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Għasri

Għasri 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 .
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  • Type: Village with 525 residents
  • Description: local council in Gozo Region, Malta
  • Also known as: “Ghasri”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Gozo and Azure Window.

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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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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 . is situated 3½ km southwest of Għasri.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Victoria and Xlendi.

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

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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.

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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.

Għasri

Latitude
36.0655° or 36° 3′ 56″ north
Longitude
14.2217° or 14° 13′ 18″ east
Population
525
Elevation
102 metres (335 feet)
Open location code
8F8P368C+6M
Open­Street­Map ID
node 131747333
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
8299713
Wiki­data ID
Q1017339
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Vietnamese—“Għasri” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “العاسري”
  • Arabic: “غاسري”
  • Basque: “Għasri”
  • Belarusian: “Асры”
  • Bengali: “ঘার্সি”
  • Catalan: “Ghasri”
  • Catalan: “Għasri”
  • Cebuano: “L-Ghasri”
  • Cebuano: “L-Għasri”
  • Chinese: “阿斯里”
  • Czech: “Għasri”
  • Danish: “Għasri”
  • Dutch: “Ghasri”
  • Dutch: “Għasri”
  • Erzya: “Асри ош”
  • Esperanto: “Għasri”
  • Finnish: “Għasri”
  • French: “Ghasri”
  • French: “Għasri”
  • French: “L-Għasri”
  • German: “Ghasri”
  • German: “Għasri”
  • Greek: “Γκάσρι”
  • Gujarati: “ઘેસ્રી”
  • Hindi: “घसरी”
  • Hungarian: “Għasri”
  • Indonesian: “Għasri”
  • Italian: “Ghasri”
  • Italian: “Għasri”
  • Italian: “L-Ghasri”
  • Italian: “L-Għasri”
  • Japanese: “アーシリ”
  • Kannada: “ಗುಡ್ರಿ”
  • Korean: “아스리”
  • Latvian: “Gasri”
  • Lithuanian: “Gasris”
  • Malay: “Ghasri”
  • Maltese: “Għasri”
  • Maltese: “L-Għasri”
  • Marathi: “घसरी”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Ghasri”
  • Persian: “گاسری”
  • Polish: “Għasri”
  • Portuguese: “Għasri”
  • Russian: “Асри”
  • Sicilian: “Ghasri”
  • Sicilian: “Għasri”
  • Sinhala: “ඝාස්රි”
  • Spanish: “Ghasri”
  • Spanish: “Għasri”
  • Swedish: “L-Ghasri”
  • Swedish: “L-Għasri”
  • Tamil: “காஸ்ரீ”
  • Telugu: “ఘాస్రీ”
  • Thai: “กาซรี”
  • Turkish: “Ghasri”
  • Ukrainian: “Асрі”
  • Urdu: “اسری”
  • Vietnamese: “Ghasri”

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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 “Għasri”. Photo: Sudika, CC BY-SA 3.0.