Magomadas

{{Infobox Italian comune

| name = Magomadas

| official_name = Comune di Magomadas

| native_name = Magumadas

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| coordinates = {{coord|40|16|N|8|31|E|type:city(628)_region:IT|display=inline,title}}

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| region = Sardinia

| province = Oristano (OR)

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| mayor = Paolo Puddu

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| area_total_km2 = 9.02

| population_footnotes = All demographics and other statistics: National Institute of Statistics (Italy) (Istat).

| population_total = 667

| population_as_of = 28 February 2017

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| population_demonym = Magomadesi, Magumadesos

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| elevation_m = 263

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| postal_code = 09090

| area_code = 0785

| website = {{official website|http://www.comune.magomadas.or.it/}}

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Magomadas ({{langx|sc|Magumadas}}) is a comune (municipality) in the Province of Oristano in the Italian region Sardinia, located about {{convert|130|km|mi}} northwest of Cagliari and about {{convert|40|km|mi}} north of Oristano.

Geography

Magomadas borders the following municipalities: Bosa, Flussio, Modolo, Tresnuraghes.

History

The village was presumably founded by Phoenicians. The name Macomades is born by many ancient settlements around the coast of the western Mediterranean Sea. In Hebrew, of all contemporary semitic languages the most closely related to ancient Phoenician, maqom ħadaš means "new place".

References

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Category:Cities and towns in Sardinia

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