Maltese people Maltese people The Maltese (, ) are an ethnic group indigenous to Malta, and identified with the Maltese language. Malta is an island in the middle of the Mediterranean Sea. Included within the ethnic group defined by the Maltese people are the "Gozitans" (, ) who inhabit Malta's sister island, Gozo. The current Maltese people, characterised by the use of the Maltese language and by Roman Catholicism, are the descendants – through much mixing and hybridisation – of colonists from Sicily and Calabria who repopulated the Maltese islands in the beginning of the second millennium after a two-century lapse of
Archipelago of San Andrés, Providencia and Santa Catalina Archipelago of San Andrés, Providencia and Santa Catalina Archipelago of San Andrés, Providencia and Santa Catalina (, ), or, in everyday language, San Andrés y Providencia, is one of the departments of Colombia. It consists of two island groups about northwest of mainland Colombia, and eight outlying banks and reefs. The largest island of the archipelago is called San Andrés and its capital is San Andrés. The other large islands are Providencia and Santa Catalina Islands which lie to the north-east of San Andrés; their capital is Santa Isabel. The name is sometimes abbreviated to "Archip. de San Andres". The