MALTA

Name:	Malta (Republic of Malta)
Local name (Maltese):	Malta (Repubblika ta'Malta)
Status:	sovereign state
Surface:	316 sq. km
Population (2003):	400 ths.
Capital:	Valletta (il-Belt Valletta)
Official languages:	Maltese, English

Current national symbols

Historical symbols:

British Malta (1800-1964)

State of Malta (1964-1974)

Republic of Malta (since 1974)

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