The Church of Saint John the Baptist, commonly known as the Rotunda of Xewkija or Xewkija Rotunda, is a Roman Catholic church in Xewkija, Gozo, Malta.

Ġgantija is a megalithic temple complex from the Neolithic era, on the Mediterranean island of Gozo in Malta. The Ġgantija temples are the earliest of the Megalithic Temples of Malta and are older than the pyramids of Egypt.

Gozo Stadium

Stadium

Photo: MPN 1994, CC BY-SA 4.0.

The Gozo Stadium, formerly known as the Silver Jubilee Ground, is the main stadium of the island of Gozo, Malta. The Gozo Stadium, which is located in Xewkija, seats only 1,644 people but its standing areas at each end of its main stand ensure that the stadium can hold up to approximately 3,800 people, with 1,628 seated.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Sannat and Xaghra.

Sannat

Village

Photo: Sudika, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Sannat is an administrative unit of Malta, on the island of Gozo, with a population of 2,117 people. Ta' Sannat is in the south of Gozo, popular for its very high cliffs, ancient cart ruts, temples and dolmens, and rich fauna and flora.

Xaghra

Photo: DXR, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Xagħra is in Gozo. It's an attractive village of 4,900 people that houses the Ġgantija temples, and is a 5-minute drive or a 30-minute walk to Ramla i Hamra beach and to Rabat, so if you don't have too much time to explore the island, this is a good place to use as a base.

Victoria

Photo: ZiYouXunLu, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Victoria, also called Rabat is in Gozo. It should not be confused with another town called Rabat on the main island of Malta.

Xewkija

Latitude

36.03235° or 36° 1′ 57″ north

Longitude

14.261° or 14° 15′ 40″ east

Population

3,300

Elevation

93 metres (305 feet)

United Nations Location Code

MT XWK

Open location code

8F8P27J6+W9

OpenStreetMap ID

node 131726606

OpenStreetMap feature

place=village

GeoNames ID

2562274

Wikidata ID

Q919921

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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Vietnamese—“Xewkija” goes by many names.

Arabic: “الشوقية”
Arabic: “شوكية”
Asturian: “Xewkija”
Basque: “Xewkija”
Bengali: “জিউকিজা”
Catalan: “Xewkija”
Cebuano: “Ix-Xewkija”
Chinese: “紹基亞”
Chinese: “绍基亚”
Czech: “Xewkija”
Danish: “Xewkija”
Dutch: “Xewkija”
Esperanto: “Xewkija”
Finnish: “Xewkija”
French: “Ix-Xewkija”
French: “Xewkija”
German: “MT-62”
German: “Xewkija”
Greek: “Ξεουκίτζα”
Gujarati: “ઝ્યુક્વજા”
Hindi: “झ्युकिया”
Hungarian: “Xewkija”
Indonesian: “Xewkija”
Italian: “Xeuchia”
Italian: “Xewkija”
Japanese: “シェウキーヤ”
Kannada: “ಎಕ್ಸ್ವಿಕಿಯಾ”
Korean: “셰우키야”
Latvian: “Šeukidža”
Lithuanian: “Šeukidža”
Lithuanian: “Šeukija”
Malay: “Xewkija”
Maltese: “Ix-Xewkija”
Maltese: “Xewkija”
Marathi: “एक्सवक्किया”
Norwegian Bokmål: “Xewkija”
Polish: “Xewkija”
Portuguese: “Xewkija”
Russian: “Шевкия”
Russian: “Шеукия”
Sicilian: “Xewkija”
Sinhala: “ක්සේව්කිජා”
Slovak: “Xewkija”
Spanish: “Xewkija”
Swedish: “Ix-Xewkija”
Tamil: “ஸேவ்க்கிஜா”
Telugu: “జెవికిజా”
Thai: “ซิวคิจา”
Turkish: “Xekija”
Ukrainian: “Шевкія”
Urdu: “شیوکیا”
Vietnamese: “Xewkija”

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Notable Places Nearby

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Xewkija”. Photo: Cccefalon, CC BY-SA 3.0.