Valletta is the capital city of Malta. Located in the South Eastern Region of the main island, between Marsamxett Harbour to the west and the Grand Harbour to the east, its population in 2014 was 6,444 while the metropolitan area around it has a population of 393,938. Valletta is second only to Nicosia as the southernmost capital of Europe and at just 0.61 square kilometres , it is the European Union's smallest capital city.
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