Valletta

Malta

Valletta, also known as Città Umilissima, is the capital city of Malta and one of its 68 council areas. Located between the Grand Harbour to the east and Marsamxett Harbour to the west, its population as of 2021 was 5,157. As Malta's capital city, it is a commercial centre for shopping, bars, dining, and café life. It is also 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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Country: Malta
Population: 368,250
Latitude: 35.9° N
Longitude: 14.51° E

Which way is Valletta from…

From Paris, Valletta lies at 141° to the south-east, 1,748 km as the crow flies.

Paris	141° south-east	1,748 km
London	141° south-east	2,088 km
New York	62° north-east	7,397 km
Madrid	102° east	1,667 km
Rome	165° south	690 km
Montreal	64° north-east	7,124 km
Saint-Denis, Réunion	325° north-west	7,642 km

Bearings as the crow flies (great circle), measured from north. From somewhere else, the bearing changes: that’s the whole game.

Oùcécap’s take

Ljubljana and Prague are due north of Valletta, on the same meridian: from either city, simply aim due south to find Malta’s capital. From London, aim south-east, at 141°, 2,088 km away. From New York, a flat map would put it due east (94°); the compass corrects that to 62°, north-east. A distant landmark: Tokyo and Tehran share its latitude.