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; 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 the historical cities:
{| class="wikitable sortable"
! style="width:100px;"|Within current<br/>local council
! style="width:100px;"|Historical city
! Year granted
! class=unsortable style="width:200px;"|Image
! Population<br>(2014)
! class=unsortable |Notes
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| Birgu
| Città Vittoriosa
(Victorious City)
| 1530
| 200px
| 2,629
| 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
(Conspicuous City)
| 1722
| 200px
| 5,395
| One of the Three Cities. City status granted in 1722 by Grand Master Marc'Antonio Zondadari.
|-
| Mdina
| Città Notabile
(Notable City)
|
| 200px
| 292
| Capital city from antiquity to 1530.
|-
| Qormi
| Città Pinto
(Pinto's City)
| 1743
| 200px
| 16,779
| City status granted on 25 May 1743 by Grand Master Manuel Pinto da Fonseca, following a request made by Don Giuseppe Vella.
|-
| Victoria
| Città Victoria
(Victoria's City)
| 1887
| 200px
| 6,901
| 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
(Invincible City)
| 1565
| 200px
| 2,784
| One of the Three Cities. City status granted following the Great Siege of Malta in 1565.
|-
| Siġġiewi
| Città Ferdinand
(Ferdinand's City)
| 1797
| 200px
| 8,367
| 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
(Humblest City)
| 1571
| 200px
| 6,444
| Capital city since 18 March 1571.
|-
| Żabbar
| Città Hompesch
(Hompesch's City)
| 1797
| 200px
| 15,404
| 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.
|-
| Żejtun
| Città Beland
(Beland's City)
| 1797
| 200px
| 11,508
| 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 locals.