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Paola, town, eastern Malta, just south of Valletta and adjacent to Tarxien to the southeast. It was founded in 1626 by the grand master of the Hospitallers (Knights of Malta), Antoine de Paule, and it remained a small village until the late 19th century, when it grew rapidly as a residential district for workers from the adjacent Grand Harbour dockyards. It has a well-preserved Neolithic temple and the Ħal Saflieni Hypogeum (catacombs), discovered in 1902 and designated a UNESCO World Heritage site in 1980. Pop. (2011) 8,267; (2015 est.) 8,177.

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