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Malta
Malta /ˈmɔːltə/ (help·info), officially the Republic of Malta (Maltese: Repubblika ta' Malta), is a southern European country and consists of an archipelago situated centrally in the Mediterranean, 93 km south of Sicily and 288 km north-east of Tunisia, with Gibraltar 1,826 km to the west and...
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Valletta
Valletta is the capital city of Malta, colloquially known as Il-Belt (English: The City) in Maltese. It is located in the central-eastern portion of the island of Malta and the city proper has a population of 6,315.
Valletta contains buildings from...
Area:
- 0.8 km² (0.31 mi² )
Attard
Attard (or Ħ'Attard) is a village located at the centre-most point of the island of Malta. Together with Balzan and Lija it forms part of "the Three Villages" and has been inhabited since the Classical Period. Attard's traditional Latin motto is...
Marsaxlokk
Marsaxlokk is a traditional fishing village located in the south-eastern part of Malta, with a population of 3,205 people (Nov 2005). The village’s name comes from marsa, which means "port" and xlokk, which is the local name for south east. The word...
Mellieħa
Mellieħa (English: Mellieha), (IPA: məli:hə) is a large village (pop. 7,549 (Nov 2005)) in the northwestern part of Malta. It is a popular tourist destination during the summer months. Mellieħa as a village developed under British colonization after...
St. Julian's
San Ġiljan (English: St. Julian's, also San Giljan) is a town in Malta situated along the coast, north of the country's capital, Valletta. It is known for tourism-oriented businesses, such as hotels, restaurants and nightclubs, centred mostly in an...
Floriana
Floriana (Maltese: Furjana) is a town in Malta, just outside the capital city Valletta. Floriana is the birthplace of many famous Maltese, amongst which the composer of the national anthem, 'L-Innu Malti', Robert Samut; former Bishop of Malta Dom...
Fgura
Fgura is a town in the south of Malta. It is one of the 68 local councils.
On the surface, Fgura appears to be a new town built around the 1960s. But its outward appearance belies ancient origins. The town has prehistoric roots - there are several...
Ta' Xbiex
Ta' Xbiex is a small town in southeastern Malta with a population of 1,846 (Nov 2005). It also has its own local council.
The town is home of a number of foreign embassies, including the Embassies of Egypt, Italy, France and the British High...
Birgu
Vittoriosa redirects here. For the coaster see MV Vittoriosa.
Birgu (Maltese: Città Vittoriosa or Birgu) is an ancient city in Malta. It played a vital role in the Siege of Malta in 1565. Its population is 2,691 as of November 2005.
Birgu, is a very...
Mġarr
Mġarr or Imġarr formerly known as Mgiarro, is a small town in the northwest of the mainland of Malta. Mgarr is a typical rural village situated in an isolated region, west of Mosta. It is surrounded with rich farmland and vineyards. Many of its 2...
Birżebbuġa
Birzebbugia (Maltese: Birżebbuġa or BʼBuġa) is a small but flourishing seaside resort not far from Marsaxlokk in south-east Malta. It is approximately 8 miles from the City of Valletta. Popular among Maltese holiday-makers for decades, this village...
Swieqi
Swieqi (English: Swieki) is a municipality and town in northeastern Malta. It is a residential area just 15 minutes by bus from Sliema and within striking distance of Malta's nightlife and entertainment centres, Paceville and St. Julian's. As Swieqi...
Birkirkara
Birkirkara or B'Kara is a city of 21,775 inhabitants (as of November 2005) in central Malta. It is the largest and most populous city on the island and consists of four autonomous parishes: St Helen, St Joseph, Our Lady of the Carmel and St Mary. It...
Għarb
Għarb is a village located at the westernmost point of the island of Gozo, Malta, with a population of 1,160 people (Nov 2005). It started life as a small hamlet centuries ago. You can see its ancient roots in the centre of the village where some...
Balzan
Balzan (or Ħal-Balzan) is the name of a small village found towards the centre of the Maltese Islands in the Mediterranean sea. It is one of the so called three villages, together with Attard and Lija.
The village originally consisted of a group of...
Gżira
Gżira (or il-Gżira) is a town in the north-eastern coast of Malta between Msida & Sliema, and bordering on Ta' Xbiex, with its famed yacht marina and Embassy Row. The population is approximately 7,100 (2005). The word Gżira means "island" in Maltese...
Pietà
Pietà (English Pieta) is a small town located on the outskirts of Valletta, the capital city of Malta. Pietà is the suburb next-closest to the capital after Floriana. Its name is derived from Italian and signifies "mercy".
The former Maltese...
Victoria
Victoria or Città Vittoria is the capital of Gozo, an island of the Maltese archipelago in the Mediterranean Sea. The town has a total population of 6,414 (November 2005), and by population is the largest locality in Gozo.
Victoria is the name given...
Senglea
Senglea (Maltese: L-Isla) is a fortified city in the east of Malta, mainly in the Grand Harbour area. It is one of the Three Cities, with the other two being Cospicua and Vittoriosa. The city of Senglea is also called Civitas Invicta, because it...
Siġġiewi
Siġġiewi, Città Ferdinand, or Siggieui, is a village situated on a plateau in the southwestern part of Malta, a few kilometres away from Mdina, the ancient capital city of Malta, and 10 kilometres away from Valletta, the contemporary capital. It is...
Rabat
Rabat (or Ir-Rabat) is a village just outside Mdina, Malta. The name of the village is derived from the Semitic word for 'suburb', as it was the suburb of the old capital Mdina. Half of the present-day village core also formed part of the Roman city...
Mosta
Mosta (or Il-Mosta) is a town situated in the middle of the island of Malta, to the north-west of Valletta. It has a population of 18,435 people (Nov 2005). In fact a lot of traffic passes through Constitution Street, one of Mosta's main streets...
Tarxien
Tarxien (or Ħal Tarxien) is a small village found in the southern part of Malta.
Tarxien is a small village in the south east of Malta. The etymology of the village may be a corruption of one of two words: Tirix, meaning a large stone, similar to...
Żurrieq
Żurrieq (Maltese: Żurrieq, also English: Zurrico) is one of the oldest towns in Malta, and has a population of 9,816 (Nov 2005). Żurrieq is situated in the South of Malta. The first documentation about it being a parish dates back to 1436 dedicated...
St. Paul's Bay
Saint Paul's Bay (Maltese: San Pawl il-Baħar) is a town in Malta, situated in the north east of the island of Malta, sixteen kilometres from the capital city Valletta.
Its name refers to the shipwreck of Saint Paul, as documented in the Acts of the...
Żabbar
Żabbar (Maltese: Città Hompesch or Żabbar) is the fourth largest town in Malta, with a population of 15,030 (2006). Originally a part of Żejtun, Żabbar was granted the title of Città Hompesch by the last of the Grandmasters of the Knights of St....
Żebbuġ
The small village of Iż-Żebbuġ is on the island of Gozo in Malta. With a population of 1770 (November 2005) located in the northwest of the island, close to the towns of Gharb and Marsalforn, on a hilltop overlooking the coast. The word Żebbuġ means...
Żejtun
Zeitun (Maltese: Żejtun or Città Beland) is a medium sized town in the south of Malta. Żejtun holds the title of Città Beland, which was bestowed by Ferdinand von Hompesch zu Bolheim, Grandmaster of Knights of Malta in 1797, Beland being his mother...
Safi
Safi is a village of 1979 people (November 2005) in the southeast of Malta, near Zurrieq.
Little documentation exists about the origins of Safi village. However, from some of the existing remains, it appears that thousands of years ago, Neolithic...
Lija
Lija is a small village on the island of Malta. It forms part of the Three villages of Malta, along with Attard and Balzan. Lija has a baroque parish church and seven other small chapels. The parish church is dedicated to Our Saviour and is...
Sliema
Sliema (or Tas-Sliema) is a city located on the northeast coast of Malta. It is a centre for shopping, restaurants and café life. Sliema is also a major commercial and residential area and houses several of Malta's most modern hotels. Sliema, which...
Mdina
Mdina, Città Vecchia, or Città Notabile, (English: Notabile, or Imdina) is the old capital of Malta. Mdina is a medieval walled town situated on a hill in the centre of the island. Punic remains uncovered beyond the city’s walls suggest the...
Qormi
Qormi or Città Pinto (Maltese: Ħal Qormi IPA: [ħal ʔormi]) is a city in Malta with a population of 16,576 (as of November 2005), which makes it the third largest locality in Malta. The town is located southwest of Valletta, in the centre of Malta....
Kalkara
Kalkara is a small town in Malta, with a current population of 2,871 (Nov 2005). The name comes from the Latin word for lime (Calce), as there was a lime kiln present there since Roman times.
The village of Kalkara consists of two inlets that sprout...
Cospicua
Cospicua (Maltese: Ċittà Cospicua or Bormla) is a double-fortified harbour city on the Mediterranean island of Malta. It is the largest of the Three Cities. It was also given a title as Citta' Cottonera, but erroneously the title is now used to...
Dingli
Dingli (or Ħad-Dingli) is a village on the west coast of Malta, with a population of 3,326 persons (Nov 2005), 13 kilometers from the capital Valletta and two kilometers from the nearest town, Rabat. The village lies on a plateau some 250 metres...
San Ġwann
San Ġwann (English: St. John) is the 7th-largest town in Malta, with a population of 12,630 (Nov 2005) behind Birkirkara (21,775), Mosta (18,676), Qormi (16,576), Zabbar (14,694), St. Paul's Bay (13,619) and Sliema (12,993).
The San Ġwann suburb is...
Luqa
Luqa meaning poplar in Aramaic, is a village located in the south east of Malta. It is an old town that has a dense population, typical of the Maltese Islands. The population of Luqa is 6,028 (Nov 2005). There is a church in its main square...
Paola
Paola, (or old name Casal Paula), is a town in the south of Malta, with a population of 8,856 people (Nov 2005). It is named after its founder, the Grandmaster Antoine de Paule, but is commonly known as Raħal Ġdid, which means new town in Maltese....
Paceville
Located west of St. Julian's, Malta, Paceville is the name given to an informal district heavily populated with nightclubs, bars, pubs and restaurants, and is considered to be Malta's nightlife capital. Paceville is located between Spinola Point and...
Gudja
Gudja (English: Gudia) is a village in Malta with a population of 2,901 (Nov 2005). The village is located on a small hill south of the city of Valletta overlooking Malta International Airport.
Gudja's coat of arms bears the motto "PLURIBUS PARENS",...
Għargħur
Għargħur is one of the smallest and oldest towns of Malta.
Għargħur is situated on a hilltop between two valleys in the North-East of Malta with a population of 2,389 (Nov 2005). Its coat of arms is a red star over a red triangle on a silver shield...
Ħamrun
Hamrun (Maltese: Ħamrun) is a town in the Inner Harbour Region of Malta, with a population of 10,589 people (Nov 2005).
The villagers are traditionally known as Tas-Sikkina (literally meaning 'of the knife' or 'those who carry a knife') or as Ta'...
Kirkop
Kirkop (English: Chircop) is a small village south of Malta. It is home of the STMicroelectronics plant, whose production accounts for 60% of the exports in Malta. The parish church is dedicated to St. Leonard. Apart from the feast of St. Leonard, a...
Marsa
Marsa (or Il-Marsa) is a town in the south of Malta, with a population of 5,389 people (Nov 2005). Marsa is home to the Malta Shipyards. It also houses of one of the two power stations which provide most of the electricity to the Maltese Islands is...
Naxxar
Naxxar (English: Naxaro) is a village in the central north of Malta, with a population of about 11,947 people (Nov 2005). The Naxxar Church is dedicated to Our Lady of Victories. The feast is celebrated on September 8. Naxxar was formerly known for...
Pembroke
Pembroke, Malta's newest town, is on the northern coast of Malta. To the east is Paceville, the nightlife district of Malta. The coastal town and tourist hub of St. Julian's lies to the southeast, and the residential area of Swieqi lies to the south...
Malta International Airport
Malta International Airport (IATA: MLA, ICAO: LMML) is the only airport in Malta, and it serves the whole Maltese Archipelago. It is located between Luqa and Gudja in Malta. It occupies the location of the former RAF Luqa and was completely re...
Santa Venera
Santa Venera is a town in Malta, with a population of 6,087 (Nov 2005). This settlement is found in the Outer Harbour Region of Malta. The oldest buildings in Santa Venera are Wignacourt Aqueduct and Casa Leone, both of which were built by the...
Żebbuġ
Żebbuġ or Città Rohan is one of the oldest towns in Malta. Its population is 12,200 as of 2007 making it the 10th largest town in Malta.
The Parish Church is dedicated to Philip of Agira and the feast is celebrated on the 2nd Sunday of June,...
Santa Luċija
Santa Luċija (English: Santa Lucia) is a small village (pop. 3,174 inhabitants (Nov 2005)) which is one of the modern towns developed during the 20th century on the island of Malta. By virtue of an article which appeared in Government Gazette of 7...
Msida
Msida or Imsida (English: Misida), is a harbour town in Malta with a population of 7,623 (November 2005). The town is located just North of Valletta in the east coast of Malta. The town enjoys a Mediterranean climate with hot, dry, sunny summers and...
Marsaskala
Marsascala (Maltese: Marsaskala or just M'skala), is a modest sea-side village in Malta that has grown up around the small harbour at the head of Marsascala Bay, a long narrow inlet also known as Marsaskala Creek. The bay is sheltered to the north...
Qawra
Qawra (pronounced [ʔɐwrɐ]) is a town in Malta. It is located on the northeast of the Malta Island, and with Buġibba it forms a part of St. Paul's Bay. It is popular among tourists and is home to a many hotels and restaurants. Although there is no...
Qrendi
Qrendi (English: Crendi or Krendi) is a small village in the southwest of Malta, with a population of 2,525 people (November 2005). It is near Mqabba and Żurrieq. Within its boundaries are two well-known Neolithic temples called Mnajdra and Ħaġar...
Għaxaq
Għaxaq (English: Ashiak) is a village in the south of Malta, with a population of 4,388 people (Nov 2005). It is mainly a residential area.
The village's name may be derived from the Maltese word meaning delight, or it may be related to the family...
Iklin
Iklin is a relatively modern village in the centre of Malta, with a population of 3,203 people (Nov 2005), situated between Birkirkara, Naxxar and Lija. Iklin detached itself only recently from neighbouring village, Lija. A number of commercial...
Mqabba
Mqabba or Imqabba (English: Micabba) is a small village in the south of Malta, with a population of 3,021 inhabitants (Nov 2005).
Amongst other important structures, one can find Vincenti Tower, and various chapels such as the Chapel of St. Basil,...
Mtarfa
Imtarfa, or Mtarfa is a small town close to Rabat and Mdina in the north of Malta, with a population of 2,396 people (Nov 2005).
Marfa is a modern residential area, even though Roman inscriptions attributed to the Temple of Prosperine were found....
Xemxija
Xemxija is a resort town on the west side of St. Paul's Bay, Malta.
Xemxija (meaning sunny and pronounced shem-shee-ya) is the gateway to the sandy beaches of Golden Bay to the west, and to Mellieha Bay to the north. Xemxija is a quiet resort,...
