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Ghasri (Maltese: L-Ghasri) is a village in the western part of Gozo, Malta, with a population of 525 people (as of March 2014).^[1] By population, it is the smallest village in Gozo after San Lawrenz, and the third smallest in the Maltese Islands, after Bidnija and Mdina. Ghasri does, however, has a relatively large area.

The village lies between the hills of Zebbug and Ghammar. The name has Arabic origins, possibly being an area where olives were crushed for oil. G?asri is reached by forking right on the Victoria-Gharb road just after the Aqueduct.

A lighthouse on Gurdan hill, better known as the Giordan Lighthouse dominates Ghasri. The famous lighthouse rises 180 metres above sea level and was inaugurated in 1853. Its beam can be seen up to 50 kilometres away. Upon the hill around the lighthouse there are some marvellous 360 degree views of Gozo and this lures quite a lot of hikers, who tackle the rather steep path up to the hillt

The village church, designed by a local priest, Dun Guzepp Diacono, was built early in the twentieth century. Its foundation stone was laid on 6 September 1903 and it was dedicated to the Corpus Christi, otherwise known as Christ the Saviour in the Eucharist on 9 January 1916. The village was established a parish by Bishop Giovanni Maria Camilleri on 16 December 1921.