The first records
that were found recording Munxar as an area dates back to the sixteenth century
when the area was named Monxiar, which means a bucksaw, taking its name from
the two valleys running parallel from the village. From a sixteenth century
census, the village had a population of around 200 inhabitants. The first
surnames recorded in the census were Attard, Barberi, Hagius, among a few
others which suggests that these were the first Munxarin. In that time, Monxiar
and Xlendi were part of the village
