Lija: facts

At a glance

• Country: Malta
• Region: Lija
• Administrative status: seat of a first-order administrative division (GeoNames code PPLA)
• Population: approximately 3,202
• Coordinates: 35.9005° N, 14.4463° E
• Time zone: Europe/Malta (UTC+01:00 standard, UTC+02:00 daylight saving time)
• Currency: Euro (EUR)
• Distance to the capital, Valletta: 6.2 km (3.8 mi), straight line

Getting there

• Malta International Airport (MLA): 7.3 km (4.5 mi), straight line
• Comiso Airport (CIY, Italy): 123 km (76 mi), straight line
• Lampedusa Airport (LMP, Italy): 171 km (106 mi), straight line

Nearby

• Balzan: 0.6 km (0.3 mi)
• L-Iklin: 0.8 km (0.5 mi)
• Attard: 1.2 km (0.8 mi)
• Birkirkara: 1.4 km (0.9 mi)
• Naxxar: 1.5 km (0.9 mi)
• Nearest place with over 100,000 inhabitants: Siracusa, 151 km (94 mi)