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Xemxija
Sign in to saveXemxija (, pronounced shem-shee-ya) is a suburb in the western part of St. Paul's Bay in the Northern Region of Malta. It is surrounded by countryside and contains two bays, the titular Xemxija Bay and Mistra Bay, located just north of the parish church. There are a number of hotels and restaurants in Xemxija.
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- Locality
- San Pawl il-Baħar
- Region
- Saint Paul’s Bay
- Country
- Malta
- Population
- 0
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- village
- Country
- Malta
- Located in
- St. Paul's Bay
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Xemxija (, pronounced shem-shee-ya) is a suburb in the western part of St. Paul's Bay in the Northern Region of Malta. It is surrounded by countryside and contains two bays, the titular Xemxija Bay and Mistra Bay, located just north of the parish church. There are a number of hotels and restaurants in Xemxija.
==History== The area around Xemxija has been inhabited since prehistoric times. It contains a number of archaeological sites which now form a heritage trail. These include a number of rock-hewn tombs, remains of two megalithic temples, a Bronze Age grain silo, troglodytic dwellings, cart ruts, a Roman road, and Roman apiaries.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Xemxija” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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