Mtarfa
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Basic data | |
State : | Malta |
Gzejjer : | Malta Majjistral (Northwest Malta) |
Distretti : | Western film |
Area : | 0.724,656 km² |
Residents : | 2615 (December 31, 2018) |
Population density : | 3609 inhabitants / km² |
ISO 3166-2 : | MT-35 |
Postal code : | MTF |
Website : | lc.gov.mt/Page.aspx?catid=21&pid=184&lid=1 |
politics | |
Mayor : | Anthony Mifsud ( PN ) |
Coordinates: 35 ° 53 ' N , 14 ° 24' E
Mtarfa (or L-Imtarfa ) is a small town near the cities of Rabat and Mdina in the center of Malta .
Mtarfa is now a modern settlement. But there are Roman writings that refer to a temple of Proserpine .
history
In 1890 barracks were built for the British Army . During the First World War , the Royal Navy Hospital Mtarfa , a naval hospital, was built . Today it is a secondary school named after Sir Temi Żammit. The British built a chapel dedicated to Saint Oswald during the colonial days of Malta . Since 1900, Marfa was the terminus of the 1931 shutdown Valletta – Mdina railway .
sons and daughters of the town
- Mark Loram (* 1971), British track athlete
- David Millar (* 1977), British professional cyclist
Web links
Commons : Mtarfa - collection of images, videos and audio files
Individual evidence
- ↑ StatDB of the National Statistics Office Malta , accessed on August 1, 2020