Talk:WikiProject Malta
Roadnames in Malta
I do not live in Malta but my Parents do so I'm there from time to time and might do some mapping when I'm there. My Questions is concerning Roadnames (or names on places etc.). I konw that most roads have an english name and one Maltese name. Are these both offical names? Do all roads have then? And I understand that I can put them both in name:mt resp. name:en. But what name should be in "name="? --Thod 07:58, 4 June 2012 (BST)
- "name=" should be Maltese, so name:mt is useless. Other names (like english) can be inserted with "name:en=". --Arlas (talk) 13:22, 20 August 2017 (UTC)
- Agreed with the above. Official street names are in Maltese, so name:mt is redundant. As for official sources, we can refer to the Street Naming Committee of the Electoral Office (https://electoral.gov.mt/streetnaming2025-en) and/or the Planning Authority's MapServer (https://pamapserver.pa.org.mt/), amongst other sources. --SamuelZammit (talk) 13:23, 10 June 2025 (CEST)
Gozo Towns/Villages survey December 2008
June 2025: Reproducing this table from a previous version of the article for archival purposes.
| Place | Mapping status | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Marsalforn | Streets, street names and POIs mapped | 2008/12: Surveyed the village by bike. Gubaer 21:14, 5 January 2009 (UTC) |
| Munxar | Streets, street names and POIs mapped | 2008/12: Surveyed the village by bike. Gubaer 21:14, 5 January 2009 (UTC) |
| Nadur | Streets, street names and POIs mapped | 2008/12: Surveyed the village by bike. Gubaer 21:14, 5 January 2009 (UTC) |
| Sannat | Streets, street names and POIs mapped | 2008/12: Surveyed the village by bike. Gubaer 21:14, 5 January 2009 (UTC) |
| Victoria | Streets, street names and POIs mapped | 2008/12: Surveyed the village by bike, added street names and POIs. Mapped the historic castle in more details. Gubaer 21:14, 5 January 2009 (UTC) |
| Xaghra | Streets, street names and POIs mapped | 2008/12: Surveyed the village by bike, added street names and POIs. Missing street names, needs further surveying.
Gubaer 21:14, 5 January 2009 (UTC) |
| Xewkija | Streets, street names and POIs mapped | 2008/12: Surveyed the village by bike, added street names and POIs.
Gubaer 21:14, 5 January 2009 (UTC) |
| Xlendi | Streets, street names and POIs mapped | 2008/12: Surveyed the village by bike, added street names and POIs. Added a couple of tracks and footways around Xlendi. Gubaer 21:14, 5 January 2009 (UTC) |
| Żebbuġ | Streets, street names and POIs mapped | 2008/12: Surveyed the village by bike, added street names and POIs.
Gubaer 21:14, 5 January 2009 (UTC) |
Populated place names/areas/units within the local councils
Greetings. I'm curious. Within each and every of the 68 local councils (or in Maltese: kunsilli lokali) that exist within the nation of Malta, do they have smaller sub-local or local level areas/units that can resemble as "populated places" (or in Maltese: "postijiet popolati"), like townlets or villages or localities or settlements or neighbourhoods or communities or quartiers or hamlets or "zones", etc.
Looking forward to hearing from anyone in regard to this matter. Thanks in advance.
P.S.: I believe that a local council functions like a "local government area" [LGA] or "local administrative unit" [LAU] (i.e.: a municipality or a commune) that contains a downtown area (or a city/town centre), alongside a few other towns and/or villages or similar place name areas/units within the territorial borders/boundaries of that local government area or local administrative unit. Jlog3000 (talk) 16:01, 12 June 2025 (UTC)
- Hi, thanks for your question. The local councils correspond to the LAU2 level of the European Union NUTS classification and are officially defined. From what I've seen, the official boundaries seem to be correctly mapped on OSM.
- Given the nature of Malta (it is a very small and urbanised country that can be compared to a medium-sized city), many of the historical 'villages' have by now formed conurbations, so this distinction does not really exist except perhaps in more rural areas. However, some areas still have names (of neighbourhoods/suburbs) in common use.
- As an example, the local council of Rabat, Malta (7510565
7510565) entirely contains the 'village' of Baħrija (12738319122
12738319122) and small hamlets as Landrijiet (1421803481 1421803481). Often, the borders of these are not officially/exactly defined. In practice, it would make sense to map these smaller areas as place=hamlet or place=village, and it would make sense to map neighbourhoods/suburbs within cities as place=neighbourhood, place=locality, place=quarter, etc. (example: 3504369488 3504369488).
- As an aside, please note that local councils effectively act as 'city councils', where a total of between 5 and 15 councillors (depending on the population of the locality) are elected to manage local issues. Some of the larger hamlets/villages used to have separate semi-autonomous 'administrative committees' (see this Wikipedia article), but the legislation for this was repealed in 2019. SamuelZammit (talk) 10:22, 13 June 2025 (CET)