Għajnsielem
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Għajnsielem (; meaning "Spring of Peace") is a municipality on the southeastern coast of the island of Gozo in Malta, including the entire island of Comino. It has a population of 3,200 residents (as of March 2014), and is the first Gozitan village that greets the visitor on leaving Mġarr Harbour towards the Gozitan heartland. Its name originated from the water spring, around which in 1700, Grandmaster Perellos built an arcade containing public wash basins and fresh water spouts. Attractions include Lourdes Chapel with its sharp steeple and underlying niche of Our Lady of Lourdes, Fort Chambra
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Within Vinony's link graph, Għajnsielem is referenced by 151 other articles, and connects out to district of Malta, Italy and Malta.
The entry is geolocated on the map in city_region, across 2 mapped points.
It is catalogued under topics including Għajnsielem, Gozo and Local councils of Malta.
Its subject is documented across 29 Wikipedia language editions.
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Għajnsielem
- Settlement.native_name_lang
- mt
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Local council
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Malta Gozo Mgarr BW 2011-10-08 09-29-03.JPG
- Settlement.image_caption
- Għajnsielem parish church
- Settlement.image_flag
- Flag of Għajnsielem.svg
- Settlement.image_shield
- Ghajsielem coa.svg
- Settlement.motto
- Spring of Peace
- Settlement.image_map
- Ghajnsielem in Malta.svg
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Region
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Gozo Region
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- District
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Gozo and Comino District
- Settlement.parts_type
- Borders
- Settlement.parts_style
- para
- Settlement.p1
- Nadur, Qala, Sannat, Xewkija
- Settlement.leader_title
- Mayor
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- village
- Part of
- Gozo Region (Għawdex)
- Country
- Malta
- Located in
- Gozo Region (Għawdex)
- Population
- 3764
- Area
- 72
- Elevation
- 76
- Official website
- www.ghajnsielem.com
- Image
- Malta Gozo Mgarr BW 2011-10-08 09-29-03.JPG
Show 5 more facts
- topic's main category
- Category:Għajnsielem
- twinned administrative body
- Tolfa
- Commons category
- Għajnsielem
- located in/on physical feature
- Gozo
- native label
- Għajnsielem
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Encyclopedic overview
9 sectionsContents
- Village Motto and Coat of Arms
- Places
- Band Clubs
- Football Clubs
- Zones in Għajnsielem
- Għajnsielem Main Roads
- Twin towns – sister cities
- References
- External links
Għajnsielem (; meaning "Spring of Peace") is a municipality on the southeastern coast of the island of Gozo in Malta, including the entire island of Comino. It has a population of 3,200 residents (as of March 2014), and is the first Gozitan village that greets the visitor on leaving Mġarr Harbour towards the Gozitan heartland. Its name originated from the water spring, around which in 1700, Grandmaster Perellos built an arcade containing public wash basins and fresh water spouts. Attractions include Lourdes Chapel with its sharp steeple and underlying niche of Our Lady of Lourdes, Fort Chambray and the towering of Ghajnsielem Parish Church.
==Village Motto and Coat of Arms== The Latin motto of Ghajnsielem is Ob fontem prosperitas, that is Flourishing because of a spring – Nistagħna b’nixxiegħa ilma. The springs in the area were the magnet that attracted the first inhabitants that eventually led to the prosperity of the place.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Għajnsielem” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
On the map
2 mapped locations