Rabat

Rabat is a town in the Western Region of , with a population of 11,497 as of March 2014. It adjoins the ancient capital city of , and a north-western part of Rabat was in the Roman city of Melite until its medieval retrenchment.
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  • Type: Town with 11,500 residents
  • Description: town near Mdina, Malta
  • Also known as: “Ir-Rabat”, “Ir-Rabt”, “Rabat, Malta”, and “Rabato”

Places of Interest

Highlights include National Stadium Ta‘ Qali and St. Paul’s Cathedral.

Stadium
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The National Stadium, locally also referred to as Ta' Qali, officially known as Grawnd Nazzjonali, is a located in , . The stadium, which also contains the headquarters of the Malta Football Association, seats 16,997 people and is, by far, the largest stadium in the country.

Church
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The Metropolitan Cathedral of Saint Paul, commonly known as St Paul's Cathedral or the Mdina Cathedral, is a Catholic cathedral in , , dedicated to St.

Castle
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is a palace in the , limits of , . It was built in 1586 during the reign of Hugues Loubenx de Verdalle, and now serves as the official summer residence of the President of Malta.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Mdina and Mosta.

Photo: Berthold Werner, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a small city in and its former capital. The town is a joy to stroll around in: many of the alleys really give the sense that nothing has changed here for more than a millennium since the Arabs were here.

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is a small but densely populated city in the of . The most prominent building in is , a large basilica built by its parishioners' volunteer labour.

Town
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Żebbuġ, also known by its title Città Rohan, is a city in the Western Region of . It is one of the oldest towns in the country, and its population is 11,074 as of June 2021. is situated 4 km east of Rabat.

Rabat

Latitude
35.8819° or 35° 52′ 55″ north
Longitude
14.3988° or 14° 23′ 56″ east
Population
11,500
Elevation
205 metres (673 feet)
Open location code
8F7PV9JX+QG
Open­Street­Map ID
node 130908825
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
2562620
Wiki­data ID
Q44381
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Vietnamese—“Rabat” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “الرباط”
  • Arabic: “الرِّبَاطُ”
  • Arabic: “الربط”
  • Armenian: “Ռաբաթ”
  • Basque: “Rabat”
  • Belarusian: “Рабат”
  • Bengali: “রাবাত”
  • Catalan: “Rabat”
  • Cebuano: “Ir-Rabat”
  • Central Kurdish: “ڕابات، ماڵتا”
  • Chechen: “Рабат”
  • Chinese: “拉巴特”
  • Croatian: “Rabat”
  • Danish: “Rabat”
  • Dutch: “Rabat”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “الرابات”
  • Esperanto: “Rabat”
  • Finnish: “Rabat”
  • French: “Ir-Rabat”
  • French: “Rabat”
  • German: “Ir-Rabat”
  • German: “MT-46”
  • German: “Rabat”
  • Greek: “Ραμπάτ”
  • Gujarati: “રબટ”
  • Gujarati: “રબાટ”
  • Hebrew: “רבאט”
  • Hindi: “रबात”
  • Hungarian: “Rabat”
  • Indonesian: “Rabat, Malta”
  • Indonesian: “Rabat”
  • Irish: “Rabat”
  • Italian: “Rabat”
  • Italian: “Rabato della Notabile”
  • Japanese: “ラバト”
  • Kannada: “ರಬತ್”
  • Kannada: “ರಬಾತ್”
  • Korean: “라바트”
  • Latin: “Rabat”
  • Latvian: “Rabata”
  • Lithuanian: “Rabatas”
  • Malay: “Rabat”
  • Maltese: “Ir-Rabat”
  • Maltese: “Rabat”
  • Marathi: “रबात”
  • Mingrelian: “რაბატი”
  • Moroccan Arabic: “الرباط، مالطا”
  • Moroccan Arabic: “الرباط”
  • Northern Sami: “Rabat”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Rabat”
  • Norwegian: “Rabat”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Rabat”
  • Persian: “ربات، مالت”
  • Persian: “ربات”
  • Polish: “Rabat”
  • Portuguese: “Ir-Rabat”
  • Portuguese: “Rabat”
  • Russian: “Рабат”
  • Serbian: “Рабат”
  • Sicilian: “Rabat”
  • Silesian: “Rabat”
  • Sinhala: “රබට්”
  • Slovenian: “Ir-Rabat”
  • Slovenian: “MT-46”
  • Slovenian: “Rabat, Malta”
  • Slovenian: “Rabat”
  • Slovenian: “Rabato della Notabile”
  • Spanish: “Rabat”
  • Swedish: “Ir-Rabat”
  • Swedish: “Rabat, Malta”
  • Swedish: “Rabat”
  • Tamil: “ரோபாட்”
  • Telugu: “రాబట్”
  • Thai: “เมืองราบัต”
  • Thai: “ราแบต”
  • Turkish: “Rabar”
  • Turkish: “Rabat, Malta”
  • Turkish: “Rabat”
  • Ukrainian: “Рабат”
  • Urdu: “رابات، مالٹا”
  • Urdu: “رابات”
  • Vietnamese: “Rabat”

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