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href="https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%9A%CE%BF%CF%83%CF%80%CE%AF%CE%BA%CE%BF%CF%85%CE%B1" title="Κοσπίκουα – Greek" lang="el" hreflang="el" data-title="Κοσπίκουα" data-language-autonym="Ελληνικά" data-language-local-name="Greek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ελληνικά</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bormla" title="Bormla – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Bormla" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cospicua" title="Cospicua – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Cospicua" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cospicua" title="Cospicua – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Cospicua" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%A9%D8%A7%D8%B3%D9%BE%DB%8C%DA%A9%D9%88%D8%A7" title="کاسپیکوا – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="کاسپیکوا" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bormla" title="Bormla – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Bormla" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EB%B3%B4%EB%A6%84%EB%9D%BC" title="보름라 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="보름라" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hy mw-list-item"><a href="https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D4%B2%D5%B8%D6%80%D5%B4%D5%AC%D5%A1" title="Բորմլա – Armenian" lang="hy" hreflang="hy" data-title="Բորմլա" data-language-autonym="Հայերեն" data-language-local-name="Armenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Հայերեն</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cospicua" title="Cospicua – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Cospicua" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cospicua" title="Cospicua – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Cospicua" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-la mw-list-item"><a href="https://la.wikipedia.org/wiki/Birmula" title="Birmula – Latin" lang="la" hreflang="la" data-title="Birmula" data-language-autonym="Latina" data-language-local-name="Latin" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lt mw-list-item"><a href="https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bormla" title="Bormla – Lithuanian" lang="lt" hreflang="lt" data-title="Bormla" data-language-autonym="Lietuvių" data-language-local-name="Lithuanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lietuvių</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bormla" title="Bormla – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="Bormla" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hungarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Magyar</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mt mw-list-item"><a href="https://mt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bormla" title="Bormla – Maltese" lang="mt" hreflang="mt" data-title="Bormla" data-language-autonym="Malti" data-language-local-name="Maltese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Malti</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-xmf mw-list-item"><a href="https://xmf.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%91%E1%83%9D%E1%83%A0%E1%83%9B%E1%83%9A%E1%83%90" title="ბორმლა – Mingrelian" lang="xmf" hreflang="xmf" data-title="ბორმლა" data-language-autonym="მარგალური" data-language-local-name="Mingrelian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>მარგალური</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-arz mw-list-item"><a href="https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%83%D9%88%D8%B3%D8%A8%D9%8A%D9%83%D9%88" title="كوسبيكو – Egyptian Arabic" lang="arz" hreflang="arz" data-title="كوسبيكو" data-language-autonym="مصرى" data-language-local-name="Egyptian Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>مصرى</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cospicua" title="Cospicua – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Cospicua" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B3%E3%82%B9%E3%83%94%E3%82%AF%E3%82%A2" title="コスピクア – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="コスピクア" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ce mw-list-item"><a href="https://ce.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%BC%D0%BB%D0%B0" title="Бормла – Chechen" lang="ce" hreflang="ce" data-title="Бормла" data-language-autonym="Нохчийн" data-language-local-name="Chechen" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Нохчийн</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cospicua" title="Cospicua – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="Cospicua" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk bokmål</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bormla" title="Bormla – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="Bormla" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Polski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cospicua" title="Cospicua – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="Cospicua" 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style="width:6em;left:4px"><div>Cospicua</div></div></div></div><div style="padding-top:0.2em"></div><span class="switcher-label" style="display:none">Show map of Mediterranean</span></div></div></div></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedbottomrow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data">Coordinates: <span class="geo-inline"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1156832818">.mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct,.mw-parser-output .geo-inline-hidden{display:none}.mw-parser-output .longitude,.mw-parser-output .latitude{white-space:nowrap}</style><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Cospicua&params=35_52_56_N_14_31_20_E_type:city_region:MT"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">35°52′56″N</span> <span class="longitude">14°31′20″E</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">35.88222°N 14.52222°E</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">35.88222; 14.52222</span></span></span></a></span></span></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/List_of_sovereign_states" title="List of sovereign states">Country</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/Flag_of_Malta.svg/23px-Flag_of_Malta.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/Flag_of_Malta.svg/35px-Flag_of_Malta.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/Flag_of_Malta.svg/45px-Flag_of_Malta.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Malta" title="Malta">Malta</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Regions_of_Malta" title="Regions of Malta">Region</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Port_Region,_Malta" title="Port Region, Malta">Port Region</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Districts_of_Malta" title="Districts of Malta">District</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Districts_of_Malta#Southern_Harbour_District" title="Districts of Malta">Southern Harbour District</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Borders</th><td class="infobox-data"><b></b><a href="/wiki/Birgu" title="Birgu">Birgu</a>, <a href="/wiki/Fgura" title="Fgura">Fgura</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kalkara" title="Kalkara">Kalkara</a>, <a href="/wiki/Paola,_Malta" title="Paola, Malta">Paola</a>, <a href="/wiki/Senglea" title="Senglea">Senglea</a>, <a href="/wiki/%C5%BBabbar" title="Żabbar">Żabbar</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Government<div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • <a href="/wiki/List_of_mayors_of_places_in_Malta" title="List of mayors of places in Malta">Mayor</a></th><td class="infobox-data">Marco Agius (<a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(Malta)" title="Labour Party (Malta)">PL</a>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Area<div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="white-space:nowrap;"> • Total</div></th><td class="infobox-data">0.9 km<sup>2</sup> (0.3 sq mi)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Population<div class="ib-settlement-fn"><span class="nowrap"> </span>(Jan. 2019)</div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="white-space:nowrap;"> • Total</div></th><td class="infobox-data">5,170</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Density</th><td class="infobox-data">5,700/km<sup>2</sup> (15,000/sq mi)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Demonym" title="Demonym">Demonym(s)</a></th><td class="infobox-data">Bormliż (m), Bormliża (f), Bormliżi (pl)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Time_zone" title="Time zone">Time zone</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/UTC%2B1" class="mw-redirect" title="UTC+1">UTC+1</a> (<a href="/wiki/Central_European_Time" title="Central European Time">CET</a>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span class="nowrap"> • Summer (<a href="/wiki/Daylight_saving_time" title="Daylight saving time">DST</a>)</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/UTC%2B2" class="mw-redirect" title="UTC+2">UTC+2</a> (<a href="/wiki/Central_European_Summer_Time" title="Central European Summer Time">CEST</a>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Postal_codes_in_Malta" title="Postal codes in Malta">Postal code</a></th><td class="infobox-data adr"><div class="postal-code">BML</div></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/List_of_country_calling_codes" class="mw-redirect" title="List of country calling codes">Dialing code</a></th><td class="infobox-data">356</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/ISO_3166" title="ISO 3166">ISO 3166 code</a></th><td class="infobox-data nickname">MT-06</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Religion_in_Malta#Patron_Saints" title="Religion in Malta">Patron saint</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Immaculate_Conception" title="Immaculate Conception">Immaculate Conception</a> or the <a href="/wiki/Mary_(mother_of_Jesus)" class="mw-redirect" title="Mary (mother of Jesus)">Virgin Mary</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Public_holidays_in_Malta#Traditional_Feasts" title="Public holidays in Malta">Day of festa</a></th><td class="infobox-data">8 December</td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Cospicua</b> (<a href="/wiki/Italian_language" title="Italian language">Italian</a>) or <b>Bormla</b> (<a href="/wiki/Maltese_language" title="Maltese language">Maltese</a>, <span class="IPA nowrap" lang="mt-Latn-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Help:IPA/Maltese" title="Help:IPA/Maltese">[ˈbɔrmlɐ]</a></span>), occasionally also known by the <a href="/wiki/Latin_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Latin language">Latin</a> name <b>Cottonera</b>,<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (April 2024)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> is a double-fortified harbour city in the <a href="/wiki/Port_Region,_Malta" title="Port Region, Malta">Port Region</a> of <a href="/wiki/Malta" title="Malta">Malta</a>. As <b>Maleth</b> (<a href="/wiki/Phoenician_language" title="Phoenician language">Phoenician</a>: <span lang="phn"><a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%F0%90%A4%8C%F0%90%A4%8B%F0%90%A4%88" class="extiw" title="wikt:𐤌𐤋𐤈">𐤌𐤋𐤈</a></span>, <span class="smallcaps"><span style="font-variant: small-caps; text-transform: lowercase;">MLṬ</span></span>), it served as the principal port of <a href="/wiki/Phoenician_Malta" class="mw-redirect" title="Phoenician Malta">Phoenician Malta</a> and, through <a href="/wiki/Ancient_Greek_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Ancient Greek language">Greek</a>, <a href="/wiki/Latin_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Latin language">Latin</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Arabic_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Arabic language">Arabic</a>, may have given its name to the island and country. Along with <a href="/wiki/Birgu" title="Birgu">Birgu</a> and <a href="/wiki/Senglea" title="Senglea">Senglea</a>, it is one of the <a href="/wiki/Three_Cities" title="Three Cities">Three Cities</a> located within the <a href="/wiki/Grand_Harbour" title="Grand Harbour">Grand Harbour</a> to the east of the capital city <a href="/wiki/Valletta" title="Valletta">Valletta</a>. With a population of 5,395 as of March 2014, it is the most dense city of the Three Cities.<sup id="cite_ref-pop2014_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-pop2014-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Locals are known for their <a href="/wiki/Cottonera_Dialect" class="mw-redirect" title="Cottonera Dialect">Cottonera dialect</a>. </p><p><span class="anchor" id="Etymology"></span><span class="anchor" id="Toponymy"></span><span class="anchor" id="Name"></span> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Names">Names</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Cospicua&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Names"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The ancient <a href="/wiki/Phoenician_language" title="Phoenician language">Phoenician</a> name <i>Maleth</i> meant "refuge" or "port",<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEVella202337_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEVella202337-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> cognate with <a href="/wiki/Hebrew_language" title="Hebrew language">Hebrew</a> <i>malat</i> (<span title="Hebrew-language text"><span lang="he"><a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%D7%9E%D7%9C%D7%98" class="extiw" title="wikt:מלט">מָלַט</a></span></span>, "escape").<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEStrong1890s.v._[httpsbiblehubcomhebrew4422htm_"4422._malat"]_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEStrong1890s.v._[httpsbiblehubcomhebrew4422htm_"4422._malat"]-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/Ancient_Greek_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Ancient Greek language">Greek</a> <span title="Ancient Greek (to 1453)-language romanization"><i lang="grc-Latn">Melítē</i></span> (<span title="Ancient Greek (to 1453)-language text"><span lang="grc"><a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%CE%9C%CE%B5%CE%BB%CE%AF%CF%84%CE%B7" class="extiw" title="wikt:Μελίτη">Μελίτη</a></span></span>) and <a href="/wiki/Latin_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Latin language">Latin</a> <span title="Latin-language text"><i lang="la"><a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Melita" class="extiw" title="wikt:Melita">Melita</a></i></span> probably derived from this toponym,<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEVella202328_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEVella202328-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> despite being reapplied to <a href="/wiki/Malta_Island" class="mw-redirect" title="Malta Island">Malta</a> and then inland Phoenician settlement at <a href="/wiki/Mdina" title="Mdina">Mdina</a> after its conquest in the <a href="/wiki/Second_Punic_War" title="Second Punic War">Second Punic War</a>. The Maltese name <span title="Maltese-language text"><i lang="mt">Bormla</i></span> probably derives from a combination of <a href="/wiki/Arabic_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Arabic language">Arabic</a> <span title="Arabic-language romanization"><i lang="ar-Latn">būr</i></span> (<span title="Arabic-language text"><span lang="ar"><a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D9%88%D8%B1" class="extiw" title="wikt:بور">بور</a></span></span>) and the Phoenician name.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEVella202328_&_37_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEVella202328_&_37-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It has also been <a href="/wiki/Folk_etymologized" class="mw-redirect" title="Folk etymologized">folk etymologized</a> to derive from Old Maltese <span title="Maltese-language text"><i lang="mt"><a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/bir#Maltese" class="extiw" title="wikt:bir">bir</a> <a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/mula#Maltese" class="extiw" title="wikt:mula">mula</a></i></span>, literally "well of the landlord", from <span title="Arabic-language romanization"><i lang="ar-Latn">biʔr Mawlā</i></span> (<span title="Arabic-language text"><span lang="ar" dir="rtl">بِئْر مَوْلَى</span></span>), supposedly intending "well of the <a href="/wiki/God_in_Islam" title="God in Islam">Lord</a>".<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Cospicua&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Bormla has been inhabited since <a href="/wiki/Neolithic" title="Neolithic">Neolithic</a> times.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (October 2014)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> The <a href="/wiki/Phoenicia" title="Phoenicia">Phoenician</a> <a href="/wiki/Phoenician_colonization" class="mw-redirect" title="Phoenician colonization">colony</a> there was known as Maleth, established at some point after <a href="/wiki/Sea_level_rise" title="Sea level rise">sea level rise</a> destroyed earlier coastal settlements during the 10th century BC.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEVella202327_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEVella202327-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>By the arrival of the <a href="/wiki/Knights_Hospitaller" title="Knights Hospitaller">Order of Saint John</a>, it was known as Bormla. Its fortifications, protecting both the town and its neighbours <a href="/wiki/Birgu" title="Birgu">Birgu</a> and <a href="/wiki/Senglea" title="Senglea">Isla</a>, were begun in 1638 but not completed for another 70 years. In 1722, Grand Master <a href="/wiki/Marc%27Antonio_Zondadari" title="Marc'Antonio Zondadari">Marc'Antonio Zondadari</a> declared Bormla a city and in view of its strong bastions named it Città Cospicua.<sup id="cite_ref-Pajjizna_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Pajjizna-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1776, the Order of St. John started to construct a <a href="/wiki/Dock_(maritime)" class="mw-redirect" title="Dock (maritime)">dockyard</a>, which was to play a vital role in the development of this city.<sup id="cite_ref-Pajjizna_8-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Pajjizna-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> During <a href="/wiki/Malta_Colony" class="mw-redirect" title="Malta Colony">British rule in Malta</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Royal_Navy" title="Royal Navy">Royal Navy</a> made extensive use of the dockyard, particularly during the <a href="/wiki/Crimean_War" title="Crimean War">Crimean War</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> the <a href="/wiki/First_World_War" class="mw-redirect" title="First World War">First World War</a> and during the years preceding the <a href="/wiki/Second_World_War" class="mw-redirect" title="Second World War">Second World War</a>. Bormla, along with the rest of the area around the <a href="/wiki/Grand_Harbour" title="Grand Harbour">Grand Harbour</a>, was heavily bombed during this last war as Malta was <a href="/wiki/Siege_of_Malta_(World_War_II)" title="Siege of Malta (World War II)">under siege</a> by the <a href="/wiki/Axis_powers" title="Axis powers">Axis powers</a>.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (August 2015)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>As Malta became an independent country, the city's dockyard frequently became a bone of contention between the <a href="/wiki/General_Workers%27_Union_(Malta)" title="General Workers' Union (Malta)">General Workers' Union</a>, to which most of its employees belonged, and successive governments. In the early 21st century the dockyard was substantially downsized under the <a href="/wiki/Maltese_Government_1998%E2%80%932003" title="Maltese Government 1998–2003">governance</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Nationalist_Party_(Malta)" title="Nationalist Party (Malta)">Nationalist Party</a> after it was found that the cost of operating the site was responsible for around 25% of Malta's national debt.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Plans are now underway for the transformation of an area of the dockyard into a commercial and tourist centre.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Bormla is also known as <i>Belt l-Immakulata</i> or the City of the Immaculate, referring to the <a href="/wiki/Immaculate_Conception" title="Immaculate Conception">Immaculate Conception</a> or the <a href="/wiki/Virgin_Mary" class="mw-redirect" title="Virgin Mary">Virgin Mary</a>, who is the <a href="/wiki/Patron_saint" title="Patron saint">patron</a> of the city. every year a feast is being held on 8 December.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul class="gallery mw-gallery-traditional"> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Cospicua_in_1846._Calotype_by_Calvert_Jones.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Cospicua in 1846. Calotype by Calvert Jones"><img alt="Cospicua in 1846. Calotype by Calvert Jones" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f0/Cospicua_in_1846._Calotype_by_Calvert_Jones.jpg/120px-Cospicua_in_1846._Calotype_by_Calvert_Jones.jpg" decoding="async" width="92" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f0/Cospicua_in_1846._Calotype_by_Calvert_Jones.jpg/250px-Cospicua_in_1846._Calotype_by_Calvert_Jones.jpg 1.5x" data-file-width="630" data-file-height="820" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Cospicua in 1846. <a href="/wiki/Calotype" title="Calotype">Calotype</a> by <a href="/wiki/Calvert_Jones" title="Calvert Jones">Calvert Jones</a></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Calvert_Jones,_Square_in_Burmola,_Malta_1846.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Cospicua in 1846. Calotype by Calvert Jones"><img alt="Cospicua in 1846. Calotype by Calvert Jones" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ea/Calvert_Jones%2C_Square_in_Burmola%2C_Malta_1846.jpg/120px-Calvert_Jones%2C_Square_in_Burmola%2C_Malta_1846.jpg" decoding="async" width="87" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ea/Calvert_Jones%2C_Square_in_Burmola%2C_Malta_1846.jpg/250px-Calvert_Jones%2C_Square_in_Burmola%2C_Malta_1846.jpg 1.5x" data-file-width="712" data-file-height="976" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Cospicua in 1846. <a href="/wiki/Calotype" title="Calotype">Calotype</a> by <a href="/wiki/Calvert_Jones" title="Calvert Jones">Calvert Jones</a></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Richard_Ellis,_Cannav%C3%B2_barber_shop.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Cannavò barber shop on Cospicua's waterfront, 1910s, by Richard Ellis"><img alt="Cannavò barber shop on Cospicua's waterfront, 1910s, by Richard Ellis" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2c/Richard_Ellis%2C_Cannav%C3%B2_barber_shop.jpg/120px-Richard_Ellis%2C_Cannav%C3%B2_barber_shop.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2c/Richard_Ellis%2C_Cannav%C3%B2_barber_shop.jpg/180px-Richard_Ellis%2C_Cannav%C3%B2_barber_shop.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2c/Richard_Ellis%2C_Cannav%C3%B2_barber_shop.jpg/240px-Richard_Ellis%2C_Cannav%C3%B2_barber_shop.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2048" data-file-height="2048" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Cannavò barber shop on Cospicua's waterfront, 1910s, by <a href="/wiki/Richard_Ellis_(Maltese_photographer)" title="Richard Ellis (Maltese photographer)">Richard Ellis</a></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Fenech_photography_studio,_Cospicua.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="19th-century Fenech photography studio ad in Cospicua"><img alt="19th-century Fenech photography studio ad in Cospicua" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/80/Fenech_photography_studio%2C_Cospicua.jpg/120px-Fenech_photography_studio%2C_Cospicua.jpg" decoding="async" width="80" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/80/Fenech_photography_studio%2C_Cospicua.jpg/250px-Fenech_photography_studio%2C_Cospicua.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2618" data-file-height="3940" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">19th-century Fenech photography studio ad in Cospicua</div> </li> </ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Culture">Culture</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Cospicua&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Culture"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Cospicua celebrates its feast which is held annually on 8 December in honour of the <a href="/wiki/Immaculate_Conception" title="Immaculate Conception">Immaculate Conception</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Cospicua is known for its celebration of <a href="/wiki/Good_Friday" title="Good Friday">Good Friday</a>, which began in the 18th century and is a popular tourist attraction. A statue of the Resurrection of Jesus is traditionally carried across the city's streets to symbolize Jesus' triumph over death. Smaller statues are also exhibited in the city.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The people of Bormla started the famous and artistic first 'Mejda tal-Appostli', which literally means, the table of the <a href="/wiki/Apostles_in_the_New_Testament" title="Apostles in the New Testament">Apostles</a>. It consists of a display showing the food that was eaten during the Last Supper of <a href="/wiki/Jesus" title="Jesus">Jesus</a> and the 12 Apostles. It also consists of different stories of the <a href="/wiki/Bible" title="Bible">Bible</a>, made with coloured rice and salt, on plates (these are done separately).<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (August 2015)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>Bormla's football team is the <a href="/wiki/St._George%27s_F.C." title="St. George's F.C.">St. George's F.C.</a>, thought to be the oldest on the island. Documentation shows that by 1885 there were already three football teams at Cospicua, which merged to form the current club in 1890.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Cospicua is also famous for its Regatta team, which was one of the first. This team has won 17 shields (titles) overall, second only to Senglea.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (August 2015)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>The 1st Cospicua Scout Group as formed in 1917.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The St. George's Band Club was officially founded in 1862. Its first name was 'La Banda dei Cospicuani' but when Giorgio Crispo Barbaro, Marquis of St. George became first president of the Band, the name was changed to the present one.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (August 2015)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Architecture">Architecture</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Cospicua&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Architecture"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Malta_-_Cospicua_-_Fuq_San_l-Inkurunazzjoni_-_Dock_no1_09_ies.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2a/Malta_-_Cospicua_-_Fuq_San_l-Inkurunazzjoni_-_Dock_no1_09_ies.jpg/250px-Malta_-_Cospicua_-_Fuq_San_l-Inkurunazzjoni_-_Dock_no1_09_ies.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2a/Malta_-_Cospicua_-_Fuq_San_l-Inkurunazzjoni_-_Dock_no1_09_ies.jpg/330px-Malta_-_Cospicua_-_Fuq_San_l-Inkurunazzjoni_-_Dock_no1_09_ies.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2a/Malta_-_Cospicua_-_Fuq_San_l-Inkurunazzjoni_-_Dock_no1_09_ies.jpg/500px-Malta_-_Cospicua_-_Fuq_San_l-Inkurunazzjoni_-_Dock_no1_09_ies.jpg 2x" data-file-width="5616" data-file-height="3744" /></a><figcaption>Dock buildings at Cospicua built by the Order of St John and enlarged by the British<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></figcaption></figure> <p>The city's fortifications, namely the <a href="/wiki/Santa_Margherita_Lines" title="Santa Margherita Lines">Santa Margherita Lines</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Cottonera_Lines" title="Cottonera Lines">Cottonera Lines</a>, are largely intact although they are in need of restoration. Saint Helen's Gate, also known as Vilhena Gate, is a gateway which forms part of the Santa Margherita Lines which is a tourist attraction itself. The Dock area also has some Georgian architecture.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (August 2015)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Collegiate_Church_of_the_Immaculate_Conception,_Bormla" title="Collegiate Church of the Immaculate Conception, Bormla">Parish church of the Immaculate Conception</a>, the church of St. Theresa, and the chapels of St. Paul and St. Margaret are also attractions. The celebrations and feasts on Good Friday, Easter Sunday, and the village feast on 8 December also attract tourists, as well as the statues of the Resurrection and the Immaculate Conception.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (August 2015)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>Cospicua also has an ethnography, social history, anthropology museum and cultural venue known as Bir Mula Heritage. A 16th century lodge built by the Order of St John, simply known as The Lodge, is also used for exhibitions and other events. Adjacent to the lodge is another 16th-century building which houses a community radio station Kottoner 98FM.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (August 2015)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <ul class="gallery mw-gallery-traditional"> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Parish_Church_of_the_Immaculate_Conception.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Parish Church of the Immaculate Conception"><img alt="Parish Church of the Immaculate Conception" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b8/Parish_Church_of_the_Immaculate_Conception.jpg/120px-Parish_Church_of_the_Immaculate_Conception.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="80" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b8/Parish_Church_of_the_Immaculate_Conception.jpg/180px-Parish_Church_of_the_Immaculate_Conception.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b8/Parish_Church_of_the_Immaculate_Conception.jpg/240px-Parish_Church_of_the_Immaculate_Conception.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1620" data-file-height="1080" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Parish Church of the Immaculate Conception</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Malta_-_Cospicua_-_Fuq_San_l-Inkurunazzjoni_01_ies.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Kazin tal-Banda San Ġorġ"><img alt="Kazin tal-Banda San Ġorġ" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3b/Malta_-_Cospicua_-_Fuq_San_l-Inkurunazzjoni_01_ies.jpg/120px-Malta_-_Cospicua_-_Fuq_San_l-Inkurunazzjoni_01_ies.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="80" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3b/Malta_-_Cospicua_-_Fuq_San_l-Inkurunazzjoni_01_ies.jpg/250px-Malta_-_Cospicua_-_Fuq_San_l-Inkurunazzjoni_01_ies.jpg 1.5x" data-file-width="5616" data-file-height="3744" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><i> Kazin tal-Banda San Ġorġ </i></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Cinema_Rialto,_Bormla.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Former Cinema Rialto"><img alt="Former Cinema Rialto" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/15/Cinema_Rialto%2C_Bormla.jpg/120px-Cinema_Rialto%2C_Bormla.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="90" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/15/Cinema_Rialto%2C_Bormla.jpg/180px-Cinema_Rialto%2C_Bormla.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/15/Cinema_Rialto%2C_Bormla.jpg/240px-Cinema_Rialto%2C_Bormla.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4128" data-file-height="3096" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Former Cinema Rialto</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Verdala_Gate_07.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Verdala Gate"><img alt="Verdala Gate" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/44/Verdala_Gate_07.jpg/120px-Verdala_Gate_07.jpg" decoding="async" width="90" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/44/Verdala_Gate_07.jpg/250px-Verdala_Gate_07.jpg 1.5x" data-file-width="1936" data-file-height="2592" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Verdala Gate</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:30062_Saint_Helen%27s_Gate.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="St Helen's Gate"><img alt="St Helen's Gate" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/23/30062_Saint_Helen%27s_Gate.jpg/120px-30062_Saint_Helen%27s_Gate.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="80" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/23/30062_Saint_Helen%27s_Gate.jpg/180px-30062_Saint_Helen%27s_Gate.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/23/30062_Saint_Helen%27s_Gate.jpg/240px-30062_Saint_Helen%27s_Gate.jpg 2x" data-file-width="5315" data-file-height="3543" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">St Helen's Gate</div> </li> </ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Demographics">Demographics</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Cospicua&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Demographics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:US_Navy_030715-N-0111R-001_A_Maltese_shipyard_worker_heads_home_on_his_bicycle_after_a_day%27s_work_on_USS_La_Salle_(AFS_3).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/US_Navy_030715-N-0111R-001_A_Maltese_shipyard_worker_heads_home_on_his_bicycle_after_a_day%27s_work_on_USS_La_Salle_%28AFS_3%29.jpg/330px-US_Navy_030715-N-0111R-001_A_Maltese_shipyard_worker_heads_home_on_his_bicycle_after_a_day%27s_work_on_USS_La_Salle_%28AFS_3%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="330" height="217" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/US_Navy_030715-N-0111R-001_A_Maltese_shipyard_worker_heads_home_on_his_bicycle_after_a_day%27s_work_on_USS_La_Salle_%28AFS_3%29.jpg/495px-US_Navy_030715-N-0111R-001_A_Maltese_shipyard_worker_heads_home_on_his_bicycle_after_a_day%27s_work_on_USS_La_Salle_%28AFS_3%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/US_Navy_030715-N-0111R-001_A_Maltese_shipyard_worker_heads_home_on_his_bicycle_after_a_day%27s_work_on_USS_La_Salle_%28AFS_3%29.jpg/660px-US_Navy_030715-N-0111R-001_A_Maltese_shipyard_worker_heads_home_on_his_bicycle_after_a_day%27s_work_on_USS_La_Salle_%28AFS_3%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2100" data-file-height="1378" /></a><figcaption>A Maltese shipyard worker heads home on his bicycle after a day's work on USS La Salle in Cospicua.</figcaption></figure> <p>The first recorded <a href="/wiki/Census" title="Census">census</a> of the Maltese islands took place in 1901. Cospicua (listed as Bormla in census documents) is recorded as having a population of 12,148 people. This figure remained relatively stable until 1931, but by 1948 had reduced to 4,822. After rising to 9,095 by 1957 and 9,123 in 1967, the city's population fell in the following three censuses.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A March 2011 estimate gave the population of Cospicua as 5,658.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Its population stood 5,479 as of March 2013,<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and 5,395 in March 2014.<sup id="cite_ref-pop2014_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-pop2014-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="timeline-wrapper"><map name="timeline_rxzq7duitats1vmc06mhj0l0qzunx9h"></map><img usemap="#timeline_rxzq7duitats1vmc06mhj0l0qzunx9h" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/timeline/rxzq7duitats1vmc06mhj0l0qzunx9h.png" /></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notable_people">Notable people</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Cospicua&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Notable people"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Bormla._Abram_Gatt.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Bormla._Abram_Gatt.jpg/250px-Bormla._Abram_Gatt.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="330" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Bormla._Abram_Gatt.jpg/330px-Bormla._Abram_Gatt.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Bormla._Abram_Gatt.jpg/500px-Bormla._Abram_Gatt.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4000" data-file-height="6000" /></a><figcaption>Bust of <a href="/w/index.php?title=Abram_Gatt&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Abram Gatt (page does not exist)">Abram Gatt</a> in Bormla</figcaption></figure> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Karmenu_Mifsud_Bonnici" title="Karmenu Mifsud Bonnici">Karmenu Mifsud Bonnici</a> (former <a href="/wiki/Prime_Minister_of_Malta" title="Prime Minister of Malta">Prime Minister</a> and leader of the <a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(Malta)" title="Labour Party (Malta)">Labour Party</a>);<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ugo_Mifsud_Bonnici" title="Ugo Mifsud Bonnici">Ugo Mifsud Bonnici</a> (former Minister and also a former <a href="/wiki/President_of_Malta" title="President of Malta">President of Malta</a>);<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anton_B._Dougall" title="Anton B. Dougall">Anton B. Dougall</a> (born 1952), Maltese chef, writer and television personality.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dom_Mintoff" title="Dom Mintoff">Dom Mintoff</a> (former <a href="/wiki/Prime_Minister_of_Malta" title="Prime Minister of Malta">Prime Minister</a> and leader of <a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(Malta)" title="Labour Party (Malta)">Labour Party</a>)<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Erin_Serracino_Inglott&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Erin Serracino Inglott (page does not exist)">Erin Serracino Inglott</a> (<a href="/wiki/Linguistics" title="Linguistics">linguist</a> and author)<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> whom a school in the city is named after.<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Abram_Gatt&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Abram Gatt (page does not exist)">Abram Gatt</a> (sculptor)<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gianni_Vella" title="Gianni Vella">Gianni Vella</a> (artist)<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paolino_Vassallo" title="Paolino Vassallo">Paolino Vassallo</a> (composer)<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Government">Government</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Cospicua&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Government"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Bormla's <a href="/wiki/Local_councils_of_Malta" title="Local councils of Malta">local council</a> was established by the Local Councils Act of 1993. The first election was held on 16 April 1994 and Joseph Carbonaro was elected as mayor. After the 2000 elections, Paul Muscat became mayor and after the 2003 elections he was succeeded by Joseph Scerri. Scerri remained mayor for 10 years before being succeeded by Alison Zerafa after the 2013 elections.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (August 2015)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Zones_in_Bormla">Zones in Bormla</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Cospicua&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Zones in Bormla"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The following is a list of places in Bormla:<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (August 2015)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/American_University_of_Malta" title="American University of Malta">Dock No. 1</a></li> <li>Fortini ta' Feliċ</li> <li>Kortina San Nikola</li> <li>San Ġwann t'Għuxa</li> <li>Fuq San Pawl</li> <li>Fuq Santa Margerita</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fort_Verdala" title="Fort Verdala">Fuq Verdala</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/St._Helen%27s_Gate" title="St. Helen's Gate">Ta' Santa Liena</a></li> <li>Tal-Foss</li> <li>Xatt ta' Bormla</li> <li>Ix-Xgħajra ta' Bormla</li></ul> <p>In addition, the zone of Tal-Ħawli was also historically part of Bormla. However this area was put under the jurisdiction of the <a href="/wiki/Birgu" title="Birgu">Birgu</a> Local Council in 1994.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (August 2015)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Cospicua&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Citations">Citations</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Cospicua&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Citations"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist reflist-columns references-column-width" style="column-width: 30em;"> <ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-pop2014-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-pop2014_1-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-pop2014_1-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150621211549/https://secure2.gov.mt/localgovernment/file.aspx?f=7810">"Estimated Population by Locality 31st March, 2014"</a>. <a href="/wiki/Government_of_Malta" title="Government of Malta">Government of Malta</a>. 16 May 2014. 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class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Greece</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <dl><dd><a href="/wiki/Santorini" title="Santorini">Callista (Santorini)</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Paxi" class="mw-redirect" title="Paxi">Paxi</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Rhodes" title="Rhodes">Rhodes</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Delos" title="Delos">Delos</a></dd></dl> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Israel</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <dl><dd><a href="/wiki/Achziv" title="Achziv">Achzib</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Acre,_Israel" title="Acre, Israel">Akka (Acre)</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Tel_Dor" title="Tel Dor">Dora</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Tel_Michal" title="Tel Michal">Michal</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Jaffa" title="Jaffa">Jaffa</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Apollonia-Arsuf" class="mw-redirect" title="Apollonia-Arsuf">Reshef</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Tel_Shikmona" title="Tel Shikmona">Shikmona</a> (<a href="/wiki/Haifa" title="Haifa">Haifa</a>)</dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Caesarea_Maritima" title="Caesarea Maritima">Strato's Tower (Caesarea)</a></dd></dl> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Italy</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <dl><dd><a href="/wiki/Bithia,_Italy" title="Bithia, Italy">Bitan</a> (<a href="/wiki/Chia_(Sardinia)" title="Chia (Sardinia)">Chia</a>)</dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Cefal%C3%B9" title="Cefalù">Cape Melqart (Cefalù)</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Drepana" title="Drepana">Drepanum</a> (<a href="/wiki/Trapani" title="Trapani">Trapani</a>)</dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Eryx_(Sicily)" title="Eryx (Sicily)">Eryx</a> (<a href="/wiki/Erice" title="Erice">Erice</a>)</dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Heraclea_Minoa" title="Heraclea Minoa">Heraclea Minoa</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Soluntum" title="Soluntum">Kapara (Soluntum)</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/History_of_Cagliari" title="History of Cagliari">Karaly</a> (<a href="/wiki/Cagliari" title="Cagliari">Cagliari</a>)</dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Marsala" title="Marsala">Lilybaeum</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Motya" title="Motya">Motya</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Neapolis,_Sardinia" class="mw-redirect" title="Neapolis, Sardinia">Neapolis</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Nora,_Italy" title="Nora, Italy">Nora</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Olbia" title="Olbia">Olbia</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Pantelleria" title="Pantelleria">Pantelleria</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Selinunte" title="Selinunte">Selinunte</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Sulci" title="Sulci">Sulci</a> (<a href="/wiki/Sant%27Antioco" title="Sant'Antioco">Sant'Antioco</a>)</dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Tharros" title="Tharros">Tharros</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Palermo" title="Palermo">Ṣiṣ (Palermo)</a></dd></dl> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Lebanon</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <dl><dd><a href="/wiki/Amioun" title="Amioun">Amia</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Enfeh" class="mw-redirect" title="Enfeh">Ampi</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Arqa" title="Arqa">Arqa</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Tripoli,_Lebanon" title="Tripoli, Lebanon">Athar (Tripoli)</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Baalbek" title="Baalbek">Baalbek</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Berytus" title="Berytus">Birut</a> (<a href="/wiki/Beirut" title="Beirut">Beirut</a>)</dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Batroun" title="Batroun">Botrys (Teros)</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Byblos" title="Byblos">Gebal (Byblos)</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Tell_el-Burak" title="Tell el-Burak">Ornithon (Tell el-Burak)</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Jieh" title="Jieh"> Porphyreon (Jieh)</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Sarepta" title="Sarepta">Sarepta</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Sidon" title="Sidon">Sidon</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Tyre,_Lebanon" title="Tyre, Lebanon">Sur (Tyre)</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ushu" title="Ushu">Ushu (Palaetyrus)</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Umm_al-Amad,_Lebanon" title="Umm al-Amad, Lebanon">Umm al-Amad</a></dd></dl> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Libya</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <dl><dd><a href="/wiki/Leptis_Magna" title="Leptis Magna">Lepcis</a> (<a href="/wiki/Khoms,_Libya" class="mw-redirect" title="Khoms, Libya">Khoms</a>)</dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Oea" title="Oea">Oyat</a> (<a href="/wiki/Tripoli,_Libya" title="Tripoli, Libya">Tripoli</a>)</dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Sabratha" title="Sabratha">Tsabratan</a></dd></dl> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Malta</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <dl><dd>Maleth (<a class="mw-selflink selflink">Cospicua</a>)</dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Melite_(ancient_city)" title="Melite (ancient city)">Ann</a> (<a href="/wiki/Mdina" title="Mdina">Mdina</a>)</dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Gozo" title="Gozo">Gaulos (Gozo)</a></dd> <dd><a href="/w/index.php?title=G%C4%A7ajn_Qajjet&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Għajn Qajjet (page does not exist)">Għajn Qajjet</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Mtarfa" title="Mtarfa">Mtarfa</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Ras_il-Wardija" title="Ras il-Wardija">Ras il-Wardija</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Tas-Sil%C4%A1" title="Tas-Silġ">Tas-Silġ</a></dd></dl> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Morocco</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <dl><dd><a href="/wiki/Azemmour" title="Azemmour">Azama (Azemmour)</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Essaouira" title="Essaouira">Arambys (Mogador)</a></dd> <dd><a href="/w/index.php?title=Caricus_Murus&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Caricus Murus (page does not exist)">Caricus Murus</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Ksar_es-Seghir" title="Ksar es-Seghir">Heq she Elisha (Ksar es-Seghir)</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Lixus_(ancient_city)" title="Lixus (ancient city)">Likush</a> (<a href="/wiki/Larache" title="Larache">Larache</a>)</dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Chellah" title="Chellah">Shalat (Chellah)</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Tamusida" class="mw-redirect" title="Tamusida">Tamusida</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Tingis" class="mw-redirect" title="Tingis">Tinga</a> (<a href="/wiki/Tangier" title="Tangier">Tangier</a>)</dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Anfa" title="Anfa">Anfa</a> (<a href="/wiki/Casablanca" title="Casablanca">Casablanca</a>)</dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Volubilis" title="Volubilis">Volubilis</a> <sup><small>1</small></sup></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Mogador_Island" title="Mogador Island">Mogador</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Rusadir" title="Rusadir">Rusadir</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Oualidia" title="Oualidia">Oualidia</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Iulia_Constantia_Zilil" title="Iulia Constantia Zilil">Zilil</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Agadir" title="Agadir">Gadir</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Chellah" title="Chellah">Sala</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Thymiaterium" title="Thymiaterium">Thymiaterium</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/El_Jadida" title="El Jadida">Rusibis</a></dd></dl> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Portugal</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <dl><dd><a href="/wiki/Portim%C3%A3o" title="Portimão">Portus Hannibalis</a></dd> <dd>Portus Magonis (Portimão)</dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Lisbon" title="Lisbon">Olissipona (Lisbon)</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Faro,_Portugal" title="Faro, Portugal">Ossonoba (Faro)</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Balsa_(Roman_town)" title="Balsa (Roman town)">Balsa</a> (<a href="/wiki/Tavira" title="Tavira">Tavira</a>)</dd></dl> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Spain</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <dl><dd><a href="/wiki/Abdera,_Spain" title="Abdera, Spain">Abdera</a> (<a href="/wiki/Adra,_Spain" title="Adra, Spain">Adra</a>)</dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Abyla" title="Abyla">Abyla</a> (<a href="/wiki/Ceuta" title="Ceuta">Ceuta</a>)</dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Lucentum" title="Lucentum">Akra Leuka</a> (<a href="/wiki/Alicante" title="Alicante">Alicante</a>)</dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/C%C3%A1diz" title="Cádiz">Gadir (Cadiz)</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Guardamar_del_Segura" title="Guardamar del Segura">Herna</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Sa_Caleta_Phoenician_Settlement" title="Sa Caleta Phoenician Settlement">Iboshim</a> (<a href="/wiki/Ibiza" title="Ibiza">Ibiza</a>)</dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Mah%C3%B3n" title="Mahón">Mahón</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/History_of_M%C3%A1laga" title="History of Málaga">Malake</a> (<a href="/wiki/M%C3%A1laga" title="Málaga">Málaga</a>)</dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Huelva" title="Huelva">Onoba</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Cartagena,_Spain" title="Cartagena, Spain">Carthage (Cartagena)</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Rusadir" title="Rusadir">Rushadir</a> (<a href="/wiki/Melilla" title="Melilla">Melilla</a>)</dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Saguntum" class="mw-redirect" title="Saguntum">Saguntum</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Sexi_(Phoenician_colony)" title="Sexi (Phoenician colony)">Sexi</a> (<a href="/wiki/Almunecar" class="mw-redirect" title="Almunecar">Almunecar</a>)</dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/T%C3%ADjola" title="Tíjola">Tagilit (Tíjola)</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Los_Toscanos" title="Los Toscanos">Toscanos</a> (<a href="/wiki/V%C3%A9lez-M%C3%A1laga" title="Vélez-Málaga">Velez</a>)</dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Peniscola" 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