Fgura
Sign in to saveFgura (, ) is a town in the Port Region of Malta. It has a population of 13,066 as of 2021. Its northern fringes are bordered by the Cottonera Lines of fortifications while it merges with the towns of Żabbar to the east and Paola and Tarxien to the West. A modern settlement, Fgura expanded to the outskirts of the Grand Harbour area and was one of the fastest-growing towns of Malta. Fgura has grown to become one of the foremost commercial areas in the central-southern part of the island. Today, Fgura has one of the highest population densities in the country.
Key facts
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- Region
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- Local council
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Fgura roundabout.jpg
- Settlement.image_caption
- View of the central part of Fgura
- Settlement.image_flag
- Flag of Il-Fgura.svg
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- Fgura coa.svg
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- Fgura in Malta.svg
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- Country
- Settlement.name
- Fgura
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- Il-Fgura
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- Settlement.other_name
- Tal-Liedna
- Settlement.iso_code
- MT-08
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Port Region
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- District
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- Southern Harbour District
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- town
- Country
- Malta
- Population
- 13066
- Area
- 1.1
- Elevation
- 49
- Official website
- localgovernmentdivisioncms.gov.mt/en/lc/Fgura/Pages/default.aspx
- Image
- Il-Knisja L-Gdida - facade.jpg
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- Fgura
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- Category:Fgura
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Encyclopedic overview
19 sectionsContents
- Name and symbols
- History
- Fgura Local Council
- Places of interest
- Parish Church of Our Lady of Mount Carmel
- The Cross Monument
- Reggie Miller Square
- Patri Redent Gauci Gardens
- George Stevens Square
- Former Fgura farmhouse
- Wied Blandun
- Fgura United Football Club
- 16 July External Feast Commission
- Scout Group
- Band Club
- Schools in Fgura
- Zones in Fgura
- References
- External links
Fgura (, ) is a town in the Port Region of Malta. It has a population of 13,066 as of 2021. Its northern fringes are bordered by the Cottonera Lines of fortifications while it merges with the towns of Żabbar to the east and Paola and Tarxien to the West. A modern settlement, Fgura expanded to the outskirts of the Grand Harbour area and was one of the fastest-growing towns of Malta. Fgura has grown to become one of the foremost commercial areas in the central-southern part of the island. Today, Fgura has one of the highest population densities in the country.
== Name and symbols == The name Fgura comes from the surname of the Ficura (or Ficchiera) family who owned land and lived in the area when it was a rural village. This is documented in the Notary archives within the Notary Cancun documents (May 1505).
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Fgura” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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