Quepem ([kɛpɛ̃]) is a town with a municipal council in South Goa district in the Indian state of Goa.The town is the administrative capital for the Quepem taluka. The town was established by a Portuguese noble man Deão Jose Paulo, the dean (Deão) of the church in 1787 after he moved there just 5 years after the conquest of Qupem taluka by the Portuguese.