{"id":24501,"count":3,"description":"Malta \/\u02c8m\u0252lt\u0259\/, officially known as the Republic of Malta (Maltese: Repubblika ta' Malta), is a Southern European country consisting of an archipelago situated in the centre of the Mediterranean, 93\u00a0km (58\u00a0mi) south of Sicily and 288\u00a0km (179\u00a0mi) east of Tunisia, with the Strait of Gibraltar 1,826\u00a0km (1,135\u00a0mi) to the west and Alexandria 1,510\u00a0km (940\u00a0mi) to the east.\nMalta covers just over 300\u00a0km (120\u00a0sq\u00a0mi) in land area, making it one of the world's smallest and most densely populated countries. Its de facto capital is Valletta and the largest town is Birkirkara. The main island is made up of many small towns, which together form one Larger Urban Zone (LUZ) with a population of 368,250 (majority of the population of the country) according to Eurostat. The country has two official languages \u2013 Maltese and English \u2013 with Maltese being considered the national language.\nThroughout history, Malta's location has given it great strategic importance, and a sequence of powers including the...","link":"https:\/\/www.skateboarding-lessons.com\/go\/tag\/malta\/","name":"Malta","slug":"malta","taxonomy":"post_tag","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.skateboarding-lessons.com\/go\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags\/24501","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.skateboarding-lessons.com\/go\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.skateboarding-lessons.com\/go\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/taxonomies\/post_tag"}],"wp:post_type":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.skateboarding-lessons.com\/go\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts?tags=24501"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}