Tal-Ħandaq

Tal-Ħandaq is an area in Qormi, Malta.^[1] It is a low hill. Situated on the left side of Mdina Road in Qormi, in the old days it was a rural area, with a few farms. In the 19th century, the British established a barracks up the hill. Between January 1947 and July 1978 Tal-Ħandaq was the site of the Royal Naval School Tal-Handaq. The site re-opened as a new school in September 1981 as the Liceo Vassalli Junior Lyceum.^[2]

In the 1980s, the Malta Environment and Planning Authority (MEPA) started to issue permissions for houses to be built. However, after some residents settled there, plans were changed and the Tal-Ħandaq area was changed to an Industrial Zone and was renamed to Tal-Ħandaq Industrial Estate'. Nowadays, although there remain some residents and a few farms, the area has flourished with an extensive number of small businesses, the most common being Panel Beating and Spray Painting, Stoneworks, Steelworks and Woodworks. There is also a film studio.

Etymology[]

Tal Handak is the British spelling of the town of Tal-Ħandaq. (In Maltese the letter Q stands for a glottal stop [ʔ].)

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Coordinates: 35°52′13″N 14°28′10″E / 35.87028°N 14.46944°E / 35.87028; 14.46944

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