Dingli

This article describes the location in Malta; for the Maltese politician, see Adrian Dingli .

Dingli

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Basic data
State :	Malta
Gzejjer :	Malta Majjistral (Northwest Malta)
Distretti :	Western film
Area :	5,665,595 km²
Residents :	3711 (December 31, 2018)
Population density :	655 inhabitants / km²
ISO 3166-2 :	MT-07
Postal code :	DGL
Website :	http://www.dingli.gov.mt/
politics
Mayor :	Ian Borg ( MLP )

Coordinates: 35 ° 52 '  N , 14 ° 23'  E

Look at Dingli

St. Mary Church in Dingli

Dingli is a place and an administrative unit in Malta . The place is at an altitude of 240 meters above sea level, making it the highest in Malta. Dingli is located about 13  km west of the capital Valletta and two kilometers from the next town, Rabat .

Dingli is known for the Dingli Cliffs (cliffs of Dingli), the enigmatic cart tracks and the nearby largest contiguous wooded area in Malta, the Buskett Gardens .

The name Dingli is traced back to Sir Thomas Dingley, an English knight of the Order of Malta who owned large estates in the area.

In the village of Dingli, the churches of St. Mary and Mary Magdalene are worth mentioning.

Sons and daughters of the place

• Francis Ebejer (1925-1993), author
• Walter Michael Ebejer (* 1929), former bishop of União da Vitória

Web links

Commons : Dingli  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Wikivoyage: Dingli  - travel guide

Individual evidence

1. ↑ StatDB of the National Statistics Office Malta , accessed on August 1, 2020
2. ↑ Rabat, Dingli, Siggiewi. Retrieved November 24, 2016 .