Birkirkara: facts

At a glance

• Country: Malta
• Region: Birkirkara
• Administrative status: seat of a first-order administrative division (GeoNames code PPLA)
• Population: approximately 24,356
• Coordinates: 35.8971° N, 14.4611° E
• Time zone: Europe/Malta (UTC+01:00 standard, UTC+02:00 daylight saving time)
• Currency: Euro (EUR)
• Distance to the capital, Valletta: 4.8 km (3.0 mi), straight line

Getting there

• Malta International Airport (MLA): 6.3 km (3.9 mi), straight line
• Comiso Airport (CIY, Italy): 123 km (76 mi), straight line
• Lampedusa Airport (LMP, Italy): 172 km (107 mi), straight line

Nearby

• Balzan: 1.0 km (0.6 mi)
• L-Iklin: 1.0 km (0.6 mi)
• Ta' San Gwakkin: 1.2 km (0.8 mi)
• Santa Venera: 1.3 km (0.8 mi)
• Lija: 1.4 km (0.9 mi)
• Nearest place with over 100,000 inhabitants: Siracusa, 150 km (93 mi)