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St Lawrence

Saint Lawrence

San Lawrenz is an administrative unit of , on the island of . Its name is derived from Lawrence of Rome who is the patron saint for the locality.
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  • Type: Village with 748 residents
  • Description: local council in Gozo, Malta
  • Also known as: “San Lawrenz”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Azure Window and Fungus Rock.

Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY 3.0.
The , also known as the Dwejra Window, was a 28-metre-tall natural arch on the island of , located just off the shores of . The limestone feature, which was in Dwejra Bay close to the and , was one of the island's major tourist attractions until it collapsed in stormy weather on 8 March 2017.

Islet
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, sometimes known as Mushroom Rock, and among the Maltese as Il-Ġebla tal-Ġeneral, is a small islet in the form of a 60-metre-high massive lump of limestone at the entrance to an almost circular black lagoon in Dwejra, on the coast of , itself an island in the .

Lagoon
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The , sometimes called Qawra in Maltese and also known as Dwejra, is a lagoon of seawater on the island of linked to the Mediterranean Sea through an opening formed by a narrow natural arch.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Għarb and St. Lucia.

Village
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is an administrative unit of , located at the westernmost point of the island of , with a population of 1,549 people.

Hamlet
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Santa Luċija is a hamlet in , in Island, . The hamlet takes its name from the church situated in the middle of the hamlet. The original chapel dedicated to St Lucy was recorded by inquisitor Pietro Dusina in 1575 during his apostolic visitation.

Village
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is a village and an administrative unit of , in the western part of the island of , with a population of 525 people. By population, it is the smallest village in Gozo after San Lawrenz, and the third-smallest in the Maltese Islands, after and .

Saint Lawrence

Latitude
36.0553° or 36° 3′ 19″ north
Longitude
14.20395° or 14° 12′ 14″ east
Population
748
Elevation
131 metres (430 feet)
United Nations Location Code
MT SLW
Open location code
8F8P3643+4H
Open­Street­Map ID
node 131745085
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
2562552
Wiki­data ID
Q537308
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Vietnamese—“Saint Lawrence” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “سان لورنز”
  • Arabic: “سان لورينز”
  • Arabic: “سانت لورانس”
  • Basque: “Saint Lawrence”
  • Bengali: “সেন্ট লরেন্স”
  • Catalan: “Saint Lawrence”
  • Cebuano: “Saint Lawrence”
  • Cebuano: “San Lawrenz”
  • Chinese: “圣劳伦斯”
  • Chinese: “聖勞倫斯”
  • Czech: “Saint Lawrence”
  • Czech: “San Lawrenz”
  • Danish: “Saint Lawrence”
  • Dutch: “San Lawrenz”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “ساينت لاورينسى”
  • Esperanto: “San Lawrenz”
  • Finnish: “Saint Lawrence”
  • French: “San Lawrenz”
  • German: “San Lawrenz”
  • Greek: “Σεντ Λόρενς”
  • Gujarati: “સેન્ટ લોરેન્સ”
  • Hindi: “सेंट लॉरेंस”
  • Hungarian: “San Lawrenz”
  • Indonesian: “Saint Lawrence”
  • Indonesian: “San Lawrenz”
  • Italian: “San Lorenzo”
  • Japanese: “サン・ローレンツ”
  • Kannada: “ಸೇಂಟ್ ಲಾರೆನ್ಸ್”
  • Korean: “산라우렌츠”
  • Latvian: “Senlorenca”
  • Lithuanian: “San Lavrencas”
  • Luxembourgish: “San Lawrenz”
  • Malay: “Saint Lawrence”
  • Maltese: “San Laurenz”
  • Maltese: “San Lawrenz”
  • Marathi: “सेंट लॉरेन्स”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “San Lawrenz”
  • Norwegian: “San Lawrenz”
  • Persian: “سن لاورنز”
  • Polish: “San Lawrenz”
  • Portuguese: “Saint Lawrence”
  • Russian: “Сан Лоренц”
  • Russian: “Сан-Лоренц”
  • Sicilian: “San Lawrenz”
  • Sinhala: “ශාන්ත ලෝරන්ස්”
  • Slovak: “Saint Lawrence”
  • Slovak: “San Lawrenz”
  • Slovenian: “San Lawrenz”
  • Spanish: “San Lawrenz”
  • Swedish: “San Lawrenz”
  • Tamil: “செயின்ட் லாரன்ஸ்”
  • Telugu: “సెయింట్ లారెన్స్”
  • Thai: “ซาน ลอว์เรนซ์”
  • Turkish: “Saint Lawrence”
  • Turkish: “San Lawrenz”
  • Ukrainian: “Сан-Лоренц”
  • Ukrainian: “Сент-Лоуренс”
  • Urdu: “سینٹ لارنس، مالٹا”
  • Urdu: “سینٹ لارنس”
  • Vietnamese: “Saint Lawrence”

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include San Lawrenz Parish Church and Belvedere Colle Umberto.

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