Another most welcome flag card ..this one is from a good friend and fellow post card club swapper in Malta.. Thank you so much Silvan for this nice card..the collection grows !
Posted Marsaskala Malta.:27 April : Arrived Sydney 11 May : Traveled 17 days.:
Greetings from MALTA.. Tisilijiet min Malta. Republic of Malta.
MALTA : Covers an area of some 316 KM2.
POPULATION : of Malta is 445,426 inhabitants.
CAPITAL CITY : of Malta is Valetta.
LOCATION: Malta is located in The Meditteranean sea.
UNIQUE : Described as an "Open air Museum" as very much of the past is visible today.
LANGUAGE : The Maltese language is an ancient language comprised of Italian and Arabic with English, French, and German influences.
FAMOUS : Maltas Megolithic Temples: The oldest free standing structures in the world , older than "Stonehenge" and The Pyramids of Egypt.
VALETTA : The capital of Malta was one of the most concentrated historical areas in the world tanks to the cities 310 monuments.
HISTORY.: The First settlers in Malta arrived in 5,200 BC mainly stone age hunters or Italian farmers from the Island of Sicily possibly the Sicani. The extinction of the dwarf hippos and the dwarf elephants has been linked to the earliest arrivals on Malta.
INDEPENDENCE: 21st September 1964 after intense negotiations with the United Kingdom.
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