Malta Island
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| name = Malta Island
| image name = Valletta.jpg
| image caption = [[Valletta]]
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| location = south of [[Sicily]], [[Mediterranean Sea]]
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| archipelago = [[Maltese islands]]
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| area = 246 km²
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| country = Malta
| country capital city = [[Valletta]]
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'''Malta Island''' is the largest of the three islands that constitute the Maltese archipelago and [[Malta|Republic of Malta]]. Malta is in the middle of the [[Mediterranean Sea]] directly south of [[Italy]] and north of [[Libya]]. The area is [[1 E8 m²|246 km²]] (95 square miles). The capital is [[Valletta]]. The landscape is characterised by low hills with terraced fields.
==See also==
*[[Geography of Malta]]
*[[Gozo Island]]
*[[Comino]]
==External links==
* [http://www.guidetomalta.net/ Malta travel guide]
* [http://www.allmalta.com/index.html Info about Malta's Folklore]
* [http://www.maltaindex.com Malta Business Directory]
{{Malta Islands}}
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[[Category:Islands of Malta]]
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[[es:Isla de Malta]]
[[eo:Malto (insulo)]]
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[[id:Pulau Malta]]
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[[pl:Malta (wyspa)]]
[[ro:Insula Malta]]
[[ru:Мальта (остров)]]
[[fi:Malta (saari)]]
[[sv:Malta (ö)]]