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Lija

Lija

Lija is a small village in the Eastern Region of . Together with and , it forms part of Malta's "Three Villages". Lija has a baroque and seven other small chapels.
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Places of Interest

Highlights include Lija Belvedere Tower and San Anton Palace.

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The is a belvedere in Lija, . It was built in the 19th century as a folly within a private garden, and it is now located on a roundabout.

Castle
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is a palace in , , that currently serves as the official residence of the president of Malta. It was originally built in the early 17th century as a country villa for Antoine de Paule, a knight of the Order of St.

Church
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Places in the Area

Nearby places include Balzan and Iklin.

Village
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is a municipality in the of , and together with and Lija, forms part of the "Three Villages". The village originally consisted of a group of small dwellings and farms but eventually grew, becoming a parish in the 17th century.

Village
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is a village in the Eastern Region of , with a population of 3,247 as at 2021. was established in the mid-20th century; however some archaeological sites and a medieval chapel, named as St.

Town
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is a locality in the of . Together with and Lija, it forms part of the "Three Villages" and has been inhabited since the Classical Period.

Lija

Latitude
35.90177° or 35° 54′ 6″ north
Longitude
14.44761° or 14° 26′ 51″ east
Population
3,070
Elevation
69 metres (226 feet)
United Nations Location Code
MT LIJ
Open location code
8F7PWC2X+P2
Open­Street­Map ID
node 3678514908
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
2562801
Wiki­data ID
Q782049
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Vietnamese—“Lija” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “ليا”
  • Arabic: “لیا”
  • Basque: “Lija”
  • Bengali: “লিজা”
  • Catalan: “Lija”
  • Cebuano: “Lija”
  • Chinese: “利亚”
  • Danish: “Lija”
  • Dutch: “Lija”
  • Esperanto: “Lija”
  • Finnish: “Lija”
  • French: “Lija”
  • German: “Lija”
  • Greek: “Λίτζα”
  • Gujarati: “લીજા”
  • Hindi: “लीया”
  • Hungarian: “Lija”
  • Indonesian: “Lija”
  • Italian: “Casal Lia”
  • Italian: “Lia”
  • Japanese: “リーヤ”
  • Kannada: “ಲಿಜಾ”
  • Korean: “리야”
  • Latin: “Lija”
  • Latvian: “Lidža”
  • Lithuanian: “Lidža”
  • Lithuanian: “Lija”
  • Malay: “Lija”
  • Maltese: “Casal Lia”
  • Maltese: “Ħal Lija”
  • Maltese: “Lia”
  • Marathi: “लीजा”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Lija”
  • Norwegian: “Lija”
  • Persian: “بخش لیخا”
  • Persian: “لیا، مالت”
  • Polish: “Lija”
  • Portuguese: “Lija”
  • Russian: “Лия”
  • Sicilian: “Lija”
  • Sinhala: “ලිජා”
  • Spanish: “Lija”
  • Swedish: “Ħal Lija”
  • Swedish: “Lija”
  • Tamil: “லீஜா”
  • Telugu: “లిజా”
  • Thai: “ลิจา”
  • Turkish: “Lija”
  • Ukrainian: “Лія”
  • Urdu: “لییا”
  • Vietnamese: “Lija”

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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 “Lija”. Photo: Tony Hisgett, CC BY 2.0.