Xghajra
Xgħajra is a small village in the Port Region of Malta. It is located on the coast, about halfway between Valletta and Marsaskala. Its local football club is known as the Xgħajra Tornadoes F.C.
- Type: Village with 1,730 residents
- Description: local council of Malta
- Also known as: “Ix-Xgħara”, “Sh’ayra”, “Shghaira”, “Xghaira”, and “Xgħajra”
Places of Interest
Highlights: Saint Peter’s Battery and Fort Saint Rocco.
Saint Peter’s Battery
Saint Peter's Battery was an artillery battery…Fort Saint Rocco
Fort
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Żabbar and Kalkara.
Kalkara
Village
Xghajra
- Categories: local council of Malta and locality
- Location: Ix-Xgħajra, Malta, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
35.88807° or 35° 53′ 17″ north
Longitude
14.54787° or 14° 32′ 52″ east
Population
1,730
Elevation
31 metres (102 feet)
UN/LOCODE
MT XAG
Open location code
8F7PVGQX+64
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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In Other Languages
From Amharic to Vietnamese—“Xghajra” goes by many names.
- Amharic: “ኽሓይራ”
- Arabic: “خحايرا”
- Arabic: “زغواجرا”
- Arabic: “شایرا”
- Azerbaijani: “Xghajra”
- Basque: “Xgħajra”
- Bengali: “খগাজরা”
- Bengali: “জাঝরা”
- Catalan: “Xgħajra”
- Cebuano: “Ix-Xgħajra”
- Chinese: “沙伊拉”
- Czech: “Xgħajra”
- Danish: “Xgħajra”
- Dutch: “Xgħajra”
- Esperanto: “Xgħajra”
- Finnish: “Xgħajra”
- French: “Ix-Xgħajra”
- French: “Xghajra”
- French: “Xgħajra”
- German: “Xghajra”
- German: “Xgħajra”
- Greek: “Ξγκάτζρα”
- Gujarati: “ઝ્ઘાજ્રા”
- Hausa: “Xghajra”
- Hindi: “क्घैजरा”
- Hindi: “ज़ग़ाज़रा”
- Hungarian: “Xgħajra”
- Indonesian: “Xghajra”
- Indonesian: “Xgħajra”
- Italian: “Sciaira”
- Italian: “Xgħajra”
- Japanese: “シャイラ”
- Japanese: “ングハイラ”
- Javanese: “Xghajra”
- Kannada: “ಕ್ಸಘಾಜ್ರ”
- Kazakh: “Кхайра”
- Kirghiz: “Кхайра”
- Korean: “샤이라”
- Latvian: “Šgaira”
- Lithuanian: “Šgaira”
- Malay: “Xghajra”
- Maltese: “Xgħajra”
- Marathi: “क्सघाज्रा”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Xgħajra”
- Norwegian: “Xgħajra”
- Oromo: “Xghajra”
- Panjabi: “ਖ਼ਗ਼ਾਜ਼ਰਾ”
- Persian: “خحایرا”
- Polish: “Xgħajra”
- Portuguese: “Xghajra”
- Portuguese: “Xgħajra”
- Pushto: “خحایرا”
- Russian: “Кхайра”
- Russian: “Шайра”
- Sicilian: “Xgħajra”
- Sinhala: “එක්ස්ගජ්රා”
- Somali: “Xghajra”
- Spanish: “Xghajra”
- Spanish: “Xgħajra”
- Swahili: “Xghajra”
- Swedish: “Ix-Xgħajra”
- Tajik: “Кхайра”
- Tamil: “ஸ்கஜ்ரா”
- Tatar: “Кхайра”
- Telugu: “జగాజ్రా”
- Thai: “ซักฮาจรา”
- Turkish: “Xghajra”
- Ukrainian: “Шайра”
- Urdu: “خحایرا”
- Urdu: “شایرا”
- Uzbek: “Xghajra”
- Vietnamese: “Xghajra”
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Places to explore: Tan-Nisa and Tal-Qassisin.
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Highlights: Xgħajra Tornados Football Club and Xo fitness malta.
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