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Wednesday, 21 September 2011

REPUBLIC OF MALTA




Country: ,  Republic of Malta, is a Southern European country consisting of a group of islands  situated in the centre of the Mediterranean, 93 km (58 mi) south of Sicily and 288 km (179 mi)
Continent
Continent 8’s Malta data centre allows for a operational base within the EU.  Malta is an archipelago in the central Mediterranean stretching over 121 square miles and is conveniently situated just 93km south of the Italian island of Sicily. 




Population of  368,250
Language Almost 100% of Maltese people can speak Maltese, 88% of the Maltese people can speak English, 66% can speak Italian , and nowadays more than 17% of the Maltese speak French . [ 3 ] This shows a recent increase in the fluency of languages, since in 1995, only 98% of the population spoke Maltese, 76% English, 36% Italian, and 10% French




History Malta has been inhabited since it was settled around 5200 BC from Sicily.  It was settled by the Phoenicians (who called the island Maleth meaning "safe haven") and later the Greeks who named the island Μελίτη (Melite) meaning "honey sweet" in reference to Malta's endemic variety of bee.

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