Zurrieq

Żurrieq is a town in the Western Region of . It is one of the oldest towns in the country. Żurrieq is one of the 10 parishes to be documented in 1436 and is dedicated to Saint Catherine.
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  • Type: Town with 11,800 residents
  • Description: town in Malta
  • Also known as: “Casal Zurrico”, “Zurriek”, and “Żurrieq”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Church of St Catherine, Żurrieq and Bubaqra Tower.

Church
Photo: Kritzolina, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Church of St Catherine is a Roman Catholic parish church that serves the village of Żurrieq.

Historic building
, formerly named as Saliba Tower, is a fortified house in , limits of Żurrieq, . It was built as a country retreat in the late 16th century.

Photo: Tfarr, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The at Żurrieq, is one of the windmills constructed by the Order of St. John in the villages and towns of Malta. It was built in the 18th century and is presently one of the most preserved windmills in Malta.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Safi and Maqluba.

Village
Photo: Sudika, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a in the Western Region of , bordering Żurrieq and . The population of was 3,324 in July 2024. This included 1,714 males and 1,610 females; 2,985 Maltese nationals and 339 foreign nationals.

Locality
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Il-Maqluba is a with a surface area of around 4,765 square metres situated in the village of in Malta. Il-Maqluba is a Special Area of Conservation – Candidate Site of International Importance and designated as a Tree Protection Area, forming…

Village
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is a village in the Western Region of It is located close to , Żurrieq and . Within its boundaries are the two Neolithic temples of and .

Zurrieq

Latitude
35.82947° or 35° 49′ 46″ north
Longitude
14.47452° or 14° 28′ 28″ east
Population
11,800
Elevation
132 metres (433 feet)
United Nations Location Code
MT ZUR
Open location code
8F7PRFHF+QR
Open­Street­Map ID
node 130888701
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
2562250
Wiki­data ID
Q44417
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Amharic to Volapük—“Zurrieq” goes by many names.
  • Amharic: “ዙሪቅ”
  • Arabic: “الزراق”
  • Arabic: “الزُّرَّاقُ”
  • Arabic: “الزرياق”
  • Arabic: “الزريق”
  • Arabic: “زوريق”
  • Armenian: “Զուռիկ”
  • Azerbaijani: “Zurrieq”
  • Basque: “Żurrieq”
  • Belarusian: “Зурык”
  • Bengali: “জুরিক”
  • Bengali: “জুরিয়েক”
  • Bosnian: “Żurrieq”
  • Bulgarian: “Зурик”
  • Catalan: “Żurrieq”
  • Cebuano: “Iż-Żurrieq”
  • Central Kurdish: “زوریق”
  • Chechen: “Зеббудж”
  • Chinese: “祖里格”
  • Czech: “Żurrieq”
  • Danish: “Zurrieq”
  • Dutch: “Zurrieq”
  • Dutch: “Żurrieq”
  • Esperanto: “Żurrieq”
  • Finnish: “Żurrieq”
  • French: “Iż-Żurrieq”
  • French: “Zurrieq”
  • French: “Żurrieq”
  • German: “MT-68”
  • German: “Zurrieq”
  • German: “Żurrieq”
  • Greek: “Ζουρί”
  • Greek: “Ζουριέκ”
  • Gujarati: “ઝુરેઈક”
  • Hausa: “Zurrieq”
  • Hindi: “जुर्रिएक”
  • Hindi: “ज़ुर्रीक़”
  • Hungarian: “Żurrieq”
  • Indonesian: “Zurrieq”
  • Indonesian: “Żurrieq”
  • Italian: “Zurrico”
  • Italian: “Zurrieq”
  • Japanese: “ズッリー”
  • Japanese: “ズッリエク”
  • Javanese: “Zurrieq”
  • Kannada: “ಝೆರಿಕ್”
  • Kazakh: “Зурриек”
  • Kirghiz: “Зурриек”
  • Korean: “주리”
  • Korean: “주리크”
  • Latvian: “Zurrī”
  • Lithuanian: “Zurikas”
  • Luxembourgish: “Zurrieq”
  • Luxembourgish: “Żurrieq”
  • Malay: “Zurrieq”
  • Maltese: “Iż-Żurrieq”
  • Maltese: “Żurrieq”
  • Marathi: “झर्यियेक”
  • Mingrelian: “ზურიკი”
  • Northern Sami: “Żurrieq”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Zurrieq”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Żurrieq”
  • Oromo: “Zurrieq”
  • Panjabi: “ਜ਼ੁਰੀਏਕ”
  • Persian: “زوریک”
  • Polish: “Błękitna Grota”
  • Polish: “Blue Grotto”
  • Polish: “Iz-Zurrieq”
  • Polish: “Iż-Żurrieq”
  • Polish: “Wied iz-Zurrieq”
  • Polish: “Wied iż-Żurrieq”
  • Polish: “Zurrieq”
  • Polish: “Żurrieq”
  • Portuguese: “Zurrieq”
  • Portuguese: “Żurrieq”
  • Pushto: “زریق”
  • Pushto: “زوریک”
  • Russian: “Зурриек”
  • Russian: “Зуррик”
  • Sicilian: “Zurrieq”
  • Sicilian: “Żurrieq”
  • Sinhala: “සූරික්”
  • Slovenian: “Zurrieq”
  • Slovenian: “Żurrieq”
  • Somali: “Zurrieq”
  • Spanish: “Zurrieq”
  • Spanish: “Żurrieq”
  • Swahili: “Zurrieq”
  • Swedish: “Iż-Żurrieq”
  • Tajik: “Зурриек”
  • Tamil: “ஸுரியக்”
  • Tatar: “Зурриек”
  • Telugu: “జురియెక్”
  • Thai: “เซอร์ริกค์”
  • Turkish: “Zurrieq”
  • Ukrainian: “Зуррік”
  • Urdu: “زوریئا”
  • Uzbek: “Zurrieq”
  • Vietnamese: “Zurrieq”
  • Volapük: “Żurrieq”

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