San Pawl il-Baħar

San Pawl il-Baħar
(St. Paul's Bay)

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Basic data
State :	Malta
Gzejjer :	Malta Majjistral (Northwest Malta)
Distretti :	Northern
Area :	14,528,091 km²
Residents :	29,097 (December 31, 2018)
Population density :	2003 population / km²
ISO 3166-2 :	MT-51
Postal code :	SPB
Website :	https://localgovernment.gov.mt/en/lc/StPaulsBay/Pages/default.aspx
politics
Mayor :	Perit Graziella Galea ( PN )

Coordinates: 35 ° 57 '  N , 14 ° 24'  E

Bay and city (district Buġibba)

San Pawl il-Baħar ( English St. Paul's Bay ) is a small town in the northwest of the island of Malta with 29,097 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2018). It consists of several districts and zones such as Burmarrad , Qawra , Xemxija and the larger Buġibba in the southwest on St. Paul's Bay. Cape Qawra Point separates bays and hamlets. The districts are divided into a total of 51 residential areas .

history

When Malta was under Roman and Byzantine rule (approx. 218 BC to 870 AD), the region around St. Paul's Bay was mainly made up of farmers and fishermen. Mainly natural caves served as dwellings.

During the time of the Arab occupation (870-1091 AD), the inhabitants left the region around St. Paul's Bay. After the Arabs came the Normans and ruled the island for around 100 years, until 1194. The Swabians and some Spanish lords (Aragon, Castillia) followed before the Order of Malta owned the island for 268 years.

The British seizure of power in Malta around 1800 led to a sustainable repopulation of St. Paul's Bay.

structure

The widespread settlement is divided into the following residential areas:

Bajda Ridge Bugibba Burmar wheel Busewdien Daħlet il-Fekruna Erba 'Mwieżeb Għajn Astas Għajn Rasul Għar Għasfur Ħotba ta 'San Martin Il-Ballut Il-Ħamra Il-Palma Il-Wileġ L-Imbordin Mdawra Mistra Bay (Qala l-Mistra)

Miżieb Port Bur-Marrad Pwales Beach (Ramla tal-Pwales) Qawra Qawra Point (Ras il-Qawra) Rdum l-Abjad (White Cliffs) Rdum Rxawn Rdum Tal-Maħruq Rxawn Point Safsafa San Martin San Pawl Milqi Simar Valley arġent animal Valley basal Ta 'Ċampra Valley Fjuri

Ta 'Garrum Valley Għażżelin Tal-Qadi Valley Qarbuni Ta 'Rkuplu Tal-Veċċja Tax-Xama ' Ta 'Xewka Wardija Wardija Heights Wardija Ridge Wied Bufula Wied Qannotta Wied Sardin Wied tal-Mistra Wied valley-Pwales Xemxija

Economy, meaning

The main source of income for the city of St. Paul's Bay in the past has been trade, fishing and shipping. Tourism has determined the town's economy since the 1990s. In addition to foreign tourists, many Maltese also rent holiday apartments here for the summer.

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Xemxija district seen from the main town; Brisk construction activity with corresponding ecological consequences

The strategic location along the route from Valletta to the islands of Gozo and Comino make St. Paul's Bay still a transshipment point for the goods of the surrounding lands in the north-west of Malta.

Buildings

There are a total of three Catholic churches in the districts , including the St. Francis of Assisi Church in Qawra, which was built at the end of the 20th century . More and more hotels determine the image of the individual districts.

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  Embankment

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  Malta National Aquarium

Web links

Commons : St. Paul's Bay  - Collection of Images, Videos and Audio Files

Wikivoyage: San Pawl il-Baħar  - travel guide

Individual evidence

1. ↑ StatDB of the National Statistics Office Malta , accessed on August 1, 2020
2. ↑ with Temple of Buġibba