Sister cities of Paola, Malta

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Paola (or old name Casal Nuovo) is a town in the Grand Harbour area of Malta, with a population of 8,856 people (November 2005). It is named after Grandmaster Antoine de Paule who laid the foundation stone in 1626, but is commonly known as Raħal Ġdid, which means "new town" in Maltese.

Paola is renowned for the Ħal Saflieni Hypogeum, its large parish church (the largest church in the Maltese Islands), its beautiful square with shopping centres, the Good Friday procession, and its football club, Hibernians FC.

A number of prominent Maltese personalities come from Paola, including Dr.Vincent Moran (an ex-Minister of Health), Dr.Konrad Mizzi (Minister for Energy and the Conservation of Water), Silvio Parnis (Member of parliament), Jason Azzopardi (Member of parliament),Gino Cauchi (ex-member of Parliament), Dr.Chris Fearne (paediatric surgeon), Ino Bonello (international movie art director), Mons. Francesco Xuereb (founder of Our Lady of Lourdes parish and benefactor of the main parish dedicated to Christ the King), Immanuel Mifsud, Massimo Ellul (satellite T.V. pioneer for Malta), Carmel Joseph Farrugia (Charles Farrugia), TV personality Simone Cini, actor and TV personality Etienne St. John, radio & TV presenter Dorian Cassar, songwriter and television producer Joe Julian Farrugia, and singers Klinsmann Coleiro and Ruth Casingena (also an actress). One of Malta's Prime Ministers, Sir Paul Boffa, (1890–1962) resided in this locality.

There are two parish churches. One is dedicated to Christ the King and the other to Our Lady of Lourdes.

The feast of Christ the King is celebrated on the fourth Sunday of July and Our Lady of Lourdes is celebrated on the first Sunday after 17 August.

The parish also has a Franciscan church dedicated to Saint Anthony in part of the parish called Għajn Dwieli. St. Ubaldesca Church is the oldest church in Paola and was the first parish church there. It has recently undergone restoration.

Paola also has Malta's only mosque and an Islamic Cultural Centre led by Imam Mohammed El Sadi. The country's correctional facilities and the largest burial grounds, the Adolorata Cemetery are also in this town.

The town is a commercial centre in the Southern Harbour area of Malta, about 5 km from the capital Valletta.

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