Xagħra
Xagħra Territory | |
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Xagħra Territory of Melite Ix-Xagħra tagħna (infomal) Ix-Xagħra (Maltese) | |
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Anthem: National Anthem of Melite (official)
L-Innu Malti (unofficial) | |
Sovereign state | Democratic Christian Federation of Melite |
Autonomous City | Dominica |
Territory proposed | 4 July 2022 |
Territory legislated and established | 17 July 2022 |
Common languages | Maltese English Italian |
Religion | Roman Catholicism |
Government | Dependency within a federal Christian semi-presidential republic |
Matthew Tonna | |
Area | |
• Total | 0.00062 km2 (0.00024 sq mi) |
• Water (%) | 0 |
Population | |
• 2022 estimate | 0 (Uninhabited) |
Currency | de facto: Moneyless de-jure: Euro (€) |
Time zone | UTC+1:00 (Central European Time) |
Date format | mm/dd/yyyy |
Driving side | nil |
Xagħra, officially the Xagħra Territory of Melite, is a rural incorporated, unorganized territory of the Democratic Christian Federation of Melite. It is located 850m east of the Dominica Autonomous City to which it is subordinated to and 5.6km away from Paloman Melita.
Government
Xagħra is an incorporated, unorganized territory, meaning it is legislated by Melitian law but not administered by its own civil government. The territory is subordinated to the Autonomous City[b], despite the territory having no governmental organization as the area is a rural uninhabited field. The only legistation regarding Xagħra in Melitian law is 9/2022 Act on Xagħra Territory, 2022.[1] Its status is similar to that of Palmyra Atoll, USA.
Symbols
Regional Flag
The regional flag of Xagħra is a 2:3 vertically striped bicolour of white and red, with the regional coat of arms centred over the colour boundary.
Regional Coat of arms
Lay Description
A shield equally divided in rounded thirds with a blue background charged with a white 12-pointed sun in the left quarter, a Dominican Cross charged with a white Maltese Cross in a red shield and an onion with green leaves on a white background.
- Kingdom of Sicily 1091–1530 (de facto 1978)
- Hospitaller Malta 1530–1798
- French Malta 1798-1800
- British Malta
- Malta Protectorate 1800–1813
- Crown Colony of the Island of Malta and its Dependencies 1813–1964
- State of Malta 1964–1974
- Malta 1974–2021
- Melite 2022–
- Xagħra Territory
Blazon
Party per pale; Azure a sun in splendor Argent and gyronny Sable and Argent a cross fleury counterchanged charged with the arms of the Order of Malta ente en point Argent an onion Proper.
— Tonna, 9/2022 Act on Xagħra Territory, Chapter 2 Symbols, Clause 3
References
Endnotes
- ↑ The territory is subordinated to the Dominica Autonomous City thus falling under the direct responsibility of the Dominica Mayor
- ↑ The Autonomous City enjoys the same rights as a state of the Christian Federation.
Citations
- ↑ Tonna, 17 July 2022, 9/2022 Act on Xagħra Territory.