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Is-Simar
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Simar Nature Reserve is a nature reserve in Pwales Valley, in Xemxija, St Paul's Bay, Malta.[2] An artificial wetland habitat was created on 5 hectares in the 1990s by BirdLife Malta volunteers in an area of abandoned marshland.[3]
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Is-Simar | |
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![]() Simar Nature Reserve (middle) from the hill of Wardija | |
Location | Xemxija, Malta |
Coordinates | 35°56′44″N 14°22′56″E |
Area | 5 ha (12 acres) |
Official name | Is-Simar |
Designated | 29 January 1996 |
Reference no. | 789[1] |
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The reserve lies within the Is-Simar Special Protection Area, which has been a Ramsar Wetland of International Importance since January 1996, a protected bird sanctuary since 2006 and a Site of Community Importance since March 2008.[4]