Safi
Safi is a village in the Western Region of Malta, bordering Żurrieq and Kirkop. 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 Ta' Ġawhar Tower, a round Punic-Roman tower in the village, was probably built at the time of the Punic Wars.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Village with 2,130 residents
- Description: village Malta
- Also known as: “Safi, Malta”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Xarolla Windmill and Church of St Catherine, Żurrieq.
Xarolla Windmill
Photo: Tfarr, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Xarolla Windmill at Żurrieq, Malta 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.
Church of St Catherine, Żurrieq
Church
Photo: Kritzolina, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Church of St Catherine is a Roman Catholic parish church that serves the village of Żurrieq.
Bubaqra Tower
Historic building
Photo: Malcolmalta, Public domain.
Bubaqra Tower, formerly named as Saliba Tower, is a fortified house in Bubaqra, limits of Żurrieq, Malta. It was built as a country retreat in the late 16th century.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Żurrieq and Kirkop.
Żurrieq
Town
Photo: Mauroonline, CC BY 2.5.
Żurrieq is a town in the Western Region of Malta. It is one of the oldest towns in the country, and has a population of 11,823 inhabitants as of March 2014.
Kirkop
Village
Photo: IsaacBTTF, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Kirkop is a village in the Western Region of Malta. Located near the Malta International Airport, it has been inhabited since pre-history. The parish church is dedicated to Saint Leonard. The football team of the village is Kirkop United.
Mqabba
Village
Photo: Edward Lear, Public domain.
Mqabba is a town in the Western Region of Malta. It has a traditional Maltese village layout, with a population of about 3,339 inhabitants, as of January 2019.
Safi
- Category: locality
- Location: Safi, Malta, Europe
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Latitude
35.83245° or 35° 49′ 57″ northLongitude
14.48431° or 14° 29′ 4″ eastPopulation
2,130Elevation
106 metres (348 feet)United Nations Location Code
MT SAFOpen location code
8F7PRFJM+XPOpenStreetMap ID
node 130889468OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Vietnamese—“Safi” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “رحل صافي”
- Arabic: “سافي”
- Arabic: “صافي”
- Armenian: “Սաֆի”
- Basque: “Safi”
- Bengali: “সাফি”
- Catalan: “Safi”
- Cebuano: “Safi”
- Chinese: “萨菲”
- Chinese: “薩菲”
- Czech: “Safi”
- Danish: “Safi”
- Dutch: “Safi”
- Esperanto: “Safi”
- Finnish: “Safi”
- French: “Ħal Safi”
- French: “Safi”
- German: “Safi”
- Greek: “Σάφι”
- Gujarati: “સફી”
- Hindi: “सफ़ी”
- Hungarian: “Safi”
- Indonesian: “Safi, Malta”
- Indonesian: “Safi”
- Italian: “Safi”
- Japanese: “サーフィ”
- Kannada: “ಸಫಿ”
- Korean: “사피”
- Latin: “Safi”
- Latvian: “Safi”
- Lithuanian: “Safis”
- Malay: “Safi”
- Maltese: “Casal Safi”
- Maltese: “Ħal Safi”
- Marathi: “सफ़ी”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Safi”
- Persian: “سافی”
- Polish: “Safi”
- Portuguese: “Safi”
- Russian: “Сафи”
- Sicilian: “Safi”
- Sinhala: “සාෆි”
- Spanish: “Safi”
- Swedish: “Ħal Safi”
- Swedish: “Safi”
- Tamil: “சாபி”
- Telugu: “సాఫి”
- Thai: “ซาฟี”
- Turkish: “Safi”
- Ukrainian: “Сафі”
- Urdu: “سافی، مالٹا”
- Urdu: “سافی”
- Vietnamese: “Safi”
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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 “Safi”. Photo: Sudika, CC BY-SA 3.0.