Tarxien: facts

At a glance

• Country: Malta
• Region: Ta’ Xbiex
• Administrative status: seat of a first-order administrative division (GeoNames code PPLA)
• Population: approximately 8,627
• Coordinates: 35.8656° N, 14.5151° E
• Time zone: Europe/Malta (UTC+01:00 standard, UTC+02:00 daylight saving time)
• Currency: Euro (EUR)
• Distance to the capital, Valletta: 3.8 km (2.4 mi), straight line

Getting there

• Malta International Airport (MLA): 3.0 km (1.9 mi), straight line
• Comiso Airport (CIY, Italy): 126 km (78 mi), straight line
• Lampedusa Airport (LMP, Italy): 176 km (109 mi), straight line

Nearby

• Tal-Borg: 0.6 km (0.4 mi)
• Tal-Barrani: 1.1 km (0.7 mi)
• Paola: 1.7 km (1.0 mi)
• Ghaxaq: 1.8 km (1.1 mi)
• Gudja: 1.9 km (1.2 mi)
• Nearest place with over 100,000 inhabitants: Siracusa, 151 km (94 mi)