Ta' Xbiex
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Ta' Xbiex is a small town in southeastern Malta
with a population of 1,846 (Nov 2005). It also has its own local council.
The town is home of a number of foreign embassies, including the Embassies of Egypt
, Italy
, France
, Austria
and the British High Commission. The town also features a government housing estate and over the years it has also hosted a good amount of insurance companies, law firms and some IT and ship chandler service industries. It also services part of the Yacht Marina. Ta' Xbiex derives its name either from the name Tbexbix, meaning sunrise, (due to its geographical position) or else from the word Xbiek, meaning net, since this small town started off as a fishing village. It became a parish in 1969. The Parish Church dedicated to St John of the Cross
is run by the Discalced Teresian Carmelite Monks.
Malta
Malta , officially known as the Republic of Malta , is a Southern European country consisting of an archipelago situated in the centre of the Mediterranean, south of Sicily, east of Tunisia and north of Libya, with Gibraltar to the west and Alexandria to the east.Malta covers just over in...
with a population of 1,846 (Nov 2005). It also has its own local council.
The town is home of a number of foreign embassies, including the Embassies of Egypt
Egypt
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, Italy
Italy
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, France
France
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, Austria
Austria
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and the British High Commission. The town also features a government housing estate and over the years it has also hosted a good amount of insurance companies, law firms and some IT and ship chandler service industries. It also services part of the Yacht Marina. Ta' Xbiex derives its name either from the name Tbexbix, meaning sunrise, (due to its geographical position) or else from the word Xbiek, meaning net, since this small town started off as a fishing village. It became a parish in 1969. The Parish Church dedicated to St John of the Cross
John of the Cross
John of the Cross , born Juan de Yepes Álvarez, was a major figure of the Counter-Reformation, a Spanish mystic, Catholic saint, Carmelite friar and priest, born at Fontiveros, Old Castile....
is run by the Discalced Teresian Carmelite Monks.
Ta' Xbiex Main Roads
- Triq Giuseppe Calì (Giuseppe Calì Street)
- Triq Abate Rigord (Abate Rigord Street)
- Triq Enrico Mizzi (Enrico Mizzi Street)
- Triq il-Prinċipessa Margerita (Princess Margareth Street)
- Triq il-Prinċipessa Eliżabetta (Princess Elizabeth Street)
- Triq l-Ambaxxati (Embassy Way)
- Triq San Ġwann tas-Salib (St. John of the Cross Street)
- Triq Sir Ugo Mifsud (Sir Ugo Mifsud Street)
- Triq Testaferrata (Testaferrata Street)
- Rampa ta' Ta' Xbiex (Ta' Xbiex Terrace)
- Vjal Sir Temi Zammit (Sir Temi Zammit Avenue)
- Xatt Ta' Xbiex (Ta' Xbiex Coast Road)