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Malta (island) / 35.883°N 14.450°E / 35.883; 14.450. Filfa, St Paul's Islands, Manoel Island. 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.
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.
Malta ( / ˈmɒltə / ⓘ MOL-tə, / ˈmɔːltə / MAWL-tə, Maltese: [ˈmɐːltɐ] ), officially the Republic of Malta, [14] is an island country in Southern Europe located in the Mediterranean Sea. It consists of an archipelago 80 km (50 mi) south of Italy, 284 km (176 mi) east of Tunisia, [15] and 333 km (207 mi) north of Libya.
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 ...
The island of Gozo also has its own national football team. Because it is a part of Malta and not a state on its own this team isn't official and thereby is on the N.F.-Board. Gozo F.C. used to represent Gozo in the Maltese League, whilst a Gozo Football League is also maintained. Football on the island is managed by the Gozo Football Association.
Iceland ( Icelandic: Ísland, pronounced [ˈistlant] ⓘ) [d] is a Nordic island country between the North Atlantic and Arctic Oceans, on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge between North America and Europe. It is linked culturally and politically with Europe and is the region's most sparsely populated country. [12] Its capital and largest city is ...
During the First Barbary War of 1801–05, American ships were allowed to take in water and provisions from Maltese ports. [2]According to Diane Andreassi: [3] During the first decade of the nineteenth century American ships brought a variety of goods to Malta, including flour, rice, pepper, salted meat, rum, tobacco, and mahogany wood from Boston and Baltimore, as well as dried fruits, cotton ...
The 2019 American Community Survey estimated that there were 42,058 Americans of Maltese ancestry living in the United States. [5] Of these, 14,078 have Maltese as their only ancestry. [6] This includes Maltese born immigrants to the United States, their American-born descendants as well as numerous immigrants from other nations of Maltese origin.