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1 | ![]() | Victoria, Gozo ![]() FeatureType : city Elevation : 90 Lat/Lng : 36.0453 / 14.2417 | Victoria (meaning "the city Victoria"), also known among the native Maltese as Rabat (which is the name of the old town centre) or by its title Città Victoria, is the capital city of Gozo, the second largest island of Malta (...) |
2 | Xagħra ![]() FeatureType : city Elevation : 138 Lat/Lng : 36.0512 / 14.2674 | Xagħra is a village on the island of Gozo in Malta. It is possibly the earliest inhabited part of Gozo, being home to the Ġgantija megalithic temples, the Xagħra Stone Circle, as well as natural underground features such as Xerri's Grotto and Ninu's Cave (...) | |
3 | ![]() | Sliema ![]() FeatureType : city Elevation : 37 Lat/Lng : 35.9122 / 14.5042 | Sliema (Maltese: "Tas-Sliema") is a town located on the northeast coast of Malta in the Northern Harbour District. It is a major residential and commercial area and a centre for shopping, dining, and café life. Lining the coastline is a promenade known as the Sliema Front, that has become the ideal (...) |
4 | ![]() | Lija ![]() FeatureType : city Elevation : 68 Lat/Lng : 35.9014 / 14.4472 | Lija is a small village in the Central Region 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 (...) |
5 | Żurrieq ![]() FeatureType : city Elevation : 123 Lat/Lng : 35.8292 / 14.4745 | Żurrieq is a town in the Southern Region of Malta. It is one of the oldest towns in the country, and it has a population of 11,823 inhabitants as of March 2014. The first documentation about it being a parish dates back to 1436 dedicated to St. Catherine of Alexandria (...) | |
6 | St. Paul's Bay ![]() FeatureType : city Elevation : 20 Lat/Lng : 35.9483 / 14.4017 | Saint Paul's Bay is a town in the Northern Region of Malta, sixteen kilometres northwest of the capital Valletta. Saint Paul's Bay is the largest town in the Northern Region and the seat of the Northern Regional Committee along with being the most populous town in Malta (...) | |
7 | Għajnsielem ![]() FeatureType : city Elevation : 64 Lat/Lng : 36.0269 / 14.2903 | Għajnsielem, meaning "Peaceful Spring", is a municipality on the southeastern coast of the island of Gozo in Malta, including the entire island of Comino. It has a population of 3,200 residents (as of March 2014), and is the first Gozitan village that greets the visitor on leaving Mġarr Harbour (...) | |
8 | ![]() | Attard ![]() FeatureType : city Elevation : 95 Lat/Lng : 35.8917 / 14.4319 | Attard is a town in the Central Region of Malta. Together with Balzan and Lija it forms part of "the Three Villages" and has been inhabited since the Classical Period. It has a population of 10,650 as of March 2014 (...) |
9 | Marsaskala ![]() FeatureType : city Elevation : 10 Lat/Lng : 35.8658 / 14.5638 | Marsaskala (M'Skala), sometimes spelt Marsascala (M'Scala), is a sea-side village in the South Eastern Region of Malta that has grown around the small harbour at the head of Marsaskala Bay, a long narrow inlet also known as Marsaskala Creek (...) | |
10 | Rabat, Malta ![]() FeatureType : city Elevation : 204 Lat/Lng : 35.8817 / 14.3989 | Rabat is a town in the Northern Region of Malta, with a population of 11,497 as of March 2014. The name of the town is derived from the Arabic word for 'suburb': الرباط, as it was the suburb of the old capital Mdina (...) | |
11 | ![]() | Żejtun ![]() FeatureType : city Elevation : 57 Lat/Lng : 35.8552 / 14.5355 | Żejtun is a city in the South Eastern Region of Malta, with a population of 11,508 in March 2014. Żejtun holds the title of Città Beland, which was conferred by the grandmaster of the Order of the Knights of Malta, Ferdinand von Hompesch zu Bolheim in 1797 (...) |
12 | Floriana ![]() FeatureType : city Elevation : 46 Lat/Lng : 35.8933 / 14.5058 | Floriana (or Il-Floriana), also known by its title Borgo Vilhena, is a fortified town in the South Eastern Region area of Malta, just outside the capital city Valletta. It has a population of 2,205 as of March 2014 (...) | |
13 | Żebbuġ ![]() FeatureType : city Elevation : 98 Lat/Lng : 35.8717 / 14.4413 | Żebbuġ , also known by its title Città Rohan, is a city in the Southern Region of Malta. It is one of the oldest towns in the country, and its population is 11,903 as of March 2014. (...) | |
14 | Qala, Malta ![]() FeatureType : city Elevation : 161 Lat/Lng : 36.0375 / 14.2943 | Qala (pronounced Aala in English) is a village on the island of Gozo, Malta, with a population of 2,284 as of March 2014. Nearby is Ħondoq ir-Rummien, a coastline with salt pans and caves popular with snorkellers and divers. (...) | |
15 | ![]() | Fgura ![]() FeatureType : city Elevation : 47 Lat/Lng : 35.8725 / 14.5228 | Fgura is a town in the South Eastern Region of Malta. It has a population of 11,670 as of March 2014. Its northern fringes are bordered by the Cottonera Lines of fortifications while it merges with the towns of Żabbar to the east and Paola and Tarxien to the West (...) |
16 | Għargħur ![]() FeatureType : city Elevation : 147 Lat/Lng : 35.9241 / 14.4534 | Għargħur is a village in the Northern Region of Malta. It is situated on a hilltop between two valleys, and it has a population of 2,768 as of March 2014. (...) | |
17 | Safi, Malta ![]() FeatureType : city Elevation : 106 Lat/Lng : 35.8332 / 14.4852 | Safi is a village in the Southern Region of Malta, bordering Żurrieq and Kirkop. It has a population of 2,126 people as of March 2014. The formation of the village, as known today, goes back to the Punic-Roman period. The village of Ħal Safi is surrounded by four other major villages (...) | |
18 | Swieqi ![]() FeatureType : city Elevation : 104 Lat/Lng : 35.9217 / 14.4694 | Swieqi is a town in the Northern Region of Malta. It is a residential area just 15 minutes by bus from Sliema and within walking distance of Malta's nightlife and entertainment centres, Paceville and St. Julian's. As the town developed, residential estates took over farmland (...) | |
19 | Xlendi ![]() FeatureType : city Elevation : 13 Lat/Lng : 36.0297 / 14.2174 | Xlendi is a village in Malta situated in the south west of the island of Gozo. It is surrounded by the villages of Munxar, Fontana and Kerċem. The village is administered by Munxar,http://www.munxar.gov.mt but has its own coat of arms and motto (...) | |
20 | Baħar iċ-Ċagħaq ![]() FeatureType : city Elevation : 14 Lat/Lng : 35.9386 / 14.4542 | Baħar iċ-Ċagħaq is a Maltese village situated between the limits of Madliena, Magħtab, Għargħur and Pembroke. The area is situated at the mouth of the island's longest valley called 'Wied il-Kbir'. The name Baħar iċ-Ċagħaq in Maltese can be translated to the meaning 'sea of pebbles' in English (...) | |
21 | Pembroke, Malta ![]() FeatureType : city Elevation : 41 Lat/Lng : 35.9306 / 14.4764 | Pembroke is a town in the Northern Region of Malta, and it is considered to be the country's newest town. 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 (...) | |
22 | Castello Dei Baroni ![]() FeatureType : null Elevation : 95 Lat/Lng : 35.9377 / 14.393 | Castello Dei Baroni is a 20th-century residence in Wardija, Malta. In the 18th-century, during the magistracy of Grand Master Emmanuel de Rohan-Polduc, a rural building was constructed on site. The Montalto family owned the whereabouts of its site in the 20th-century, and built the Castello Dei (...) | |