Toponymy: From 'gharghar', Maltese word for flodding.. It may also be from 'ghar' cave + 'ghur' ogre. It could be derived from a corruption of the name Gregory, or from the word for top of the hill.

Population: 2,065

Police Station Tel: 442416

Post Office: (see Mosta)

Parish: St. Bartholomew

Motto: EXCELSIOR = ever higher = aktar gholi

Places of interest:

Madliena Valley

St. John the Baptist Church

Victoria Lines