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Tarxien

Tarxien is a town in the Port region of , seat of the Port Regional Council. Its population stood at 8,583 in March 2014. The town is most notable for the , a megalithic temple complex which is among the oldest freestanding structures on Earth.
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  • Type: Village with 8,580 residents
  • Description: town in Malta
  • Also known as: “Tarshin”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Ħal Saflieni Hypogeum and Ħal Tarxien Temples.

Museum
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The Hypogeum of Ħal Saflieni is a Neolithic subterranean structure dating to the Saflieni phase in Maltese prehistory, located in , . It is often simply referred to as the Hypogeum, literally meaning "underground" in Greek.

Protected area
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The Ħal Tarxien Prehistoric Complex is an archaeological complex in Tarxien, within the Port region of . They date to approximately 3400 BC. The site was accepted as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1992 along with the other Megalithic temples on the island of Malta.

Church
Photo: Bulbul, Public domain.
The Basilica of Christ the King is a Roman Catholic parish church located in .

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Santa Luċija and Paola.

Village
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is a village in the of , with a population of 3,623 as of January 2022. It is one of the modern towns developed in Malta during the 20th century.

Town
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is a town in the Port Region of , with 8,706 inhabitants as of 2019. The town is a commercial centre in the Southern Harbour area of Malta, about 5 km from the capital , contiguous to Tarxien and , with which it forms a single urban area.

Town
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is a town in the Port Region of . It has a population of 13,066 as of 2021. Its northern fringes are bordered by the of fortifications while it merges with the towns of to the east and and Tarxien to the West.

Tarxien

Latitude
35.86489° or 35° 51′ 54″ north
Longitude
14.51149° or 14° 30′ 41″ east
Population
8,580
Elevation
62 metres (203 feet)
United Nations Location Code
MT TAR
Open location code
8F7PVG76+XH
Open­Street­Map ID
node 599173875
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
2562349
Wiki­data ID
Q744001
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Vietnamese—“Tarxien” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “ترزين”
  • Arabic: “رحل طرشان”
  • Arabic: “رَحْلُ طَرْشَانَ”
  • Basque: “Tarxien”
  • Belarusian: “Таршын”
  • Bengali: “Tarxien”
  • Bengali: “টারক্সিয়েন”
  • Catalan: “Tarxien”
  • Cebuano: “Tarxien”
  • Central Kurdish: “تارشین”
  • Chechen: “Таршин”
  • Chinese: “塔尔欣”
  • Chinese: “塔爾欣”
  • Czech: “Tarxien”
  • Danish: “Tarxien”
  • Dutch: “Tarxien”
  • Esperanto: “Tarxien”
  • Finnish: “Tarxien”
  • French: “Ħal Tarxien”
  • French: “Tarxien”
  • Galician: “Tarxien”
  • German: “Hal-Tarxien”
  • German: “Ħal-Tarxien”
  • German: “MT-59”
  • German: “Tarxien”
  • Greek: “Τάρκσιεν”
  • Gujarati: “તાર્ક્સિએન”
  • Hausa: “Tarxien”
  • Hebrew: “Tarxien”
  • Hebrew: “טרשין”
  • Hindi: “Tarxien”
  • Hindi: “टारज़िएन”
  • Hungarian: “Tarxien”
  • Indonesian: “Tarxien”
  • Italian: “Casal Tarxen”
  • Italian: “Tarscen”
  • Italian: “Tarxien”
  • Japanese: “タルシーン”
  • Kannada: “ಟ್ಯಾಕ್ಸೀನ್”
  • Korean: “타르시엔”
  • Korean: “타르신”
  • Latin: “Tarxien”
  • Latin: “Tirix”
  • Latvian: “Taršina”
  • Lithuanian: “Taršinas”
  • Malay: “Tarxien”
  • Maltese: “Casal Tarxien”
  • Maltese: “Ħal Tarxien”
  • Marathi: “टर्क्सिएन”
  • Mingrelian: “ტარშინი”
  • Northern Sami: “Tarxien”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Tarxien”
  • Norwegian: “Tarxien”
  • Persian: “Tarxien”
  • Persian: “ترزین”
  • Polish: “Hal Tarxien”
  • Polish: “Ħal Tarxien”
  • Polish: “Hal-Tarxien”
  • Polish: “Ħal-Tarxien”
  • Polish: “Tarxien”
  • Portuguese: “Tarxien”
  • Pushto: “ترزین”
  • Russian: “Таршин”
  • Sicilian: “Tarxien”
  • Sinhala: “ටක්සියෙන්”
  • Spanish: “Tarxien”
  • Swedish: “Ħal Tarxien”
  • Swedish: “Tarxien”
  • Tamil: “டர்க்ஸின்”
  • Telugu: “టార్జియెన్”
  • Thai: “ทาร์เซียน”
  • Turkish: “Tarxien”
  • Ukrainian: “Таршіен”
  • Urdu: “تارشیئن”
  • Vietnamese: “Tarxien”

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