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Iż-Żurrieq

Żurrieq

Żurrieq is a town in the Western Region of . It is one of the oldest towns in the country, and has a population of 11,823 inhabitants as of March 2014.
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  • Type: Town with 11,800 residents
  • Description: town in Malta
  • Also known as: “Casal Zurrico”, “Zurriek”, and “Zurrieq”

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 that serves the village of Żurrieq.

Historic building
Photo: Malcolmalta, Public domain.
, 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 . It has a population of 2,126 people as of March 2014. The formation of the village, as known today, goes back to the Punic-Roman period: the , a round Punic-Roman tower in the village, was probably built at the time of the Punic Wars.

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
Photo: Zairon, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a village in the Western Region of , with a population of 3,148 people as of October 2021. It is located close to , Żurrieq and .

Żurrieq

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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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Volapük—“Żurrieq” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “الزراق”
  • Arabic: “الزُّرَّاقُ”
  • Arabic: “الزرياق”
  • Arabic: “الزريق”
  • Armenian: “Զուռիկ”
  • Basque: “Żurrieq”
  • Belarusian: “Зурык”
  • Bengali: “জুরিক”
  • 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”
  • Hindi: “ज़ुर्रेक”
  • Hungarian: “Żurrieq”
  • Indonesian: “Żurrieq”
  • Italian: “Zurrico”
  • Italian: “Zurrieq”
  • Japanese: “ズッリー”
  • Kannada: “ಝೆರಿಕ್”
  • 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”
  • 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: “Żurrieq”
  • Pushto: “زوریک”
  • Russian: “Зурриек”
  • Russian: “Зуррик”
  • Sicilian: “Zurrieq”
  • Sicilian: “Żurrieq”
  • Sinhala: “සූරික්”
  • Slovenian: “Zurrieq”
  • Slovenian: “Żurrieq”
  • Spanish: “Zurrieq”
  • Spanish: “Żurrieq”
  • Swedish: “Iż-Żurrieq”
  • Tamil: “ஸுரியக்”
  • Telugu: “జురియెక్”
  • Thai: “เซอร์ริกค์”
  • Turkish: “Zurrieq”
  • Ukrainian: “Зуррік”
  • Urdu: “زوریئا”
  • Vietnamese: “Zurrieq”
  • Volapük: “Żurrieq”

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