Since June 30, 1993, Malta has been subdivided into 68 localities, governed by local councils, Maltese: kunsilli lokali, meaning municipalities or borough. These form the most basic form of local government and there are no intermediate levels between it and the national level. The levels of the 6 districts (5 on the main island) and of the 5 regions (4 on the main island) serve statistical purposes.[1]
| Local councils of Malta Kunsilli lokali ta' Malta (Maltese) | |
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| Category | Unitary state |
| Location | Republic of Malta |
| Number | 68 Local Councils |
| Populations | 243 (Mdina) – 29,097 (St. Paul's Bay) |
| Areas | 0.16 km2 (0.06 sq mi) (Senglea) – 26.6 km2 (10.27 sq mi) (Rabat) |
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According to the Local Councils Act (Chapter 363 of the Laws of Malta), Art. 3:[2]
(1) Every locality shall have a Council which shall have all such functions as are granted to it by this Act
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(5) Each locality shall be referred to by the name as designated in the Second Schedule and any reference to that locality shall be by the name so designated.
List of Maltese local councilsEdit
| Flag | English name | Maltese name | Island | Area (km) |
Population (2019 estimate)[3] |
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Attard | Il-Kunsill Lokali ta' Ħ'Attard | Malta | 6.6 | 11,377 |
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Balzan | Il-Kunsill Lokali ta' Ħal Balzan | Malta | 0.6 | 4,689 |
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Birgu | Il-Kunsill Lokali tal-Birgu (Città Vittoriosa) | Malta | 0.5 | 2,489 |
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Birkirkara | Il-Kunsill Lokali ta' Birkirkara | Malta | 2.7 | 24,356 |
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Birżebbuġa | Il-Kunsill Lokali ta' Birżebbuġa | Malta | 9.2 | 12,915 |
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Cospicua (Bormla) | Il-Kunsill Lokali ta' Bormla (Città Cospicua) | Malta | 0.9 | 5,170 |
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Dingli | Il-Kunsill Lokali ta' Ħad-Dingli | Malta | 5.7 | 3,711 |
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Fgura | Il-Kunsill Lokali tal-Fgura | Malta | 1.1 | 12,449 |
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Floriana | Il-Kunsill Lokali tal-Floriana | Malta | 0.94 | 2,032 |
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Fontana | Il-Kunsill Lokali tal-Fontana (It-Triq tal-Għajn) | Gozo | 0.5 | 922 |
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Għajnsielem | Il-Kunsill Lokali t'Għajnsielem | Gozo, Comino | 7.2 | 2,931 |
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Għarb | Il-Kunsill Lokali tal-Għarb | Gozo | 4.6 | 1,298 |
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Għargħur | Il-Kunsill Lokali ta' Ħal Għargħur | Malta | 2 | 2,857 |
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Għasri | Il-Kunsill Lokali tal-Għasri | Gozo | 5 | 424 |
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Għaxaq | Il-Kunsill Lokali ta' Ħal Għaxaq | Malta | 3.9 | 4,860 |
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Gudja | Il-Kunsill Lokali tal-Gudja | Malta | 2.3 | 3,184 |
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Gżira | Il-Kunsill Lokali tal-Gżira | Malta | 1.5 | 11,669 |
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Ħamrun | Il-Kunsill Lokali tal-Ħamrun | Malta | 1.1 | 9,743 |
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Iklin | Il-Kunsill Lokali tal-Iklin | Malta | 1.7 | 3,422 |
| Kalkara | Il-Kunsill Lokali tal-Kalkara | Malta | 1.8 | 3,059 | |
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Kerċem | Il-Kunsill Lokali Ta' Kerċem | Gozo | 5.5 | 1,938 |
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Kirkop | Il-Kunsill Lokali ta' Ħal Kirkop | Malta | 1.1 | 2,397 |
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Lija | Il-Kunsill Lokali ta' Ħal Lija | Malta | 1.1 | 3,202 |
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Luqa | Il-Kunsill Lokali ta' Ħal Luqa | Malta | 6.7 | 6,162 |
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Marsa | Il-Kunsill Lokali tal-Marsa | Malta | 2.8 | 5,454 |
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Marsaskala | Il-Kunsill Lokali ta' Marsaskala (Wied il-Għajn) | Malta | 5.4 | 14,592 |
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Marsaxlokk | Il-Kunsill Lokali ta' Marsaxlokk | Malta | 4.7 | 3,660 |
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Mdina | Il-Kunsill Lokali tal-Imdina (Città Notabile) | Malta | 0.9 | 243 |
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Mellieħa | Il-Kunsill Lokali tal-Mellieħa | Malta | 22.6 | 11,389 |
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Mġarr | Il-Kunsill Lokali tal-Imġarr | Malta | 16.1 | 3,802 |
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Mosta | Il-Kunsill Lokali tal-Mosta | Malta | 6.8 | 20,988 |
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Mqabba | Il-Kunsill Lokali tal-Imqabba | Malta | 2.6 | 3,339 |
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Msida | Il-Kunsill Lokali tal-Imsida | Malta | 1.7 | 13,713 |
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Mtarfa | Il-Kunsill Lokali tal-Imtarfa | Malta | 0.7 | 2,615 |
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Munxar | Il-Kunsill Lokali tal-Munxar | Gozo | 2.8 | 1,454 |
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Nadur | Il-Kunsill Lokali tan-Nadur | Gozo | 7.2 | 4,509 |
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Naxxar | Il-Kunsill Lokali tan-Naxxar | Malta | 11.6 | 14,891 |
| Paola | Il-Kunsill Lokali ta' Raħal Ġdid | Malta | 2.5 | 8,706 | |
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Pembroke | Il-Kunsill Lokali ta' Pembroke | Malta | 2.3 | 3,842 |
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Pietà | Il-Kunsill Lokali Tal-Pietà | Malta | 0.5 | 4,892 |
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Qala | Il-Kunsill Lokali tal-Qala | Gozo | 5.9 | 2,284 |
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Qormi | Il-Kunsill Lokali ta' Ħal Qormi (Città Pinto) | Malta | 5 | 16,801 |
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Qrendi | Il-Kunsill Lokali tal-Qrendi | Malta | 4.9 | 2,800 |
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Rabat | Il-Kunsill Lokali tar-Rabat | Malta | 26.6 | 11,470 |
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Safi | Il-Kunsill Lokali ta' Ħal Safi | Malta | 2.3 | 2,280 |
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St. Julian's | Il-Kunsill Lokali ta' San Ġiljan | Malta | 1.6 | 13,792 |
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St. Paul's Bay | Il-Kunsill Lokali ta' San Pawl il-Baħar | Malta | 14.47 | 29,097 |
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San Ġwann | Il-Kunsill Lokali ta' San Ġwann | Malta | 2.6 | 14,720 |
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San Lawrenz | Il-Kunsill Lokali ta' San Lawrenz | Gozo | 3.6 | 748 |
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Sannat | Il-Kunsill Lokali Ta' Sannat | Gozo | 3.8 | 2,117 |
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Santa Luċija | Il-Kunsill Lokali ta' Santa Luċija | Malta | 0.7 | 2,954 |
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Santa Venera | Il-Kunsill Lokali ta' Santa Venera | Malta | 0.9 | 7,590 |
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Senglea (Isla) | Il-Kunsill Lokali tal-Isla (Città Senglea, Città Invicta) | Malta | 0.2 | 2,720 |
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Siġġiewi | Il-Kunsill Lokali tas-Siġġiewi (Città Ferdinand) | Malta | 19.9 | 8,721 |
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Sliema | Il-Kunsill Lokali ta' Tas-Sliema | Malta | 1.3 | 22,591 |
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Swieqi | Il-Kunsill Lokali tas-Swieqi | Malta | 3.1 | 14,452 |
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Tarxien | Il-Kunsill Lokali ta' Ħal Tarxien | Malta | 0.9 | 8,627 |
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Valletta | Il-Kunsill Lokali tal-Belt Valletta (Città Umillisima) | Malta | 0.8 | 5,827 |
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Victoria (Rabat) | Il-Kunsill Lokali tal-Belt Victoria (Città Victoria) | Gozo | 2.9 | 6,901 |
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Ta' Xbiex | Il-Kunsill Lokali ta' Ta' Xbiex | Malta | 0.8 | 2,012 |
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Xagħra | Il-Kunsill Lokali tax-Xagħra | Gozo | 7.6 | 4,886 |
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Xewkija | Il-Kunsill Lokali tax-Xewkija | Gozo | 4.5 | 3,300 |
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Xgħajra | Il-Kunsill Lokali tax-Xgħajra | Malta | 1 | 1,830 |
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Żabbar | Il-Kunsill Lokali ta' Ħaż-Żabbar (Città Hompesch) | Malta | 5.3 | 15,431 |
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Żebbuġ | Il-Kunsill Lokali ta' Ħaż-Żebbuġ (Città Rohan) | Malta | 8.7 | 12,239 |
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Żebbuġ | Il-Kunsill Lokali taż-Żebbuġ, Għawdex | Gozo | 7.6 | 2,956 |
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Żejtun | Il-Kunsill Lokali taż-Żejtun (Città Beland) | Malta | 7.4 | 11,386 |
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Żurrieq | Il-Kunsill Lokali taż-Żurrieq | Malta | 10.5 | 10,962 |
List of Maltese local communities councilsEdit
These local community committees are going to operate from the beginning of July 2010, the Maltese Elections of Committees for Communities 2010 was held on Saturday March 27, in these hamlets:
- Il-Kumitat Amministrattiv ta' Bubaqra in Iż-Żurrieq
- Il-Kumitat Amministrattiv ta' Fleur-de-Lys in Birkirkara
- Il-Kumitat Amministrattiv tal-Kappara in San Ġwann
- Il-Kumitat Amministrattiv tal-Madliena in Is-Swieqi
- Il-Kumitat Amministrattiv ta' Marsalforn in Iż-Żebbuġ
- Il-Kumitat Amministrattiv ta' Paceville in San Ġiljan
- Il-Kumitat Amministrattiv ta' Santa Luċija, Għawdex in Ta' Kerċem
- Il-Kumitat Amministrattiv tax-Xlendi in Il-Munxar
In June 2010 were held also the elections for the local community committees, in these hamlets:
- Il-Kumitat Amministrattiv ta' Gwardmanġa in Tal-Pietà, Malta
- Il-Kumitat Amministrattiv tas-Swatar in Birkirkara and L-Imsida
- Il-Kumitat Amministrattiv tal-Baħrija in Ir-Rabat, Malta
- Il-Kumitat Amministrattiv ta' Baħar iċ-Ċagħaq in In-Naxxar
- Il-Kumitat Amministrattiv ta' San Pietru in Ħaż-Żabbar
- Il-Kumitat Amministrattiv ta' Burmarrad u l-Wardija in San Pawl il-Baħar
- Il-Kumitat Amministrattiv ta' Tal-Virtù in Ir-Rabat
- Il-Kumitat Amministrattiv ta' Ħal Farruġ in Ħal Luqa
All elections in these hamlets took place on the same day in the 2014 hamlet elections.
Other recognised hamlets without a local community committeeEdit
- Albert Town in Il-Marsa, Malta
- Bengħisa in Birżebbuġa
- Il-Bidnija in Il-Mosta/L-Imġarr
- Bir id-Deheb in Iż-Żejtun/Ħal Għaxaq
- Il-Blata l-Bajda in Il-Ħamrun/Il-Marsa, Malta
- Tal-Blata l-Għolja in Il-Mosta
- Buġibba in San Pawl il-Baħar
- Bulebel iż-Żgħir in Ħaż-Żabbar
- Il-Buskett in Dingli/Is-Siġġiewi
- Ġebel San Martin in Iż-Żejtun
- L-Għadira in Il-Mellieħa
- Tal-Ibraġ in Is-Swieqi
- Il-Magħtab in In-Naxxar
- Il-Manikata in Il-Mellieħa
- Il-Pwales in San Pawl il-Baħar
- Il-Qajjenza in Birżebbuġa
- Il-Qawra in San Pawl il-Baħar
- Tar-Rabbat in Il-Ħamrun
- Salina in In-Naxxar
- San Martin in San Pawl il-Baħar
- Santa Margerita in Mosta
- Santa Maria Estate in Il-Mellieħa
- Ta' Ganza in Iż-Żejtun
- Ta' Giorni in San Ġiljan
- Ta' Kassja in Gozo
- Ta' Taħt iċ-Ċint in Iż-Żurrieq
- Tal-Barmil in Gozo
- Tal-Bebbux in Iż-Żurrieq
- Tal-Ħawli in Il-Birgu
- Tal-Millieri in Ħal Għaxaq
- Tal-Plier in Ħaż-Żabbar
- Tal-Qattus (Birkirkara) in Birkirkara
- Tal-Qattus (Għaxaq) in Ħal Għaxaq
- Tas-Salib in Il-Mellieħa
- Ta' Żwejt in San Ġwann
- Victoria Gardens in Is-Swieqi
- Wied iż-Żurrieq in Il-Qrendi
- Ix-Xemxija in San Pawl il-Baħar
- Ix-Xwieki in Ħal Għargħur
- Iż-Żebbiegħ in L-Imġarr
- Ta' Żokkrija in Il-Mosta
See alsoEdit
- 2005 Maltese local council elections
- 2006 Maltese local council elections
- 2007 Maltese local council elections
- 2008 Maltese local council elections
- 2009 Maltese local council elections
- Maltese local council elections, 2010
- 2012 Maltese local council elections
- 2015 Maltese local council elections
- List of cities in Malta
- List of mayors of Malta
- ISO 3166-2:MT
ReferencesEdit
External linksEdit
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