ʻO Malta a me ka moʻolelo waiwai nui o ka mokupuni

Aia ma ke Kaiwaenahonua waena, he moku liʻiliʻi ʻo Malta o nā mokupuni ʻelima - Malta (ʻo ka nui loa), Gozo, Comino, Comminotto (Maltese, Kemmunett), a me Filfla. ʻO ka poʻe hope ʻole i noho ʻole ʻia. ʻO ka mamao ma waena o Malta a me kahi kokoke loa ma Sisilia, he 93 km ʻoiai ka mamao mai kahi kiko kokoke loa ma ka ʻāina nui ʻApelika ʻĀkau (Tunisia) 288 km. Aia ʻo Gibraltar ma 1,826 km ma ke komohana ʻoiai ʻo Alexandria ka 1,510 km ma ka hikina. ʻO Valletta ke kapikala nui o Malta.

ʻO kaʻilikai heʻanoʻo Mediterranean aia me ka wela, nā kauwela maloʻo, nāʻano mahana a me nā pōkole, nā haʻalulu maikaʻi me ka ua nui. Hoʻokūmaha nā kino,ʻo 18 ° C ka makahiki a me nā kau mahina mai 12 ° C a hiki i 31 ° C. He ikaika a he pinepine nā makani,ʻo ka mea maʻamau ka hoʻomaʻamaʻaʻana o ka'ākau o ka'ākau,ʻo ia hoʻi ka halepule, kahi maloʻo ma ke kuahiwi o ka'āina, a me ka wela, a me ka hoʻomaʻamaʻa hema i kapaʻiaʻo "xlokk"