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Malta is a small island nation in the Mediterranean Sea located south of Sicily. It has served as an important strategic location throughout history due to its position on major Mediterranean trade routes, and today it functions as an independent country and member of the European Union.
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- island
- Part of
- Maltese Islands
- Country
- Malta
- Capital
- Valletta
- Population
- 357000
- Area
- 246
- Elevation
- 239
- Time zone
- UTC+01:00
- Body of water
- Mediterranean Sea
- Highest point
- Ta' Dmejrek
- Location
- Sicily
- Image
- Malta ali 2009224 lrg.jpg
- Length
- 27
- Perimeter
- 197
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- located in/on physical feature
- Maltese Islands
- different from
- Malta
- native label
- Malta
- Commons category
- Islands of Malta
- described by source
- The Nuttall Encyclopædia
- P8168
- Henk Beernink
- P12749
- Alois Negrelli
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Encyclopedic overview
Malta is an island in Southern Europe. It is the largest and most populous of the three major islands that constitute the Maltese Archipelago and the country of Malta. The island is situated in the Mediterranean Sea directly south of Italy and north of Libya. It lies south-east of the smaller islands of Gozo and Comino. The island is 27 kilometres (17 mi) long and 14.5 kilometres (9 mi) wide, with a total area of 246 square kilometres (95 sq mi). The capital is Valletta, while the largest locality is Rabat. The island is made up of many small towns, which together form one larger urban zone with a population of 409,259. The landscape is characterised by low hills with terraced fields.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Malta” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.