Victoria, Gozo

Victoria
Victoria; Il-Belt Victoria; Città Victoria, Ir-Rabat, Għawdex
	Ceety an Local cooncil
	Victoria
	View o Victoria
	Banner Coat airms
	Motto(s): A Magna Maxima; (Frae Great, Supreme)
	Coordinates: 36°2′37″N 14°14′35″E / 36.04361°N 14.24306°ECoordinates: 36°2′37″N 14°14′35″E / 36.04361°N 14.24306°E
Kintra	Maltae
Region	Gozo Region
Destrict	Gozo an Comino Destrict
Borders	Fontana, Għasri, Kerċem, Xagħra, Xewkija, Żebbuġ
Govrenment
• Mayor	Samuel Azzopardi (PN)
Area
• Total	2.9 km2 (1.1 sq mi)
Population (Mairch 2014)
• Total	6,901
• Density	2,400/km2 (6,200/sq mi)
Demonym(s)	Rabti t'Għawdex (m), Rabtija t'Għawdex (f), Rabtin t'Għawdex (pl)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	VCT
Dialin code	356
ISO 3166 code	MT-45
Patron saunt	St. George; St. Mary
Day o festa	3rd Sunday of July (St. George); 15 August (St. Mary)
Website	Offeecial wabsteid

Victoria (Maltese: Il-Belt Victoria, meanin "the ceety Victoria"), an aw kent amang the native Maltese as Rabat (which is the name o the auld toun centre) or bi its teetle Città Victoria, is the caipital ceety o Gozo,^[1] the seicont lairgest island in Maltae. The ceety haes a tot population o 6,901 (as o Mairch 2014),^[2] an bi population, is the lairgest locality in Gozo.

The aurie aroond the toun, situatit on a hill near the centre o the island, haes been settled syne Neolithic times. Victoria is the name gien on 10 Juin 1887 bi the Breetish govrenment on the occasion o Queen Victoria's Gowden Jubilee, at the request o the Bishop o Malt, Mons. Sir Pietro Pace. Housomeivver, mony Gozitans an mainly auld Gozitans, still aften refer tae it bi the name Rabat. It is uisually kent as Rabat, Gozo tae distinguish it frae the toun o Rabat on the main island o Malta.

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↑ Cassar Pullicino, Joseph (OctoberDecember 1949). "The Order of St. John in Maltese folk-memory" (PDF). Scientia. 15 (4): 163. Archived frae the original (PDF) on 17 April 2016. Check date values in: |date= (help)
↑ "Estimated Population by Locality 31st March, 2014". Government of Malta. 16 Mey 2014. Archived frae the original on 21 Juin 2015. Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (help)

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Ministry of Gozo - Victoria

[cassar-1] Cassar Pullicino, Joseph (OctoberDecember 1949). "The Order of St. John in Maltese folk-memory" (PDF). Scientia. 15 (4): 163. Archived frae the original (PDF) on 17 April 2016. Check date values in: |date= (help)

[2] "Estimated Population by Locality 31st March, 2014". Government of Malta. 16 Mey 2014. Archived frae the original on 21 Juin 2015. Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (help)

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