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Xghajra (Xgħajra)

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General information - Location

Country	Malta
Location in country	East
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 14.547,Lat: 35.8874
Elevation	9 meter above sea level
Local time	18:25:26pm
At island	Malta
Name province/region (Kunsilli Lokali)	Xgħajra
Other place with same name 1	Xghajra Kalkara -

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Xghajra	0.7 km	WestNorthWest
2 Zabbar	1.4 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Kalkara	1.6 km	West
4 Birgu	1.8 km	WestSouthWest
5 Birgu	1.9 km	West

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Valletta	Malta	3.4 km	WestNorthWest
2 Roma	Italy	685 km	NorthNorthWest
3 Città del Vaticano	Vatican-city	687 km	NorthNorthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

Xghajra lies at the Mediterranean Sea (direction North). The nearest bigger lake is Pantano Longarini (1.1 km² at a height of around -1 meter above sea level) at a distance of 99.3 km in NorthNorthEastern direction).

The nearest mountain is Dingli Cliffs with a height of 249 meter (at a distance of 15.6 km and direction WestSouthWest).
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 7%, low location: 93%, The hills are mainly northeastern orientated. The surroundings of the place have a rural character (very sparsely urbanised). The most common land use in the area is agriculture.
Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Malta International Airport (at a distance of 7.2 km and direction WestSouthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Comiso Airport (at a distance of 122 km in Northern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Nature

0.8 km2

Agriculture

16.5 km2

45%

Viticulture

0.3 km2

0.8%

Urban area

16.3 km2

44.3%

Infrastructure

1.1 km2

2.9%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Xghajra in country Malta

Xghajra at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 City of Valletta	Malta	3.3 km	WestNorthWest
2 Ħal Saflieni Hypogeum	Malta	4 km	WestSouthWest
3 Megalithic Temples of Malta	Malta	31 km	WestNorthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Il-Maghluq tal-Bahar ta' Marsaskala	MT	3 km	SouthSouthEast

Social media - Maps

	Video's op youtube van Xghajra
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	Flickr
Filming Location	IMDB Xghajra
	TikTok
	Bings maps
	Mapquest
	Wikimapia
	OpenStreetMap

Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Kalkara

Type of weather in Kalkara	few clouds
Current temperature:	19 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	4.63 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 3)
Wind direction:	West
Air pressure:	1013 mb
Humidity:	72 %
Daylength at 21 November 2024:	10 hour and 7 minutes
Sunrise :	06:44 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	16:51 Europe/Amsterdam