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'''Country''' : Malta [[File:Malta.jpg|60 px|right]]<br><br><br> | |||
'''Region''' : [[South Eastern Region]][[File:Seregmalta.png|60 px|right]]<br><br><br><br> | |||
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===Origin/meaning=== | |||
The arms represent the beginning of the town, because the town started after the English government in the beginning of the second world war built a battery in what is now Xgharja. The people working there started living round this battery and thus a small hamlet was formed, which eventually evolved into a small town. | The arms represent the beginning of the town, because the town started after the English government in the beginning of the second world war built a battery in what is now Xgharja. The people working there started living round this battery and thus a small hamlet was formed, which eventually evolved into a small town. | ||
Previously the council used arms with wheat ears, as xghajra is a Maltese word for grain. | Previously the council used arms with wheat ears, as xghajra is a Maltese word for grain. | ||
===Image gallery=== | |||
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File:xghajra.lot.jpg|alt=Arms (crest) of Xgħajra|The arms on a lottery ticket | |||
FIle:xghajra1.jpg|alt=Arms (crest) of Xgħajra|The previous arms | |||
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'''[[Literature]]''': | |||
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[[Category:Municipalities of Malta | [[Category:Municipalities of Malta]] | ||