Valletta
Valletta, population 7048 (official estimate for 2000), is the capital city of Malta - The city is located at 35°54'16" North, 14°31'32" East (35.904444, 14.525556).http://earth-info.nga.mil/gns/html/cntry_files.html
Name
The official name the Order gave to the city was Humillima Civitas Valletta - a city bound to humility, however with the building of bastions, curtains and ravelins, along with the beauty of the baroque buildings along its streets, it became known as Superbissima - the 'Superb', amongst the ruling houses of Europe. In Maltese it is colloquially known as Il-Belt, simply meaning "The City".
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