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Fontana

Fontana, as a local council, is an administrative unit of , on the island of , with a population of 985 people.
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  • Type: Village with 985 residents
  • Description: local council of Malta
  • Also known as: “Fontana, Gozo” and “It-Triq Tal-Għajn”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Gozo and Ġgantija.

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is an island of the in the Mediterranean Sea. Smaller, more remote and less built-up than Malta itself, it is a popular destination in its own right, particularly for more mature British and German couples.

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is a megalithic temple complex from the Neolithic era, on the Mediterranean island of in . The temples are the earliest of the Megalithic Temples of Malta and are older than the pyramids of Egypt.

Church
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The of the Blessed Virgin Mary into Heaven is a Roman Catholic cathedral in the of Victoria in , . The cathedral is dedicated to the Assumption of Mary, and has been the seat of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Gozo since the formation of the diocese in 1864.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Victoria and Xaghra.

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, also called Rabat is in . It should not be confused with on the main island of .

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Xagħra is in . It's an attractive village of 4,900 people that houses the Ġgantija temples, and is a 5-minute drive or a 30-minute walk to Ramla i Hamra beach and to Rabat, so if you don't have too much time to explore the island, this is a good place to use as a base.

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is a town on 's south coast. Formerly a picture perfect Mediterranean fishing village, it has now been expanded to several times its old size by modern hotels and apartments.

Fontana

Latitude
36.0387° or 36° 2′ 20″ north
Longitude
14.237° or 14° 14′ 13″ east
Population
985
Elevation
71 metres (233 feet)
Open location code
8F8P26QP+FR
Open­Street­Map ID
node 131756121
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
8299709
Wiki­data ID
Q1002742
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Vietnamese—“Fontana” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “الفونتانا”
  • Arabic: “بلدية طريق العين”
  • Arabic: “طريق العين”
  • Arabic: “طَرِيقُ العَيْنِ”
  • Basque: “Fontana”
  • Bengali: “ফন্টানা”
  • Catalan: “Fontana”
  • Cebuano: “Il-Fontana”
  • Chinese: “丰塔纳”
  • Czech: “Fontana”
  • Danish: “Fontana”
  • Dutch: “Fontana”
  • Esperanto: “Fontana”
  • Finnish: “Fontana”
  • French: “Fontana”
  • German: “Fontana”
  • German: “MT-10”
  • Greek: “Φοντάνα”
  • Gujarati: “ફોન્ટાના”
  • Hindi: “फोंटाना”
  • Hungarian: “Fontana”
  • Indonesian: “Fontana, Gozo”
  • Indonesian: “Fontana”
  • Italian: “Fontana”
  • Japanese: “フォンターナ”
  • Kannada: “ಫಾಂಟಾನಾ”
  • Korean: “폰타나”
  • Latvian: “Fontana”
  • Lithuanian: “Fontana”
  • Malay: “Fontana”
  • Maltese: “Fontana”
  • Maltese: “Il-Fontana”
  • Maltese: “It-Triq tal-Għajn” (historical)
  • Marathi: “फोंतना”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Fontana”
  • Persian: “فونتانا (غودش)”
  • Persian: “فونتانا”
  • Polish: “Fontana”
  • Portuguese: “Fontana”
  • Russian: “Фонтана”
  • Sicilian: “Fontana”
  • Sinhala: “ෆොන්ටානා”
  • Spanish: “Fontana (Gozo)”
  • Spanish: “Fontana”
  • Swedish: “Il-Fontana”
  • Tamil: “போன்டனா”
  • Telugu: “ఫాంటానా”
  • Thai: “ฟอนตานา”
  • Turkish: “Fontana”
  • Ukrainian: “Фонтана”
  • Urdu: “فونتانا، گوزو”
  • Vietnamese: “Fontana”

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