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{{Infobox settlement
| name = Molem
| native_name = मोले
| native_name_lang = मोले ([[Konkani]])
| other_name = मोले
| nickname =
| settlement_type = town
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| pushpin_map = India Goa#India
| pushpin_label_position = right
| pushpin_map_alt =
| pushpin_map_caption = Location in Goa, India
| coordinates = {{coord|15.379047|N|74.226294|E|display=inline,title}}
| subdivision_type = Country
| subdivision_name = {{flag|India}}
| subdivision_type1 = [[States and territories of India|State]]
| subdivision_name1 = [[Goa]]
| subdivision_type2 = [[List of districts of India|District]]
| subdivision_name2 = [[South Goa district|South Goa]]
| established_title = 
| established_date =
| founder =
| named_for =
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| governing_body =
| unit_pref = Metric
| area_footnotes =
| area_rank =
| area_total_km2 =
| elevation_footnotes =
| elevation_m = 16
| population_total =
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| population_density_km2 = auto
| population_demonym =
| population_footnotes =
| demographics_type1 = Languages
| demographics1_title1 = Official
| demographics1_info1 = [[Konkani language|Konkani]]
| timezone1 = [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]
| utc_offset1 = +5:30
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| registration_plate = GA 12
| website = {{URL|goa.gov.in}}
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{{Otheruses|Mollem}}
'''Mollem''' (pronounced '''mole'''; the alphabet '''m''' is silent) or '''मोले''' is a small village in [[Goa]], [[South India]] on National Highway 4 near the border with [[Karnataka]] in the foothills of the [[Sahyadri]] Mountain range at the beginning of [[Anmod]] Ghat. It comes under the [[Dharbandora]] block.<ref>[http://iay.nic.in/netiay/benf_lvl2.aspx?page=p&panchayat_code=1002002042&panchayat_name=MOLEM&state_code=10&state_name=GOA&district_name=SOUTH%20GOA&block_name=SANGUEM,&fin_year=2010-2011&shortname=GO Rural Housing Report for Financial year 2010-2011]</ref> It is the primary entry point for [[Bhagwan Mahaveer Sanctuary and Mollem National Park]].

==Geology==
Some of the world's oldest rocks are found in this region and are classified as [[Gneiss|Trondjemeitic Gneiss]] with [[Rubidium]] [[isotope dating]] estimating them to be at least 3,600 million years old.

== References ==
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[[Category:Villages in South Goa district]]

{{Goa-geo-stub}}

Molem - Revision history

Roamingindian: improved references per sources and fixed typos

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