Marsaskala
Marsaskala, also known as Wied il-Għajn or Marsascala and abbreviated as M'Skala or M'Scala is a seaside town in the Southern Region of Malta. Originally a fishing village, it has grown into a tourist destination and a permanent hometown for an ever-growing population.
- Type: Town with 12,100 residents
- Description: town in Malta
- Also known as: “M’Scala”, “M’Skala”, “Marsa Scala”, “Marsascala”, “Wied il Ghain”, “Wied il-Ghajn”, “المرسى الصقلي”, and “وَادِي العَيْنِ”
Places of Interest
Highlights: Mamo Tower and Sant‘ Antnin Family Park.
Mamo Tower
Historic building
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Żabbar and Marsaxlokk.
Marsaskala
- Category: locality
- Location: Marsaskala, Malta, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
35.86292° or 35° 51′ 47″ north
Longitude
14.55919° or 14° 33′ 33″ east
Population
12,100
Elevation
30 metres (98 feet)
UN/LOCODE
MT MSS
Open location code
8F7PVH75+5M
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
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In Other Languages
From Amharic to Volapük—“Marsaskala” goes by many names.
- Amharic: “ማርሳስካላ”
- Arabic: “مارساسكالا”
- Arabic: “مرسع سقالة”
- Arabic: “وادي العين”
- Armenian: “Մարսասկալա”
- Azerbaijani: “Marsaskala”
- Basque: “Marsaskala”
- Belarusian: “Марсаскала”
- Bengali: “মারসাস্কালা”
- Bengali: “মার্সাস্কালা”
- Catalan: “Marsaskala”
- Cebuano: “Marsaskala (kapital sa rehiyon)”
- Cebuano: “Marsaskala”
- Central Kurdish: “مارساسکالا”
- Chinese: “馬爾薩斯卡拉”
- Chinese: “马尔萨斯卡拉”
- Czech: “Marsaskala”
- Danish: “Marsaskala”
- Dutch: “Marsaskala”
- Esperanto: “Marsaskala”
- Finnish: “Marsaskala”
- French: “Marsaskala”
- German: “Marsaskala”
- Greek: “Μαρσασκάλα”
- Gujarati: “મરસાસકાલા”
- Hausa: “Marsaskala”
- Hindi: “मर्सस्कला”
- Hindi: “मर्सास्काला”
- Hungarian: “Marsaskala”
- Indonesian: “Marsaskala”
- Italian: “Marsascala”
- Japanese: “マルサスカラ”
- Javanese: “Marsaskala”
- Kannada: “ಮರ್ಸ್ಕಲಾ”
- Kazakh: “Марсаскала”
- Kirghiz: “Марсаскала”
- Korean: “마르사스칼라”
- Latin: “Marzascala”
- Latvian: “Marsaskala”
- Lithuanian: “Marsaskala”
- Luxembourgish: “Marsaskala”
- Malay: “Marsaskala”
- Maltese: “Wied il-Għajn”
- Marathi: “मार्सस्कॅला”
- Mingrelian: “მარსასკალა”
- Moksha: “Марсаскала”
- Northern Sami: “Marsaskala”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Marsakala”
- Norwegian: “Marsakala”
- Oromo: “Marsaskala”
- Panjabi: “ਮਾਰਸਾਸਕਾਲਾ”
- Persian: “مارسا سکالا”
- Persian: “مرسسکلا”
- Polish: “Marsaskala”
- Portuguese: “Marsaskala”
- Pushto: “مرسع سقالة”
- Russian: “Марсаскала”
- Scots: “Marsaskala”
- Sicilian: “Marsaskala”
- Sinhala: “මාර්සකලා”
- Somali: “Marsaskala”
- Spanish: “Marsaskala”
- Swahili: “Marsaskala”
- Swedish: “Marsaskala”
- Tajik: “Марсаскала”
- Tamil: “மார்சஸ்களை”
- Tatar: “Марсаскала”
- Telugu: “మర్సాస్కా”
- Thai: “มาร์ซาสกาลา”
- Turkish: “Marsaskala”
- Ukrainian: “Марсаскала”
- Urdu: “مارسا سکالا”
- Urdu: “مارساسکالا”
- Uzbek: “Marsaskala”
- Vietnamese: “Marsaskala”
- Volapük: “Marsaskala”
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Places to explore: Il-Barumbara and Ġebel Anxjur.
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Highlights: Il-Magħluq and Saint Anne Parish Church.
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