Magomadas Explained

Magomadas
Official Name:Comune di Magomadas
Native Name:Magumadas
Pushpin Map:Italy Sardinia
Coordinates:40.2667°N 39°W
Region:Sardinia
Province:Oristano (OR)
Mayor:Paolo Puddu
Area Total Km2:9.02
Population Footnotes:[1]
Population Total:667
Population As Of:28 February 2017
Population Demonym:Magomadesi, Magumadesos
Elevation M:263
Postal Code:09090
Area Code:0785

Magomadas (Sardinian: Magumadas) is a comune (municipality) in the Province of Oristano in the Italian region Sardinia, located about 130km (80miles) northwest of Cagliari and about 40km (30miles) 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

Notes and References

  1. All demographics and other statistics: National Institute of Statistics (Italy) (Istat).