Localities of Malta

Malta is divided into 68 localities or local councils, which were grouped into three regions. A 2009 amendment to the Local Councils Act changed the regions to five. I have updated the HASC codes using the new region codes. (The last two letters of each HASC code have remained unchanged.)

ISO 3166-2 Newsletter Number I-9 was published on 2007-11-28. It assigns ISO codes to the local councils (localities).

LocalityHASCISOPop-2005Pop-1995Area(km.²)OldStat
Attard MT.CE.AT0110,405 9,214 6.6 MMWE
Balzan MT.CE.BA023,869 3,560 0.6 MMWE
Birgu MT.SO.BR032,701 3,069 0.5 MXSH/I
Birkirkara MT.CE.BI0421,858 21,281 2.7 MMNH/O
Birzebbugia MT.SE.BZ058,564 7,307 9.2 MXSE
Bormla MT.SO.BO065,657 6,085 1.0 MXSH/I
Dingli MT.NO.DI073,347 2,725 5.7 MMWE
Fgura MT.SO.FG0811,258 11,042 1.1 MXSH/O
Floriana MT.SO.FL092,240 2,701 0.9 MXSH/I
Fontana MT.GO.FO10850 817 0.5 GOGO
Ghajnsielem MT.GO.GJ132,570 2,176 7.2 GOGO
Gharb MT.GO.GB141,146 1,030 4.6 GOGO
Gharghur MT.NO.GH152,352 1,991 2.0 MMNO
Ghasri MT.GO.GS16418 369 5.0 GOGO
Ghaxaq MT.SE.GH174,405 4,126 3.9 MXSE
Gudja MT.SE.GU112,923 2,882 2.2 MXSE
Gzira MT.CE.GZ127,090 7,872 1.0 MMNH/I
Hamrun MT.SE.HA189,541 11,195 1.1 MMNH/I
Iklin MT.CE.IK193,220 3,098 1.7 MMWE
Isla MT.SO.IS203,074 3,528 0.2 MXSH/I
Kalkara MT.SO.KA212,882 2,833 1.8 MXSH/I
Kercem MT.GO.KE221,665 1,557 5.5 GOGO
Kirkop MT.SE.KI232,185 1,957 1.1 MXSE
Lija MT.CE.LI242,797 2,497 1.1 MMWE
Luqa MT.SE.LU256,072 6,150 6.7 MXSH/O
Marsa MT.SO.MX265,344 5,324 2.8 MXSH/I
Marsascala MT.SO.MS279,346 4,770 5.4 MXSE
Marsaxlokk MT.SO.MA283,222 2,857 4.7 MXSE
Mdina MT.NO.MD29278 377 0.9 MMNO
Mellieha MT.NO.ME307,676 6,221 22.6MMNO
Mgarr MT.NO.MG313,014 2,672 16.1MMNO
Mosta MT.NO.MO3218,735 16,754 6.8 MMNO
Mqabba MT.SE.MQ333,021 2,613 2.6 MXSE
Msida MT.CE.MS347,629 6,942 1.7 MMNH/I
Mtarfa MT.NO.MT352,426 included in Rabat (Malta) MMWE
Munxar MT.GO.MU361,052 780 2.8 GOGO
Nadur MT.GO.NA374,192 3,882 7.2 GOGO
Naxxar MT.NO.NA3811,978 9,822 11.6MMNO
Paola MT.SO.PA398,822 9,400 2.5 MXSH/I
Pembroke MT.NO.PE402,935 2,213 2.3 MMNH/O
Pietà MT.CE.PI413,846 4,307 0.5 MMNH/I
Qala MT.GO.QA421,616 1,492 5.9 GOGO
Qormi MT.SE.QO4316,559 17,694 5.0 MMNH/O
Qrendi MT.SE.QR442,535 2,344 4.9 MXSE
Rabat (Gozo) MT.GO.RA456,395 6,524 2.9 GOGO
Rabat (Malta) MT.NO.RA4611,473 12,995 27.3MMWE
Safi MT.SE.SA471,979 1,731 2.3 MXSE
San Giljan MT.CE.SG487,752 7,352 1.6 MMNH/O
San Gwann MT.CE.SN4912,737 12,011 2.6 MMNH/O
San Lawrenz MT.GO.SL50598 552 3.6 GOGO
Sannat MT.GO.SA521,725 1,604 3.8 GOGO
San Pawl il-BaharMT.NO.SP5113,412 7,392 14.5MMNO
Santa Lucija MT.SE.SL533,186 3,605 0.7 MXSH/I
Santa Venera MT.CE.SV546,075 6,183 0.9 MMNH/O
Siggiewi MT.SE.SI557,931 7,097 19.9MMWE
Sliema MT.CE.SL5613,242 12,906 1.3 MMNH/I
Swieqi MT.NO.SW578,208 6,721 3.1 MMNH/O
Tarxien MT.SO.TA597,597 7,412 0.9 MXSH/O
Ta' Xbiex MT.CE.TA581,860 1,732 0.3 MMNH/I
Valletta MT.SO.VA606,300 7,262 0.8 MXSH/I
Xaghra MT.GO.XA613,934 3,669 7.6 GOGO
Xewkija MT.GO.XE623,111 3,128 4.5 GOGO
Xghajra MT.SO.XG631,243 685 1.0 MXSH/O
Zabbar MT.SO.ZA6414,671 14,138 5.3 MXSH/O
Zebbug (Gozo) MT.GO.ZE651,735 1,446 7.6 GOGO
Zebbug (Malta) MT.SE.ZE6611,292 10,398 8.7 MMWE
Zejtun MT.SO.ZE6711,410 11,379 5.4 MXSE
Zurrieq MT.SE.ZU689,781 8,684 8.5 MXSE
Totals404,962378,132315.3
  • HASC: Hierarchical administrative subdivision codes. The middle two
    letters indicate the region, keyed to the first table on this page.
  • ISO: Codes from ISO 3166-2.
  • Pop-2005: 2005-11-27 census.
  • Pop-1995: Census 1995-11-26
  • Area: Figures provided by Jose Gavinha.
  • Old: Code for region prior to 2009. For key
    see Regions of Malta page.
  • Stat: Statistical district to which the local council belongs. For key
    see Regions of Malta page.
  • Capitals have the same names as the local councils.

 

In the Stat column, "/I" after a district abbreviation identifies a local council that formerly belonged to Inner Harbour, and "/O", one that belonged to Outer Harbour.

Change history:

2000-03: Mtarfa local council split from Rabat (Malta)

Other names of subdivisions:

  1. Birgu: Vittoriosa (variant)
  2. Birkirkara: B'Kara (informal)
  3. Birzebbugia: Birzebbuga (variant)
  4. Bormla: Cospicua (variant)
  5. Ghajnsielem: Ghajnsielem & Kemmuna (variant); G'Sielem & Comino (informal)
  6. Isla: Citta' Invicta, Senglea (variant)
  7. Marsascala: Marsaskala (variant); M'Scala (informal)
  8. Marsaxlokk: M'Xlokk (informal)
  9. Rabat (Gozo): Rabat Ghawdex (Maltese); Victoria (variant)
  10. San Giljan: Saint Julian’s (English)
  11. San Gwann: Saint John (English)
  12. San Lawrenz: Saint Lawrence (English)
  13. San Pawl il-Bahar: Saint Paul's Bay (English)
  14. Santa Lucija: Santa Lucia (variant)
  15. Zebbug Ghawdex: Zebbug Gozo (English)
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