Quepem

Quepem (Kepem) is a town with a municipal council in South Goa district in the Indian state of Goa. The town is the administrative headquarters of the Quepem taluka (sub-district).

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Settlement.name: Quepem
Settlement.settlement_type: Town
Settlement.pushpin_map: India Goa#India3
Settlement.pushpin_map_caption: Location in Goa, India
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_type1: State
Settlement.subdivision_name1: Goa
Settlement.subdivision_type2: District
Settlement.subdivision_name2: South Goa
Settlement.subdivision_type3: Taluka
Settlement.subdivision_name3: Quepem taluka
Settlement.established_date: AD 1787
Settlement.founder: Deão Jose Paulo de Almeida
Settlement.unit_pref: Metric
Settlement.elevation_m: 21
Settlement.population_total: 14 795
Settlement.population_as_of: 2011
Settlement.population_density_km2: auto

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Elevation: 21
Image: IN-Goa-Quepem-pal-01.jpg
Dialing code: 834

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postal code: 403705
Commons category: Quepem
inception: 1787-00-00

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Quepem (Kepem) is a town with a municipal council in South Goa district in the Indian state of Goa. The town is the administrative headquarters of the Quepem taluka (sub-district).

== History == The town was established by a Portuguese nobleman Deão Jose Paulo de Almeida, the dean (Deão) of the church in AD 1787 after he moved there just five years after the conquest of Quepem sub-district by the Portuguese. He built his famous Palácio do Deão, followed by a public market, hospital, a church and other facilities for the benefit of the inhabitants through his own expense. He was later awarded the unofficial title of Barão de Quepem by then viceroy D. Manuel Francisco Zacarias de Portugal e Castro.