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Place nameMalta
Other namesRepubblika ta'Malta, Republic of Malta, Malta, Republic of, Maltese Islands, Malte, République de Malte, MLT, MT, ISO470, Sovereign State of Malta, Maltese
Latitude35.917
Longitude14.417
SourceThesaurus of Geographic Names
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Comprises 3 islands in strategic location in Mediterranean; inhabited since 3800 BCE; ruled by Carthaginians (8th century BCE), Rome (until 395), Constantinople, Arabs (870) and Normans (1091); ceded to Hospitalers (Knights of St. John) in 1530; British by 1802; official languages are Maltese (a Semitic language of the Southern Central group) and English.
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