Toponymy: Surname of a family (Chircop) dealing in cotton and leather.

Population: 2,059

Police Station Tel: 826946

Post Office: (see Zurrieq)

Parish: St. Leonard

Motto: PARUA NON INERS = Small and not empty = Ckejkna mhux battala

Places of Interest:

Menhir

Other Archaeological findings

Chapel of the Annunciation