Luqa

Luqa
(Ħal-Luqa)

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Basic data
State :	Malta
Gzejjer :	Malta Xlokk (Southeast Malta)
Distretti :	Southern Harbor
Area :	6,724,748 km²
Residents :	6162 (December 31, 2018)
Population density :	916 inhabitants / km²
ISO 3166-2 :	MT-25
Postal code :	LQA
Website :	www.luqa.gov.mt
politics
Mayor :	John Schembri ( MLP )

Coordinates: 35 ° 52 '  N , 14 ° 29'  E

Luqa [ ˈlʊʔɐ ] (or Ħal-Luqa ) is one of the smaller places in Malta . In Luqa is the only active passenger airport Malta, the Malta Airport . As of December 31, 2018, Luqa had 6,162 residents.

history

Luqa was founded as a subsidiary of the parish of Gudja on May 15, 1634 by decree of Pope Urban VIII . At the end of the 16th century, almost all of the residents fell victim to an epidemic of plague that affected the entire population of Malta. The dead were buried in a field in the village of Luqa (Carmel Street, Alley 4); this cemetery was discovered during later construction work. In 1850, cholera again took 13 residents, who in turn were buried in a separate place (Valletta Road).

At the beginning of the 20th century, Ħal Luqa experienced an economic boom when the airport was established. First it served as a military airfield for the British Royal Air Force (RAF). The RAF built military and civil buildings near the airport and in Ħal Farruġ.

Luqa residents were also drafted into military service during World War II , and the airport was used by British aviators. Many people lost their lives during the operations, and houses in the town were also destroyed because the airport was of course a strategic target, especially for bombers . When Great Britain gave Malta its independence, the airport became the property of the Maltese government. The newly founded airline Air Malta acquired the old Luqa passenger terminal and restructured the entire site. As a result, all passenger-related flight services were relocated to the Malta International Airport Terminal built there .

Districts of Luqa

Għammieri, Ħal Farruġ, Ħal Luqa Industrial Estate, Ta 'Ħal Saflieni, Taċ-Ċagħki, Taċ-Ċawla, Tal-Bandieri, Wied Betti, Wied il-Knejjes, Xagħra tas-Simar

Attractions

Local church building , the parish church of St. Andreas

• Colonna Mediterranea (monument, inaugurated in 2006)
• Parish Church of St. Andrew
• St. Andrew's Palace
• At some corners of the house there are statues of saints, including the patron saint of St. Andrew .

Web links

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

Individual evidence

1. ↑ StatDB of the National Statistics Office Malta , accessed on August 1, 2020
2. ↑ Maltese homepage with information about the holy niches ( Memento of the original from August 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (read with the help of a translation program), February 23, 2017.