Ribandar

Ribandar is an unincorporated town in Goa, India, in the district (conselho) of Ilhas or Tiswaddi, lying in between the cities of Pangim (or Nova Goa) and Old Goa.

It is separated from Pangim by the Rio de Ourem, River of Gold, whose junction with the Mandovi here forms a large, wide marshy estuary.

This estuary in traversed by an old causeway built in 1633 under the auspices of one of the Viceroys of Portuguese India, the Count of Linhares, after whom it is called the Ponte de Linhares. This causeway is the sole direct land access Ribandar has with Pangim.

The name Ribandar originates from "Rayachem Bandar" meaning the wharves, docks or portage of the Rayas or Kings.

It is unclear which kings are meant. Goa was ruled by a break-away branch of the Kadamba dynasty belonging to native Kannadiga language speakers of Karnataka. It was conquered by Sultan Allauddin Khilji's General Mahmud Ghawan for the Delhi Sultanate, became part of the breakaway Bahamani Sultanate, conquered by Vijayanagar, Yusuf Adil Shah I of the Sultanate of Bijapur before being conquered by Affonso de Albuquerque in 1510.

Presently, Ribandar, although far separated geographically from Pangim by the Rio de Ourem, has been made a part of the City Corporation of Pangim.