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Malta (nation) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 35 55 00 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 35.9167 decimal degrees |
| Long: 014 25 00 E degrees minutes |
Long: 14.4167 decimal degrees |
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Note: 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. |
Names: |
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| Malta (preferred,C,V,English-P,U,N)
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| Malta (Maltese-P,U,N)
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| Malta (Spanish-P,U,N)
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| Malta (Italian-P,U,N)
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| Repubblika ta'Malta (C,V,O,Maltese,U,N)
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| Republic of Malta (C,V,English,U,N)
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| Malta, Republic of (C,V,English,U,N)
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| Maltese Islands (C,V)
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| Malte (C,O,French-P,U,N)
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| République de Malte (C,O,French,U,N)
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| República de Malta (C,O,Spanish,U,N)
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| Мальта (C,O,Russian-P,U)
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| Республика Мальта (C,O,Russian,U)
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| 马耳他 (C,O,Chinese-P,U)
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| 马耳他共和国 (C,O,Chinese,U)
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| ما طًة (C,O,Arabic-P,U)
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| جُهور ةً ما طًة (C,O,Arabic,U)
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| MLT (C,O,ISO3L)
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| MT (C,O,ISO2L)
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| ISO470 (C,O,ISO3N)
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| MT00 (C,V,FIPS)
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| Maltese (C,O,English,U,A)
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| מלטה (C,U,Hebrew )
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| Sovereign State of Malta (H,V)
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Place Types: |
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| nation (preferred, C) |
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gained independence from Britain on September 21, 1964 |
| primary political unit (C) |
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| independent sovereign nation (C) |
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| republic (C) |
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established in 1974 |
| island nation (C) |
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| municipium (H) |
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after coming under Roman control in 218 BC |
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Related geographic places: |
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| capital is .... |
Valletta .......... (inhabited place) |
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(World, Europe, Malta, Valletta) [7005732] |
| member of .... |
Commonwealth of Nations .......... (association) |
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(World) [7005615] |
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joined association in 1964 |
| member of .... |
European Union .......... (union) |
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(World, Europe) [7030305] |
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since 2004 |
| member of .... |
Euro Zone .......... (union) |
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(World, Europe) [7033130] |
| member of .... |
United Nations .......... (organization) |
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(World) [7029605] |
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joined organization in 1964 |
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Sources and Contributors: |
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| Subject: ..... |
[BHA, FDA, GRLPSC, IMJ, VP] |
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Britannica Book of the Year (1992) 653 |
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Britannica Book of the Year (1993) 664 |
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Cambridge World Gazetteer (1990) 390-391 |
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Canby, Historic Places (1984) II, 559; 2:559 |
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Cassell's French Dictionary (1981) 308 |
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Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer (1961) |
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Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988) VII, 744-745 |
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ISO Country Codes (1996) 17 |
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ISO Handbook (1988) 781 |
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Israel Museum Jerusalem contribution (n.d.) |
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National Gallery of Art database, Washington (1987-) |
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NIMA, GEOnet Names Server (1996-1998) |
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Petit Robert II, Noms (1989) |
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Times Atlas of the World (1992) plate 83 |
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Times Concise Atlas of the World (1995) I-58 |
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UN Terminology Bulletin 345 (1993) 66 |
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UN Terminology Bulletin 347 (1997) 23 |
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USBGN Bulletin 19 (1999) 1 |
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Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1984) 719 |
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Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988) 719 |
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