
Toponymy: Various versions. Most credible: from 'Naxxar' meaning a man who hangs clothes (reference to hanging St.Paul's clothes after his shipwreck).
Population: 10,488
Police Station Tel: 442427
Post Office: (see Mosta)
Parish: The Birth of Our Lady (Il-Bambina)
Motto: PRIOR CREDIDI = First to believe = L-ewwel li emmint
Places of Interest:
Tradefair Grounds
Chapel 'San Pawl tat-Targa' from where St.Paul preached and was said to be heard from Gozo Gauci Tower
Tal-Kaptan Tower