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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: $7.926 billion (2005 est.)
GDP growth rate: 1% (2005 est.)
GDP per capita: $19,900 (2005 est.)
Inflation rate: 3% (2005 est.)
Currency: Maltese lira (MTL)
Exchange rates:
Maltese liri per US dollar - 0.34578 (2005), 0.34466 (2004), 0.37723 (2003), 0.43362 (2002), 0.45004 (2001)
People
Population: 400,214 (July 2006 est.)
Growth rate: 0.42% (2006 est.)
Religions:
Roman Catholic 98%
Languages:
Maltese (official), English (official)
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 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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