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Road Traffic:left side
Electricity:
Voltage:240V
Frequency:50 Hz
Plug types:G,
TV Systems:
System:PAL B / PAL H
DVD-Region: 2
Geography
Bordering countries:
Location:
Southern Europe, islands in the Mediterranean Sea, south of Sicily (Italy)
Area:
total: 316 sq km
land: 316 sq km
water: 0 sq km
Climate:
Mediterranean; mild, rainy winters; hot, dry summers
Terrain:
mostly low, rocky, flat to dissected plains; many coastal cliffs
Economy
GDP:
$9.801 billion (2008 est.)
$9.695 billion (2007)
$9.329 billion (2006)
note: data are in 2008 US dollars
GDP growth rate:
2.5% (2008 est.)
3.9% (2007 est.)
GDP per capita:
$24,200 (2008 est.)
$24,100 (2007 est.)
$23,300 (2006 est.)
note: data are in 2008 US dollars
Inflation rate: 4.4% (2008 est.)
Currency: euro (EUR) as of 1 January 2008; Maltese lira (MTL) before then
Exchange rates:
euros (EUR) per US dollar - 0.6827 (2008 est.), Maltese liri per US dollar - 0.3106 (2007), 0.37 (2006), 0.34578 (2005), 0.34466 (2004), 0.37723 (2003)
People
Population: 405,165 (July 2009 est.)
Growth rate: 0.4% (2009 est.)
Religions:
Roman Catholic 98%
Languages:
Maltese (official) 90.2%, English (official) 6%, multilingual 3%, other 0.8% (2005 census)
Government
Capital:
name: Valletta
time difference: UTC+1 (6 hours ahead of Washington, DC during Standard Time)
daylight saving time: +1hr, begins last Sunday in March; ends last Sunday in October
Independence:
21 September 1964 (from the UK)
Note: Information on Malta was mainly sourced from CIA's World Factbook and may represent an American point of view. To learn more about Malta, please visit one of the links below.
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