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Qala

Qala is an administrative unit of , on the island of , with a population of 2,300 as of November 2021. Nearby is , a coastline with salt pans and caves.
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  • Type: Village with 2,290 residents
  • Description: village in Gozo, Malta
  • Also known as: “Casal Qala” and “Qala, Malta”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Parish Church of the Immaculate Conception and Saint Joseph and Ħondoq ir-Rummien.

Church
Photo: Sudika, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Beach
("Pomegranate Moat", the coastline below the village of Qala, , is dotted with traditional salt pans, some of which are still actively used to harvest salt throughout the summer months.

Church
Photo: McFly68, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Basilica of St Peter and St Paul is a Roman Catholic minor basilica and located in , in .

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Nadur and Mġarr.

Village
Photo: Mariosaliba, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is an administrative unit of , located in the eastern part of the island of . is built on a plateau and is one of the largest localities in Gozo.

Village
Photo: HH58, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a harbour town in south-eastern , .

Photo: Michelle Maria, CC BY 3.0.
is a city on , . It includes the island of Comino. It has a population of 3,200 residents.

Qala

Latitude
36.03629° or 36° 2′ 11″ north
Longitude
14.31035° or 14° 18′ 37″ east
Population
2,290
Elevation
112 metres (367 feet)
United Nations Location Code
MT QAL
Open location code
8F8P28P6+G4
Open­Street­Map ID
node 131731405
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
2562655
Wiki­data ID
Q1088033
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Vietnamese—“Qala” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “القلعة”
  • Arabic: “القَلْعَةُ”
  • Basque: “Qala”
  • Bengali: “কালা”
  • Catalan: “Qala”
  • Cebuano: “Il-Qala”
  • Chinese: “加拉”
  • Danish: “Qala”
  • Dutch: “Qala”
  • Esperanto: “Qala”
  • Finnish: “Qala”
  • French: “Il-Qala”
  • French: “Qala”
  • German: “MT-42”
  • German: “Qala”
  • Greek: “Κάλα”
  • Gujarati: “ક્વાલા”
  • Hindi: “काला.”
  • Hungarian: “Qala”
  • Indonesian: “Qala, Malta”
  • Indonesian: “Qala”
  • Italian: “La Cala”
  • Italian: “Qala”
  • Japanese: “アラ”
  • Kannada: “ಖಲಾ”
  • Korean: “알라”
  • Latvian: “Kala”
  • Lithuanian: “Kala”
  • Malay: “Qala”
  • Maltese: “Il-Qala”
  • Maltese: “Qala”
  • Marathi: “क्यूएला”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Qala”
  • Persian: “قالا”
  • Polish: “Qala”
  • Portuguese: “Qala”
  • Russian: “Кала”
  • Sicilian: “Qala”
  • Sinhala: “ක්වාලා”
  • Spanish: “Qala”
  • Swedish: “Il-Qala”
  • Tamil: “கியலா”
  • Telugu: “ఖాలా”
  • Thai: “กวาลา”
  • Turkish: “Qala”
  • Ukrainian: “Кала”
  • Urdu: “آلا، مالٹا”
  • Urdu: “آلا”
  • Vietnamese: “Qala”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Qala”. Photo: Sudika, CC BY-SA 3.0.