Munxar

Munxar

coat of arms	map
Basic data
State :	Malta
Gzejjer :	Gozo and Comino
Distretti :	Gozo and Comino
Area :	2,823,285 km²
Residents :	1221 (December 31, 2018)
Population density :	432 inhabitants / km²
ISO 3166-2 :	MT-36
Website :	www.munxar.gov.mt
politics
Mayor :	Joseph Sultana ( PN )

Coordinates: 36 ° 2 ′  N , 14 ° 14 ′  E

Munxar [ ˈmʊnʃɐr ] (or Il-Munxar ) is a village on the south coast of the island of Gozo in the Republic of Malta . It is located near the village of Sannat , has its own municipal council and 1221 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2018). The municipality of Xlendi also belongs to the municipality of Munxar .

The name Munxar means "saw" in German and the teeth of a saw are also visible in the village's coat of arms.

One of the most famous sons of the village was Joseph Aquilina (1911–1997). He was a lawyer and professor of philology at the Universities of Malta and London and published a Maltese-English dictionary.

The rock grave of Wied tax-Xlendi lies between the Wied tax-Xlendi and the Wied tal-Ghancija about west of Il-Munxar.

Web links

Commons : Munxar  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Munxar parish

Individual evidence

1. ↑ StatDB of the National Statistics Office Malta , accessed on August 1, 2020