Local time
Sun, 4:10 AM GMT+2Europe/MaltaCityCapital
Valletta
35.90° N, 14.51° E
- Population
- 368,250
- Natural Earth
- Population rank
- 1 of 1
- Rank by Natural Earth population among the 1 cities of Malta in Terratlasia that have a population figure. Terratlasia does not list every city of Malta, so this is not a national ranking.
- Time zone
- Europe/Malta
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Practical bearings for Valletta, from the same records as the rest of this page.
No places in Valletta have been recorded yet. The map and the country page still carry its context.
Overview
Name
Its name honors Jean Parizot de la Valette, the Grand Master of the Order of Saint John (crusader knights), who founded the city in 1566.
Source: CIA World Factbook · 2026-02-01 · text generated from this source, approved by a person