---
title: "Victoria"
description: "Victoria"
url: "https://en.geneanum.com/malta/documents/geography/ile-de-gozo/victoria"
language: en
source: "Digital Genealogy"
---

# Victoria

## Overview

![Locality of Victoria in Malta](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fb/Rabatghawdex-map.svg/250px-Rabatghawdex-map.svg.png "Locality of Victoria in Malta")

**Ir-Rabat**, also known more simply as **Rabat**, is the "capital" of the island of Gozo in Malta.

Commonly called ***Città Victoria*** so as not to be confused with the town of Rabat on the island of Malta. This name was given to it in 1887 by the English government in tribute to Queen Victoria.

The total population of the town is 6,911 inhabitants.

### Other names

Vittoria, Victoria Town, Ir-Rabat, Rabat, Città Victoria

## Churches

- [St Georges](/malta/documents/geography/ile-de-gozo/victoria/st-georges.html "St Georges")
- [La Matrice](/malta/documents/geography/ile-de-gozo/victoria/la-matrice.html "La Matrice")

> Source:  
> [Wikipedia](https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C4%A6%27Attard "Wikipedia")