- For the airport near the village see Malta International Airport
Malta International Airport is the only airport in Malta, and it serves the whole Maltese Archipelago. It is located between Luqa and Gudja in Malta. It occupies the location of the former RAF Luqa and was completely re-furbished, becoming fully operational on 25 March 1992...
Luqa (meaning
poplarPopulus is a genus of 25–35 species of deciduous flowering plants in the family Salicaceae, native to most of the Northern Hemisphere. English names variously applied to different species include poplar, aspen, and cottonwood....
in Aramaic) is a village located in the south east of
MaltaMalta , officially the Republic of Malta , is a densely populated developed European country in the European Union. The Southern European island nation is an archipelago that includes the inhabited islands of Malta, Gozo and Comino, along with a number of smaller, uninhabited islands...
. It is an old town that has a dense population, typical of the Maltese Islands. The population of Luqa is 6,028 (Nov 2005). There is a church in its main square dedicated to St. Andrew. The traditional feast of St. Andrew is celebrated on the first Sunday of July, with the liturgical feast being celebrated on the November 30.
Citizens of Luca vote for their local council every three years, which council consists of seven members, one of them being the mayor.
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- For the airport near the village see Malta International Airport
Malta International Airport is the only airport in Malta, and it serves the whole Maltese Archipelago. It is located between Luqa and Gudja in Malta. It occupies the location of the former RAF Luqa and was completely re-furbished, becoming fully operational on 25 March 1992...
Luqa (meaning
poplarPopulus is a genus of 25–35 species of deciduous flowering plants in the family Salicaceae, native to most of the Northern Hemisphere. English names variously applied to different species include poplar, aspen, and cottonwood....
in Aramaic) is a village located in the south east of
MaltaMalta , officially the Republic of Malta , is a densely populated developed European country in the European Union. The Southern European island nation is an archipelago that includes the inhabited islands of Malta, Gozo and Comino, along with a number of smaller, uninhabited islands...
. It is an old town that has a dense population, typical of the Maltese Islands. The population of Luqa is 6,028 (Nov 2005). There is a church in its main square dedicated to St. Andrew. The traditional feast of St. Andrew is celebrated on the first Sunday of July, with the liturgical feast being celebrated on the November 30.
Citizens of Luca vote for their local council every three years, which council consists of seven members, one of them being the mayor. The Mayor of Luca is John Schembri.
The famous clock maker and inventor
Michelangelo SapianoMichelangelo Sapiano was a Maltese clock maker and inventor born in Mqabba.Although he was born in Mqabba he went to live in Luqa when he was 21 years of age after he married a girl from Luqa...
(1826-1912) used to live in Luca. He constructed various kinds of clocks, the clock in the belfry of the Parish Church being one of his many works. The house in Luqa where he used to live in, is situated in Pawlu Magri Street.
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