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Approx. 500,000 (May 2021) Pop. density. 1,664/km 2 (4310/sq mi) Ethnic groups. Maltese people. Malta is an island in Southern Europe. It is the largest and most populous of the three major islands that constitute the Maltese Archipelago.The island is situated in the Mediterranean Sea directly south of Italy and north of Libya.
Geography. Satellite photo of Maltese islands. Malta is an archipelago in the central Mediterranean (in its eastern basin), some 80 km (50 mi) from southern Italy across the Malta Channel. Only the three largest islands— Malta (Maltese: Malta), Gozo (Għawdex), and Comino (Kemmuna)—are inhabited.
The geography of Malta is dominated by water. Malta is an archipelago of coralline limestone, located in Europe, in the Mediterranean Sea, 81 kilometres south of Sicily, Italy, [1] and nearly 300 km north (Libya) and northeast (Tunisia) of Africa. Although Malta is situated in Southern Europe, it is located farther south than Tunis, capital of ...
The location of Malta An enlargeable map of the Republic of Malta. The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to Malta: Malta is a small and densely populated sovereign island nation located in Europe, in the Mediterranean Sea. Malta comprises an archipelago of seven islands, of which
e. Malta has been inhabited since 5900 BC. [1][2] The first inhabitants were farmers; their agricultural methods degraded the soil until the islands became uninhabitable. The islands were repopulated around 3850 BC by a civilization that at its peak built the Megalithic Temples, which today are among the oldest surviving buildings in the world.
v. t. e. Malta is subdivided into 6 regions (Maltese: reġjuni). Three regions were originally created by the Local Councils Act of 1993, and were integrated into the constitution in 2001. [1] [better source needed] Two of the regions were split into smaller ones by Act No. XVI of 2009, and Malta was divided into five regions. [2]
The two biggest islands of the Mediterranean: Sicily (right) and Sardinia (top left), which are both part of Italy. The following is a list of islands in the Mediterranean Sea. The two main island countries in the region are Malta and Cyprus, while other countries with islands in the Mediterranean Sea include Croatia, Italy, France, Greece ...
Malta is divided into 68 local councils. The local councils which formerly had city status all feature a mural crown on the crest of their coat of arms. The table shows the historical cities: Capital city from 1530 to 1571, and one of the Three Cities. City status confirmed following the Great Siege of Malta in 1565. [3] One of the Three Cities.