Handaq

Handaq 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. Eventually this was changed to host the Liceo Vassalli Junior Lyceum. In the 1980s, the MEPA started to issue permissions for houses to be built. However, after some residents settled there, plans were changed and the Tal-Handaq area was changed to an Industrial Zone and was renamed to Tal- Handaq 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.