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Key facts
- Country
- Malta
- Region
- Port Region
- District
- Southern Harbour District
- Founded by
- Antoine de Paule
- Borders
- Cospicua , Fgura , Luqa , Marsa , Santa Luċija , Tarxien
- Mayor
- Jason Silvio ( PL )
- Total
- 2.5 km (0.97 sq mi)
- Density
- 3,900/km (10,000/sq mi)
- Demonyms
- Paolites, Pawlist (m), Pawlista (f), Pawlisti (pl)
- Time zone
- UTC+1 ( CET )
- Summer dst
- UTC+2 ( CEST )
- Postal code
- PLA
- Iso 3166 code
- MT-39
- Patron saint
- Christ the King ; Our Lady of Lourdes
- Day of festa
- Last Sunday of July; 1st Sunday after 15 August
- Website
- Official website
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Population
- 9929
- Area
- 2.5
- Official website
- localgovernmentdivisioncms.gov.mt/en/lc/Paola/Pages/default.aspx
- Image
- Sudika Paola church.jpg
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- Commons category
- Paola, Malta
- inception
- 1626-00-00
- postal code
- PLA
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Paola (Maltese: Raħal Ġdid, Italian: Casal Nuovo, both meaning "New Town") is a town in the Port Region of Malta, with 8,706 inhabitants as of 2019. The town is a commercial centre in the Southern Harbour area of Malta, about 5 km (3.1 mi) from the capital Valletta, contiguous to Tarxien and Fgura, with which it forms a single urban area. Paola is named after Grand Master Antoine de Paule, who laid the foundation stone in 1626.
Paola is renowned for the Ħal Saflieni Hypogeum, the Basilica of Christ the King (the largest church in the Maltese Islands), Antoine de Paule Square and its shopping centres, the Good Friday procession, and its football club, Hibernians FC. The Mariam Al-Batool Mosque, the only mosque in Malta, as well as an Islamic Cultural Centre are found in Paola. The country's correctional facilities (Corradino prison) and the largest burial grounds, the Addolorata Cemetery are also within the limits of Paola.