Xewkija
Sign in to saveXewkija (, , pronounced and written as Casal Sceuchia) is an administrative unit and village of Malta, on the island of Gozo. The population of Xewkija is 3,300 as of March 2014.
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- Locality
- Ix-Xewkija
- Region
- Ix-Xewkija
- Country
- Malta
- Population
- 3,303
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Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Xewkija
- Settlement.native_name
- Ix-Xewkija
- Settlement.native_name_lang
- mt
- Settlement.other_name
- Casal Xeuchia, Casal Sceuchia
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Local council
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Xewkija Gozo Rotunda-Church-of-Xewkija-01.jpg
- Settlement.image_caption
- Rotunda of Xewkija
- Settlement.image_flag
- Flag of Xewkija, Malta.svg
- Settlement.image_shield
- Arma Tax-Xewkija.jpg
- Settlement.motto
- Nemo me impune lacessit
- Settlement.image_map
- Xewkija in Malta.svg
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Region
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Gozo Region
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- District
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Gozo and Comino District
- Settlement.parts_type
- Borders
- Settlement.parts_style
- para
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Xewkija (, , pronounced and written as Casal Sceuchia) is an administrative unit and village of Malta, on the island of Gozo. The population of Xewkija is 3,300 as of March 2014.
==History== Xewkija, which is between Għajnsielem and the main town of Victoria, is the oldest village in Gozo. It became the first parish outside Victoria on 27 November 1678. Bishop Miguel Jerónimo de Molina separated it from the Matrix. Dun Grezz Farrugia, from Valletta, became its first parish priest. It became the first district contrada known as casale "village".
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Xewkija” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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