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L-Għarb

Għarb

Għarb is an administrative unit of , located at the westernmost point of the island of , with a population of 1,549 people.
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  • Type: Village with 1,540 residents
  • Description: village in Gozo, Malta
  • Also known as: “Gharb” and “Il-Għarb”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Basilica of the Visitation and Ta’ Pinu.

Church
Photo: Thyes, Public domain.
The is a baroque, collegiate located in the western part of the island of in the village of Għarb.

Church
Photo: Berthold Werner, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Basilica of the National Shrine of the Blessed Virgin of Ta' Pinu is a Roman Catholic minor basilica and national shrine located some 700 metres from the village of Għarb on the island of , the sister island of .

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.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Saint Lawrence and Għasri.

Village
Photo: Sudika, CC BY-SA 3.0.
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.

Village
Photo: Sudika, CC BY-SA 3.0.
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 , and the third-smallest in the Maltese Islands, after and .

Hamlet
Photo: Matthew2007, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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.

Għarb

Latitude
36.05982° or 36° 3′ 35″ north
Longitude
14.20908° or 14° 12′ 33″ east
Population
1,540
Elevation
121 metres (397 feet)
United Nations Location Code
MT GRB
Open location code
8F8P3655+WJ
Open­Street­Map ID
node 131745512
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
2563063
Wiki­data ID
Q1026487
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Vietnamese—“Għarb” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “الغرب”
  • Arabic: “الغَرْبُ”
  • Arabic: “بلدية الغرب”
  • Armenian: “Արբ”
  • Basque: “Għarb”
  • Belarusian: “Арб”
  • Bengali: “ঘার্ব”
  • Catalan: “Għarb”
  • Cebuano: “L-Għarb”
  • Chinese: “加爾布”
  • Chinese: “阿尔卜”
  • Chinese: “阿爾卜”
  • Czech: “Għarb”
  • Danish: “Għarb”
  • Dutch: “Għarb”
  • Erzya: “Арб ош”
  • Esperanto: “Għarb”
  • Finnish: “Għarb”
  • French: “Għarb”
  • French: “L-Għarb”
  • German: “Għarb”
  • German: “L-Għarb”
  • German: “MT-14”
  • Greek: “Γκαρμπ”
  • Gujarati: “ઘાર્બ”
  • Hindi: “घर्ब”
  • Hungarian: “Għarb”
  • Indonesian: “Għarb”
  • Italian: “Casal Garbo”
  • Italian: “Garbo”
  • Italian: “Għarb”
  • Japanese: “アーブ (マルタ)”
  • Japanese: “アーブ”
  • Japanese: “ガルブ”
  • Kannada: “ಗೆರ್ಬ್”
  • Korean: “아르프”
  • Latvian: “Garba”
  • Lithuanian: “Garbas”
  • Malay: “Gharb”
  • Maltese: “Għarb”
  • Maltese: “L-Għarb”
  • Marathi: “घार्रब”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Gharb”
  • Persian: “گارب”
  • Polish: “Għarb”
  • Portuguese: “Gharb”
  • Portuguese: “Għarb”
  • Russian: “Арб”
  • Sicilian: “Gharb”
  • Sicilian: “Għarb”
  • Sinhala: “ඝාර්බ්”
  • Slovak: “Għarb”
  • Spanish: “Gharb”
  • Spanish: “Għarb”
  • Swedish: “L-Għarb”
  • Tamil: “கார்ப்”
  • Telugu: “గార్బ్”
  • Thai: “การบ์”
  • Turkish: “Gharb”
  • Ukrainian: “Арб”
  • Urdu: “ارب، مالٹا”
  • Urdu: “ارب”
  • Vietnamese: “Gharb”

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Folk Museum and Għarb Police Station.

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