Zejtun

Żejtun is a city of 11,000 people in , . It is the largest city in the south of the island and one of the oldest cities in Malta.
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  • Type: Town with 11,500 residents
  • Description: city in Malta
  • Also known as: “Casal Zeitun”, “Iz Zeitun”, and “Żejtun”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Malta Island and Ædes Danielis.

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Malta is an in Southern Europe. It is the largest and most populous of the three major islands that constitute the Maltese Archipelago and the country of .

Historic building
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, sometimes known as Palazzo Gregorio Bonici, is a late 17th-century renaissance building with private gardens and a private church in Żejtun, .

Church
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The , is a Roman Catholic church, the seat of the archpriest of Żejtun and the mother church of various parishes established from the originally larger territory of the Żejtun parish.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Ghaxaq and Marsaxlokk.

Village
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Għaxaq is a village in the of . The surrounding areas are predominantly used for agriculture. The population of Għaxaq was 5,852 in July 2024.

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is a small, traditional fishing village in the of . It has a harbour, and is a tourist attraction known for its views, fishing and history.

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The Southern Harbour of extends around the natural harbour between and , with numerous settlements, most of them dating back centuries, on rocks and cliffs immediately around the harbour bay, as well as further inland.

Zejtun

Latitude
35.8537° or 35° 51′ 13″ north
Longitude
14.53153° or 14° 31′ 54″ east
Population
11,500
Elevation
56 metres (184 feet)
United Nations Location Code
MT ZTN
Open location code
8F7PVG3J+FJ
Open­Street­Map ID
node 130892778
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
2562258
Wiki­data ID
Q44392
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In Other Languages

From Amharic to Volapük—“Zejtun” goes by many names.
  • Amharic: “ዜጁቱን”
  • Arabic: “الزيتون”
  • Arabic: “الزَّيْتُونُ”
  • Arabic: “زيتون”
  • Armenian: “Զեյթուն”
  • Azerbaijani: “Zejtun”
  • Basque: “Żejtun”
  • Belarusian: “Зейтун”
  • Belarusian: “Зэйтун”
  • Bengali: “জেজতুন”
  • Bengali: “জেতোন”
  • Catalan: “Żejtun”
  • Cebuano: “Iż-Żejtun”
  • Central Kurdish: “زەیتوون، ماڵتا”
  • Chinese: “榟橔”
  • Danish: “Żejtun”
  • Dutch: “Zejtun”
  • Dutch: “Żejtun”
  • Esperanto: “Żejtun”
  • Finnish: “Żejtun”
  • French: “Citta Beland”
  • French: “Citta‘ Beland”
  • French: “Iż-Żejtun”
  • French: “Zejtun”
  • French: “Żejtun”
  • German: “MT-67”
  • German: “Zejtun”
  • German: “Żejtun”
  • Greek: “Ζέτζτουν”
  • Gujarati: “ઝેજતુન”
  • Hausa: “Zejtun”
  • Hebrew: “איז-זיתון”
  • Hindi: “जेजतुन”
  • Hindi: “ज़ेयतन”
  • Hungarian: “Żejtun”
  • Indonesian: “Zejtun”
  • Indonesian: “Żejtun”
  • Italian: “Zeitun”
  • Italian: “Zejtun”
  • Italian: “Żejtun”
  • Japanese: “ゼイトゥン”
  • Javanese: “Zejtun”
  • Kannada: “ಝೆಜ್ಟೌನ್”
  • Kazakh: “Зейтун”
  • Kirghiz: “Зейтун”
  • Korean: “제이툰”
  • Latvian: “Zejtuna”
  • Lithuanian: “Zeitunas”
  • Lithuanian: “Zeitūnas”
  • Lithuanian: “Żejtun”
  • Luxembourgish: “Żejtun”
  • Malay: “Zejtun”
  • Maltese: “Żejtun”
  • Marathi: “एग्जटुन”
  • Mingrelian: “ზეიტუნი”
  • Northern Sami: “Żejtun”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Iz-Zejtun”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Żejtun”
  • Oromo: “Zejtun”
  • Panjabi: “ਜੇਜਤੁਨ”
  • Persian: “زیتون، مالت”
  • Persian: “زیتون”
  • Polish: “Żejtun”
  • Portuguese: “Zejtun”
  • Portuguese: “Żejtun”
  • Pushto: “زيتون (مالتا)”
  • Pushto: “زيتون”
  • Pushto: “زیتون”
  • Romanian: “Żejtun”
  • Russian: “Зейтун”
  • Serbian: “Città Beland”
  • Serbian: “Żejtun”
  • Serbian: “Зејтун”
  • Sicilian: “Zejtun”
  • Sicilian: “Żejtun”
  • Silesian: “Żejtun”
  • Sinhala: “සේජ්ටන්”
  • Somali: “Zejtun”
  • Spanish: “Zejtun”
  • Spanish: “Żejtun”
  • Swahili: “Zejtun”
  • Swedish: “Iż-Żejtun”
  • Tajik: “Зейтун”
  • Tamil: “சேஜ்துன்”
  • Tatar: “Зейтун”
  • Telugu: “జెజ్‌టన్”
  • Thai: “เซจตัน”
  • Turkish: “Zejtun”
  • Ukrainian: “Зейтун”
  • Urdu: “زیتون، مالٹا”
  • Urdu: “زیتون”
  • Uzbek: “Zejtun”
  • Vietnamese: “Zejtun”
  • Volapük: “Żejtun”

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