Marsaxlokk

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Marsaxlokk
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coat of arms
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Basic data
State : Malta
Gzejjer : Malta Xlokk (Southeast Malta)
Distretti : South Eastern
Area : 4,714,331 km²
Residents : 3660
(December 31, 2018)
Population density : 776 inhabitants / km²
ISO 3166-2 : MT-28
Postal code : MXK
Telephone code : +356
Website : http://en.marsaxlokklc.com
politics
Mayor : Horace Gauci ( PL )

Coordinates: 35 ° 50 '  N , 14 ° 33'  E

Marsaxlokk [ mɐrsɐˈʃlɔkː ] is a fishing village and a municipality on Malta with 3660 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2018). The name is made up of the Arabic word Marsa for port and the Maltese word Xlokk, the south wind. It is located between the headland of Delimara Point and Benghisa Point .

It is famous among tourists for its brightly painted fishing boats ( luzzus ) and the daily market on the harbor promenade. The parish church "Our Lady of Pompei" is in the immediate vicinity.

Local election 2015
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history

Marsaxlokk served the Phoenicians and later the Romans as an important port in ancient times . In 1565 the Turkish fleet anchored here during the siege of Malta .

economy

At Marsaxlokk borders the community Birżebbuġa whose harbor Malta Freeport itself (especially the Asia-Europe traffic) developed due to its direct location on main routes of Weltseegüterverkehrs in recent years, the third most important transshipment port in the Mediterranean. The port is also called the Port of Marsaxlokk and is connected to the port of Marsaxlokk by a fairway .

In Marsaxlokk, outside the village of Malta, is the newest power plant, the Delimara power plant, which went into operation in 1992 .

Sports

The football club FC Marsaxlokk played in the Maltese Premier League since 2002 and won the championship in the 2006/07 season. During the 2009/10 season, the club was excluded from the Premier League due to corruption and has since played in the second-rate First Division.

politics

After the 2015 municipal elections, four of the five seats on the council will be occupied by the Partit Laburista and one by the Partit Nazzjonalista (PN). The diagram on the right shows the distribution of the votes. The turnout was 76.9% (2012: 69.8%).

  • Parish Church "Our Lady of Pompei"

  • View over the fishing port

  • " Luzzus " called fishing boats

  • Coastal formation at Delimara Point

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ StatDB of the National Statistics Office Malta , accessed on August 1, 2020
  2. ↑ StatDB of the National Statistics Office Malta , accessed on August 1, 2020
  3. ↑ Malta Freeport ( Memento of the original from July 21, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , Self-presentation on www.maltrafreeport.com.mt @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.maltafreeport.com.mt
  4. ^ Electoral Commission Malta - Councils Election 2015 , accessed September 14, 2017

Web links

Commons : Marsaxlokk  - collection of images, videos and audio files
Wikivoyage: Marsaxlokk  - travel guide