseph Vaz, who was a priest and missionary in Ceylon. Benaulim is home to several traditional carpenters, and has long been known as Goa's 'village of carpenters'.

There are two churches in Benaulim. The Holy Trinity Church in Mazilvaddo is a modern church built over the centuries-old chapel of the Loiola Pereira family. The St John the Baptist Church in the Povacao area, closer to Colva, is where St. Joseph Vaz was baptised. In 2016, Benaulim hosted the 8th BRICS Summit.

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