Village of Ta'Xbiex (Malta)

Last modified: 2006-03-18 by santiago dotor
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image by Dirk Schönberger, exported to GIF by António Martins, 28 October 2002

• Description

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• Subnational Flags (Malta)
• Clickable map of Malta Island
• Malta

Other sites:

• Coat-of-Arms of Ta'Xbiex at the Local Council website

Description

Blazon: Vert a bird sitting on a wheel Or.

Željko Heimer, 15 November 2002

According to the local council website:

The Ta'Xbiex coat of arms depicts a ship's wheel since it is the main marina in Malta. It was officially approved on 19th February 1993 when the Local Councils were set up in Malta for the first time. (Government Supplement No 15,718 - section C, No 30 ; Suppliment tal-Gazzetta tal-Gvern ta' Malta, Nru. 15,718, 19 ta' Frar, 1993, Taqsima C, Nru 30)

'Ta' means 'of' and 'Xbiex' either is derived from 'Xawbas' —a wild prickly shrub of the raspberry genus— or from 'Tax-Xbiek' meaning 'of the nets'.

Santiago Dotor, 15 March 2006