title: List of cities in Malta
text: # List of cities in Malta
  
  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. 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 | Population (2014) | 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. |
  | Bormla | Città Cospicua | 1722 | 5395 | One of the Three Cities. City status granted in 1722 by Grand Master Marc'Antonio Zondadari. |
  | 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. |
  | 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. |
  | Senglea | Città Invicta | 1565 | 2784 | One of the Three Cities. City status granted following the Great Siege of Malta in 1565. |
  | 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. |
  | Valletta | Città Umilissima | 1571 | 6444 | Capital city since 18 March 1571. |
  | 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. |
  | 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. |
  