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Birchircara

Also known as B'Kara, BKara

citta maltese

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Birkirkara is a city in Malta with a population of 29,482. It covers an area of 2.70 square kilometers and sits at an elevation of 40 meters above sea level. The city shares borders with Balzan, Iklin, Qormi, and Santa Venera. Its official languages are Maltese and English, and it operates in the UTC+01:00 time zone. The local dialing code is 48, and the postal code is BKR.

The patron saint of Birkirkara is Helena Augusta. The city’s official website is birkirkaralc.gov.mt. A location named Tas-Salib is situated within the administrative area of Birkirkara.

Synthesized by Vinony from 41 facts across 7 sources: Wikidata, Openweathermap, OpenStreetMap, GeoNames, Open Meteo, Vinony graph, Geo. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.

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Place details

Locality: Birkirkara
Region: Birkirkara
Country: Malta

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PM2.5: 14.5 µg/m³
PM10: 48.4 µg/m³

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Key facts

Settlement.name: Birkirkara
Settlement.native_name_lang: mt
Settlement.other_name: Birkirkara
Settlement.settlement_type: Local council
Settlement.image_skyline: St Helen Parish Church Birkirkara Malta -1244497030.jpeg
Settlement.image_caption: St. Helen's Basilica – Parish Church
Settlement.image_flag: Flag of Birkirkara.svg
Settlement.image_shield: Coat of arms of Birkirkara.svg
Settlement.motto: In hoc signo vinces
Settlement.image_map: Birkirkara in Malta.svg
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_name: Malta
Settlement.subdivision_type1: Region
Settlement.subdivision_name1: Eastern Region
Settlement.subdivision_type2: District
Settlement.subdivision_name2: Northern Harbour District
Settlement.parts_type: Borders
Settlement.parts_style: para

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Wikidata facts

Instance of: city
Country: Malta
Official language: English language
Population: 29482
Area: 2.70
Elevation: 40
Time zone: UTC+01:00
Shares border with: Santa Venera
Official website: birkirkaralc.gov.mt/en
Image: Birkirkara-residencial-area.jpg
Dialing code: 48
Patron saint: Helena Augusta

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category for people born here: Q18638821
Commons category: Birkirkara
topic's main category: Category:Birkirkara
category of associated people: Category:People from Birkirkara
postal code: BKR
native label: Birkirkara
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Article · Italiano

Birchircara o Birkirkara (in maltese colloquialmente anche B'Kara) è una città di 24.356 abitanti che si trova nel centro dell'isola di Malta.È stata la città più grande e abitata dell'isola dal Medioevo fino al 2018 (quando è stata superata da Baia di San Paolo) e possiede quattro parrocchie per ciascuno dei santi patroni: Sant'Elena, San Giuseppe, Santa Maria del Carmelo e Santa Maria Assunta. La comunità ebraica di Malta ha la sua sede principale a Birchircara così come la Chiesa cristiana avventista del settimo giorno. Il motto della città è In hoc signo vinces, che caratterizza lo stemma della città assieme ad una croce rossa in campo bianco con una corona in cima.

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