Magomadas
Comune in Sardinia, Italy
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Magomadas (Sardinian: Magumadas) is a comune (municipality) in the Province of Oristano in the Italian region Sardinia, located about 130 kilometres (81 mi) northwest of Cagliari and about 40 kilometres (25 mi) north of Oristano.
Magomadas
Magumadas | |
|---|---|
| Comune di Magomadas | |
  Magomadas Location of Magomadas in Sardinia | |
| Coordinates: 40°16′N 8°31′E | |
| Country | Italy |
| Region | Sardinia |
| Province | Oristano (OR) |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Paolo Puddu |
| Area | |
• Total | 9.02 km2 (3.48 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 263 m (863 ft) |
| Population (28 February 2017)[2] | |
• Total | 667 |
| • Density | 73.9/km2 (192/sq mi) |
| Demonym(s) | Magomadesi, Magumadesos |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Postal code | 09090 |
| Dialing code | 0785 |
| Website | Official website |
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".
