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Malta
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Malta - Repubblika ta' Malta
Ir-Repubblika ta' Malta hija nazzjon ta' gżejjer żgħar fl-Ewropa t'Isfel. Minħabba l-pożizzjoni ġeo-strateġika tal-pajjiż f'nofs il-Baħar Mediterran, Malta sa minn dejjem sfat maħkuma minn diversi qawwiet kbar tul is-sekli u kienet l-għira ta' ħakkiema oħrajn għaliex kienet ikkunsidrata l-bieb għall-Ewropa Ċentrali. Dan wassal għal diversi attakki, kemm mis-sibbien li kienu jagħmlu ħerba miż-żoni tat-Tramuntana li ma kinux difiżi u kemm minn qawwiet oħrajn li ġġieldu sabiex jiksbuha.
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Malta - Republic of Malta
The Republic of Malta is a small and densely populated island nation consisting of an archipelago of seven islands in the middle of the Mediterranean Sea. Malta lies directly south of ► Sicily, east of ► Tunisia and north of ► Libya. The country's official languages are Maltese and English. Roman Catholicism is the most practised religion. The islands constituting the Maltese nation have been ruled by various powers and fought over for centuries.
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Malta |
| Official name |
Republic of Malta |
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Independent country since 1964, member of the ► European Union since 2004 |
| Location |
South Europe |
| Capital |
Valletta |
| Population |
404,039 inhabitants |
| Area |
316 km² |
| Major languages |
Maltese, English |
| Major religions |
Roman Catholicism |
| More information |
Malta, Geography of Malta, History of Malta and Politics of Malta |
| More images |
Malta - Malta (Category). |
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General maps
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Map of Malta |
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Map of Malta |
History maps
This section holds a short summary of the history of the area of present-day Malta, illustrated with maps, including historical maps of former countries and empires that included present-day Malta.
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The extent of the Roman Republic and Roman Empire;
133 BC
44 BC (late Republic, after conquests by republican generals)
AD 14 (death of Augustus)
117 (maximum extension)
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Territorial development of the Roman Empire 264 BC-192 |
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Roman Republic 100 BCE |
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Camps of the Roman Legions in 80 |
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Roman Empire in 117 |
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Roman Empire in 395 |
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Western Roman Empire 395 |
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Invasions of the Roman Empire 100-500 |
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The division of the Empire after the death of Theodosius I, ca.395 AD superimposed on modern borders.
Western Roman Empire
Eastern Roman Empire
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Invasions of the Roman Empire 100-500 |
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Division of the Roman Empire in 406 |
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Eastern Roman Empire |
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Estern Roman Empire around 550 |
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Eastern Roman Empire or Byzantine Empire around 550 |
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The Byzantine Empire at the accession of Leo III, c. 717 |
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Malta as part of the Byzantine Empire at the accession of Basil I, c. 867 |
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Arab rule |
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Aragonese Empire |
Satellite maps
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Notes and references
General remarks:
- The WIKIMEDIA COMMONS Atlas of the World is an organized and commented collection of geographical, political and historical maps available at Wikimedia Commons. The main page is therefore the portal to maps and cartography on Wikimedia. That page contains links to entries by country, continent and by topic as well as general notes and references.
- Every entry has an introduction section in English. If other languages are native and/or official in an entity, introductions in other languages are added in separate sections. The text of the introduction(s) is based on the content of the Wikipedia encyclopedia. For sources of the introduction see therefore the Wikipedia entries linked to. The same goes for the texts in the history sections.
- Historical maps are included in the continent, country and dependency entries.
- For Burma, see Myanmar; Great Britain and Northern Ireland, see United Kingdom; Ivory Coast, see Côte d'Ivoire; Pridnestrovie, see Transnistria; Taiwan, see China, Republic of; Timor-Leste, see East Timor.
- The status of various entities is disputed. See the content for the entities concerned.
- The maps of former countries that are more or less continued by a present-day country or had a territory included in only one or two countries are included in the atlas of the present-day country. For example the Ottoman Empire can be found in the Atlas of Turkey.
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