Xaghra

Xagħra is in . 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.
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  • Type: Village with 4,890 residents
  • Description: town on the island of Gozo in Malta
  • Also known as: “Ix-Xaghra”, “Kaċċa”, “Kacha”, “Shaghra”, and “Xagħra”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Ġgantija and Ramla Bay.

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

Beach
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is a bay with a beach of reddish-coloured sand in , in the Maltese Islands. It lies on the north-east coast of the island, between the bays of and San Blas. The closest village is Xagħra.

Church
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The of the Blessed Virgin Mary into Heaven is a Roman Catholic cathedral in the of Victoria in , . The cathedral is dedicated to the Assumption of Mary, and has been the seat of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Gozo since the formation of the diocese in 1864.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Victoria and Għajnsielem.

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, also called Rabat is in . It should not be confused with on the main island of .

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is a city on , . It includes the island of Comino. It has a population of 3,200 residents.

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is a town on 's south coast. Formerly a picture perfect Mediterranean fishing village, it has now been expanded to several times its old size by modern hotels and apartments.

Xaghra

Latitude
36.0503° or 36° 3′ 1″ north
Longitude
14.2648° or 14° 15′ 53″ east
Population
4,890
Elevation
144 metres (472 feet)
United Nations Location Code
MT XGA
Open location code
8F8P3727+4W
Open­Street­Map ID
node 131739777
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
2562280
Wiki­data ID
Q605343
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Amharic to Vietnamese—“Xaghra” goes by many names.
  • Amharic: “ካግራ”
  • Arabic: “الشعراء”
  • Arabic: “الشَّعْرَاءُ”
  • Arabic: “خاغرا”
  • Armenian: “Շահրա”
  • Azerbaijani: “Xaghra”
  • Basque: “Xagħra”
  • Belarusian: “Шаара”
  • Bengali: “খাঘ্রা”
  • Bengali: “জাঘ্রা”
  • Catalan: “Xagħra”
  • Cebuano: “Ix-Xagħra”
  • Chinese: “沙拉”
  • Danish: “Xagħra”
  • Dutch: “Xagħra”
  • Esperanto: “Xagħra”
  • Finnish: “Xagħra”
  • French: “Ix-Xagħra”
  • French: “Xaghra”
  • French: “Xagħra”
  • Galician: “Xagħra”
  • German: “Xaghra”
  • German: “Xagħra”
  • Greek: “Ξάγκχρα”
  • Gujarati: “ઝાઘ્રા”
  • Hausa: “Xaghra”
  • Hindi: “खाघ्रा”
  • Hindi: “ज़ेन्गरॉ”
  • Hungarian: “Xagħra”
  • Indonesian: “Xaghra”
  • Indonesian: “Xagħra”
  • Italian: “Caccia”
  • Italian: “Casal Caccia”
  • Italian: “Ix-Xagħra”
  • Italian: “Xagħra”
  • Japanese: “カグラ”
  • Japanese: “シャーラ”
  • Javanese: “Xaghra”
  • Kannada: “ಕ್ಸಘ್ರಾ”
  • Kazakh: “Кахра”
  • Kirghiz: “Кахра”
  • Korean: “샤라”
  • Latin: “Caccia”
  • Latvian: “Šagra”
  • Lithuanian: “Šagra”
  • Malay: “Xaghra”
  • Maltese: “Ix-Xagħra”
  • Maltese: “Xagħra”
  • Marathi: “क्साघार”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Xaghra”
  • Oromo: “Xaghra”
  • Panjabi: “ਖਾਘ਼ਰਾ”
  • Persian: “خاغرا”
  • Persian: “زاگرا”
  • Polish: “Xagħra”
  • Portuguese: “Xaghra”
  • Portuguese: “Xagħra”
  • Pushto: “خاغرا”
  • Russian: “Кахра”
  • Russian: “Шаара”
  • Sicilian: “Xagħra”
  • Sinhala: “එක්සග්‍රා”
  • Somali: “Xaghra”
  • Spanish: “Xaghra”
  • Spanish: “Xagħra”
  • Swahili: “Xaghra”
  • Swedish: “Ix-Xagħra”
  • Tajik: “Кахра”
  • Tamil: “சேக்ஹ்ரா”
  • Tatar: “Кахра”
  • Telugu: “జాగ్రా”
  • Thai: “ซาเกร็บ”
  • Turkish: “Xaghra”
  • Turkish: “Xagħra”
  • Ukrainian: “Шаара”
  • Ukrainian: “Шара”
  • Urdu: “خاغرا”
  • Urdu: “شارا”
  • Uzbek: “Xaghra”
  • Vietnamese: “Xaghra”

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