From 1770, the island was renamed Nova Tabarca ("New Tabarca" in both Valencian and Latin).

Although the Genoese assimilated, abandoning their language in favor of Valencian and, later, Spanish (both languages are currently spoken on the islet), the Genoese descent of the settlers can still be found in the surnames of Italian origin common on the islet.

The island is twinned

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