List of cities in Malta explained

This is a list of cities in Malta. By the usual standards that most other countries use when designating a city, Malta's cities would be too small to be considered such, and in fact Malta is sometimes regarded as a single city-state.^[1] Malta's cities are regarded as such because they received the designation of "città" at some point during their history. In Maltese law, no distinction is made between cities, towns, and villages; and city status is purely honorary and colloquial. Malta is divided into 68 local councils. The local councils which formerly had city status all feature a mural crown on the crest of their coat of arms. The table shows historical cities:

Within current local council	Historical city	Year granted	class=unsortable style="width:200px;"	Image	Population (2014)^[2]	class=unsortable	Notes
Birgu	Città Vittoriosa	1530		2629	Capital city from 1530 to 1571, and one of the Three Cities. City status confirmed following the Great Siege of Malta in 1565.^[3]
Bormla	Città Cospicua	1722		5395	One of the Three Cities. City status granted in 1722 by Grand Master Marc'Antonio Zondadari.^[4]
Mdina	Città Notabile			292	Capital city from antiquity to 1530.
Qormi	Città Pinto	1743		16779	City status granted on 25 May 1743 by Grand Master Manuel Pinto da Fonseca, following a request made by Don Giuseppe Vella.^[5]
Rabat	Città Victoria	1887		6901	Capital city of Gozo. City status granted on 10 June 1887 by Queen Victoria, following a petition made by Bishop Pietro Pace and Chief Justice Adrian Dingli on occasion of Victoria's Golden Jubilee.^[6]
Senglea	Città Invicta	1565		2784	One of the Three Cities. City status granted following the Great Siege of Malta in 1565.^[7]
Siġġiewi	Città Ferdinand	1797		8367	City status granted on 30 December 1797 by Grand Master Ferdinand von Hompesch zu Bolheim, following a petition made by Don Salvatore Corso and the inhabitants.^[8]
Valletta	Città Umilissima	1571		6444	Capital city since 18 March 1571.^[9]
Żabbar	Città Hompesch	1797		15404	City status granted on 14 September 1797 by Grand Master Ferdinand von Hompesch zu Bolheim, following a request made by Don Carlo Caruana and the inhabitants. In 1801, the Hompesch Gate was built to commemorate this event.
Żebbuġ	Città Rohan	1777		11903	City status granted on 21 June 1777 by Grand Master Emmanuel de Rohan-Polduc, following a petition made by the inhabitants. In 1798, the De Rohan Arch was built to commemorate this event.^[10]
Żejtun	Città Beland	1797		11508	City status granted on 30 December 1797 by Grand Master Ferdinand von Hompesch zu Bolheim, following a petition made by Don Giacomo Michele Tortella and the inhabitants.

See also

• Local councils of Malta
• List of mayors of Malta
• List of localities in Malta
• Local councils of Malta

Notes and References

1. Web site: Flags, Symbols and their uses. gov.mt. Government of Malta. https://web.archive.org/web/20150629143728/https://www.gov.mt/en/About%20Malta/Pages/Flags-Symbols-and-their-use.aspx. 29 June 2015.
2. Web site: Estimated Population by Locality 31st March, 2014 . . https://web.archive.org/web/20150621211549/https://secure2.gov.mt/localgovernment/file.aspx?f=7810 . 21 June 2015 . 16 May 2014 . dead .
3. Book: Guillaumier. Alfie. Bliet u Rħula Maltin. 1987. Valletta Publishing & Promotion Co. Ltd.. Valletta. 41. Maltese.
4. Web site: Bormla (Città Cospicua). lc.gov.mt. https://web.archive.org/web/20151031235903/http://lc.gov.mt/Page.aspx?catid=67&pid=184&lid=1. 31 October 2015.
5. Book: Zammit. Vincent. Il-Gran Mastri - Ġabra ta' Tagħrif dwar l-Istorja ta' Malta fi Żmienhom - It-Tieni Volum 1680–1798. 1992. Valletta Publishing & Promotion Co. Ltd.. Valletta. 427–428. Maltese.
6. Web site: The Conferment of The Title of City. Victoria Local Council. https://web.archive.org/web/20150708011327/http://www.victoria.org.mt/history-note/the-conferment-of-the-title-of-city/. 8 July 2015.
7. Guillaumier (1987), p. 324
8. Zammit (1992), pp. 513–516
9. Book: Gaul. Simon. Malta, Gozo & Comino. 2007. New Holland Publishers. 9781860113659. 100.
10. Web site: The De Rohan Arch. Haz-Zebbug.com. https://web.archive.org/web/20151031232151/http://www.haz-zebbug.com/storja_arch.php. 31 October 2015.