Cospicua

Cospicua Bormla Maleth Bir Mula, Burmola, Bormola Città Cospicua, Città Cottonera
Local council
Bormla as seen from Dock No. 1
Flag Coat of arms
Nickname:  Belt l-Immakulata
Motto(s):  Ingens Amplectitur Agger (Embraced by a large bastion)
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Coordinates: 35°52′56″N 14°31′20″E / 35.88222°N 14.52222°E / 35.88222; 14.52222
Country	Malta
Region	Port Region
District	Southern Harbour District
Borders	Birgu, Fgura, Kalkara, Paola, Senglea, Żabbar
Government
• Mayor	Alison Zerafa (PL)
Area
• Total	0.9 km2 (0.3 sq mi)
Population  (Jan. 2019)
• Total	5,170
• Density	5,700/km2 (15,000/sq mi)
Demonym(s)	Bormliż (m), Bormliża (f), Bormliżi (pl)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	BML
Dialing code	356
ISO 3166 code	MT-06
Patron saint	Immaculate Conception or the Virgin Mary
Day of festa	8 December

Cospicua (Italian) or Bormla (Maltese, [ˈbɔrmlɐ]), occasionally also known by the Latin name Cottonera,^{[citation needed]} is a double-fortified harbour city in the Port Region of Malta. As Maleth (Phoenician: 𐤌𐤋𐤈, MLṬ), it served as the principal port of Phoenician Malta and, through Greek, Latin, and Arabic, may have given its name to the island and country. Along with Birgu and Senglea, it is one of the Three Cities located within the Grand Harbour to the east of the capital city Valletta. With a population of 5,395 as of March 2014, it is the most dense city of the Three Cities.^[1] Locals are known for their Cottonera dialect.