Sardinia
Oristano
Ales

Ales

Ales is a small town in the on the island of in the Mediterranean Sea. It lies on the eastern slopes of Mount Arci. This area is the only Sardinian source of obsidian.
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  • Type: Village with 1,630 residents
  • Description: comune in Sardinia, Italy
  • Also known as: “Abas”, “Abas/Ales”, “Ales, Sardinia”, and “Uselli”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Ales Cathedral.

Church
Photo: GeoSearch Italia, CC BY 2.0.
is the parish church of Ales, a small town in the , , , and the cathedral of the diocese of Ales-Terralba. The dedication is to Saint Peter and Saint Paul.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Curcuris and Pau.

Village
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is a comune in the in the region , located about 60 kilometres northwest of and about 25 kilometres southeast of . is situated 3 km southeast of Ales.

Village
is a commune in the in the region of , , located about 70 kilometres northwest of and about 20 kilometres southeast of . is situated 3 km northwest of Ales.

Village
, Bàini in Sardinian language, is a comune in the in the region , located about 70 kilometres northwest of and about 25 kilometres southeast of . is situated 3 km north of Ales.

Ales

Latitude
39.76825° or 39° 46′ 6″ north
Longitude
8.81563° or 8° 48′ 56″ east
Population
1,630
Elevation
194 metres (636 feet)
Open location code
8FFCQR98+77
Open­Street­Map ID
node 72992876
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
2525751
Wiki­data ID
Q382548
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In Other Languages

From Albanian to Wu Chinese—“Ales” goes by many names.
  • Albanian: “Ales”
  • Arabic: “أليس”
  • Aragonese: “Abas”
  • Armenian: “Ալես”
  • Azerbaijani: “Ales”
  • Basque: “Abas”
  • Basque: “Ales”
  • Bavarian: “Ales”
  • Belarusian: “Алес”
  • Bosnian: “Àbas”
  • Bosnian: “Ales”
  • Breton: “Abas”
  • Breton: “Ales”
  • Bulgarian: “Алес”
  • Catalan: “Abas”
  • Catalan: “Ales”
  • Cebuano: “Ales (kapital sa munisipyo)”
  • Cebuano: “Ales”
  • Chechen: “Алес”
  • Chinese: “Ales, Sardinia”
  • Chinese: “阿莱斯”
  • Croatian: “Ales”
  • Czech: “Ales”
  • Danish: “Ales”
  • Dutch: “Abas”
  • Dutch: “Ales”
  • Esperanto: “Abas”
  • Esperanto: “Ales”
  • Finnish: “Ales”
  • French: “Abas”
  • French: “Ales”
  • Georgian: “ალესი”
  • German: “Abas”
  • German: “Ales”
  • Greek: “Άλες”
  • Hebrew: “אלס”
  • Hungarian: “Ales”
  • Indonesian: “Ales”
  • Interlingua: “Ales”
  • Irish: “Ales, An tSairdín”
  • Italian: “Abas”
  • Italian: “Ales”
  • Japanese: “アーレス”
  • Kazakh: “Алес”
  • Korean: “알레스”
  • Kurdish: “Ales, Sardînya”
  • Kurdish: “Ales”
  • Ladin: “Ales”
  • Latin: “Ala”
  • Latin: “Alae”
  • Latvian: “Abas”
  • Latvian: “Ales”
  • Lithuanian: “Abas”
  • Lithuanian: “Ales”
  • Lombard: “Ales”
  • Low German: “Abas”
  • Low German: “Ales”
  • Macedonian: “Алес”
  • Malay: “Ales, Sardinia”
  • Malay: “Ales”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Ales”
  • Neapolitan: “Ales”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Ales”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Ales”
  • Norwegian: “Ales”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Abas”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Ales”
  • Persian: “الیز، ساردینیا”
  • Piemontese: “Ales”
  • Polish: “Ales”
  • Portuguese: “Abas”
  • Portuguese: “Ales”
  • Romanian: “Ales, Sardinia”
  • Romanian: “Ales”
  • Russian: “Алес”
  • Sardinian: “Abas”
  • Serbian: “Ales”
  • Serbian: “Алес”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Ales, Sardinija”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Ales”
  • Sicilian: “Ales”
  • Silesian: “Ales”
  • Slovak: “Ales”
  • Slovenian: “Ales”
  • South Azerbaijani: “الیز، ساردینیا”
  • Spanish: “Abas”
  • Spanish: “Ales”
  • Swedish: “Abas”
  • Swedish: “Ales”
  • Swiss German: “Abas”
  • Swiss German: “Ales”
  • Tagalog: “Ales, Cerdeña”
  • Tagalog: “Ales”
  • Tajik: “Алес (Италия)”
  • Tajik: “Алес”
  • Tatar: “Алес”
  • Turkish: “Ales”
  • Ukrainian: “Алес”
  • Uzbek: “Ales”
  • Venetian: “Ales”
  • Volapük: “Ales”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Ales, Oristano”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Ales”
  • Western Armenian: “Սարտինիա”
  • Wu Chinese: “阿莱斯 (意大利)”
  • Wu Chinese: “阿莱斯（意大利）”
  • “Ales”

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