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[[File:Mapusa Market.jpg|thumb|Vegetables on sale at Mapusa Municipal Market in Goa]]<br />
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'''Mapusa Municipal Market''' (also known as '''Mapusa Market''' and '''Mapusa Friday Market''') is a traditional market in [[Mapusa]], [[North Goa]] and a major tourist attraction. It was built in 1960, the first planned market in Goa.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.inditales.com/goa-mapusa-market-heritage-walk|work=inditales.com|title=Goa’s Favorite Mapusa Market Heritage Walk|author=Anuradha Goyal|date= December 30, 2019}}</ref> The market has 5 blocks along with many stalls with 1000 shops, some of which have been sub-divided, so bringing the total to 1060+ .<ref>{{cite web|url=https://mapusamunicipal.com/?page_id=422|title=The Municipal Market|author=Mapusa Municipal Council}}</ref> It is open every day and is particularly world famous for Friday Market.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.lonelyplanet.com/india/goa/mapusa/shopping/mapusa-market/a/poi-sho/1117504/356229|work=lonelyplanet.com|title=Mapusa Market}}</ref><br />
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== The trade ==<br />
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[[Goan]] vendors come in from the surrounding villages to sell their locally grown or manufactured wares,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.india.com/travel/articles/mapusa-market-everything-you-need-to-know-about-goas-famous-market-3234297/|work=india.com|title=Mapusa Market: Everything You Need To Know About Goa’s Famous Market|author=Chethana Prakasan |date=February 19, 2020}}</ref> such as spices, fruits, jewellery, pottery, chickens, incense and carpets.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://scroll.in/magazine/858456/why-goas-famous-mapusa-market-is-a-perennial-source-of-inspiration-for-artists|work=scroll.in|title=Why Goa’s famous Mapusa market is a perennial source of inspiration for artists|author=Arti Das|date=November 22, 2017}}</ref> Many of the stalls in the bazaar are grouped by type of goods, with special areas for straw hats, Goan home-made chouriço and the like. Strings of [[Goan chouriço]], spiced and marinated pork sausages, seedless [[tamarind]], or ''amot'' are also traded.<br />
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==Gallery==<br />
<gallery class="center" caption="Mapusa Market" widths="200px" heights="150px" perrow="6"><br />
File:Crowded Mapusa Friday Market Redo.jpg|The huge crowds<br />
File:Cloth on Sale at Mapusa Friday Market Final.jpg|Cloth and other material on sale<br />
File:Goa Mapusa market.JPG|Chicken sellers<br />
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==References==<br />
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== External links ==<br />
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* {{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20150320220504/http://www.poipleshadow.com/Goa-Mapusa-Market Detailed Map of shops in Mapusa Market]}}<br />
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[[Category:Retail markets in India]]<br />
[[Category:Bazaars in India]]<br />
[[Category:Economy of Goa]]<br />
[[Category:Tourist attractions in North Goa district]]<br />
[[Category:Buildings and structures in Mapusa]]<br />
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