Malta

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Malta is a small island nation in the central Mediterranean known for its rich history, strategic location, and membership in the European Union.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf island country
member state of the European Union
sovereign state
adoptedEuro 2008
areaSquareKilometres 316
becameRepublicOn 1974-12-13
borderedBy Mediterranean Sea
callingCode +356
capital Valletta
climate Mediterranean climate
continent Europe
conventionalLongName Malta self-linksurface differs
surface form: Republic of Malta
country Malta self-link
currency euro
drivesOn left
drivingSide left
EUAccessionDate 2004-05-01
governmentType unitary parliamentary republic
headOfGovernmentTitle Prime Minister of Malta
headOfStateTitle President of Malta
includesIsland Comino
Gozo
Malta self-linksurface differs
surface form: Malta Island
independenceDate 1964-09-21
independenceFrom United Kingdom
internetTLD .mt
ISO3166-1Alpha2 MT
ISO3166-1Alpha3 MLT
knownFor fortifications and harbours
megalithic temples
rich history
largestCity Birkirkara
locatedEastOf Tunisia
locatedIn Mediterranean Basin
surface form: Southern Europe

central Mediterranean Sea
locatedNorthOf Libya
locatedOn Malta self-linksurface differs
surface form: Maltese Islands
locatedSouthOf Italy
majorReligion Roman Catholicism
memberOf Commonwealth countries
surface form: Commonwealth of Nations

Council of Europe
European Union
Eurozone
Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
Schengen Area
Union for the Mediterranean
United Nations
World Trade Organization
nationality Maltese
nationalLanguage Maltese
officialLanguage English
Maltese
officialReligion Roman Catholicism
previousCurrency Maltese lira
shortName Malta self-link
strategicLocation central Mediterranean Sea
timeZone Central European Time
timeZoneDST Central European Summer Time
UNESCOWorldHeritageSite Valletta
surface form: City of Valletta

Megalithic Temples of Malta
Ħal Saflieni Hypogeum

Referenced by (108)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

this entity surface form: Republic of Malta
MLT appliesTo Malta
this entity surface form: Republic of Malta
this entity surface form: Republic of Malta
Valletta capitalOf Malta
.mt ccTLDFor Malta
Gozo connectedTo Malta
this entity surface form: Malta Island
Normans conquered Malta
Norman conquered Malta
subject surface form: Normans
Malta conventionalLongName Malta self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Republic of Malta
.mt country Malta
Birkirkara country Malta
Comino country Malta
Gozo country Malta
Malta country Malta self-link
Maltese lira country Malta
Valletta country Malta
this entity surface form: Dominion of Malta
Crown colony example Malta
Troy filmingLocation Malta
subject surface form: Troy (film)
RV Calypso flaggedAs Malta
this entity surface form: State of Malta
Eurocontrol hasMember Malta
European Union hasMember Malta
this entity surface form: Republic of Malta
Eurozone hasMemberState Malta