Lija

Lija is a small village in the Eastern Region of Malta. It forms part of the Three villages of Malta, along with Attard and Balzan. Lija has a baroque parish church and seven other small chapels. The parish church is dedicated to Our Saviour. Lija became a parish in 1594, after the small community detached itself from the neighbouring town, Birkirkara. It h…
Lija is a small village in the Eastern Region of Malta. It forms part of the Three villages of Malta, along with Attard and Balzan. Lija has a baroque parish church and seven other small chapels. The parish church is dedicated to Our Saviour. Lija became a parish in 1594, after the small community detached itself from the neighbouring town, Birkirkara. It has a population of 3,162 as of 2021.
  • Country: Malta
  • Region: Eastern Region
  • District: Western District
  • Borders: Attard, Balzan, Birkirkara, Iklin, Mosta, Naxxar
  • Demonym(s): Lijan (m), Lijana (f), Lijani (pl)
  • Dialing code: 356
  • ISO 3166 code: MT-24

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