Malta

E9342

island country member state of the European Union sovereign state

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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Observed surface forms (9)

Surface form	Occurrences
Republic of Malta	10
island of Malta	5
Malta Island	3
Maltese Islands	2
Maltese archipelago	2
Dominion of Malta	1
Island of Malta	1
Malta period of the Knights Hospitaller	1
State of Malta	1

Statements (61)

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.

Schengen Area → hasPart → Malta ⓘ

Semitic languages → hasRegion → Malta ⓘ

Knights Hospitaller → headquartersLocation → Malta ⓘ

Council of Europe member states → include → Malta ⓘ

European Union customs union → includes → Malta ⓘ

Member States of the United Nations → includes → Malta ⓘ

this entity surface form: Republic of Malta

Malta → includesIsland → Malta self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Malta Island

Maltese → isNationalLanguageOf → Malta ⓘ

Single Transferable Vote → isUsedIn → Malta ⓘ

Eurozone → legalTenderIn → Malta ⓘ

Maltese lira → legalTenderIn → Malta ⓘ

euro (indirectly, via later French franc) → legalTenderIn → Malta ⓘ

subject surface form: euro

Comino → locatedIn → Malta ⓘ

this entity surface form: Maltese archipelago

Megalithic Temples of Malta → locatedIn → Malta ⓘ

Valletta → locatedIn → Malta ⓘ

this entity surface form: island of Malta

Birkirkara → locatedOn → Malta ⓘ

this entity surface form: island of Malta

Malta → locatedOn → Malta self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Maltese Islands

Megalithic Temples of Malta → locatedOn → Malta ⓘ

this entity surface form: island of Malta

Ħal Saflieni Hypogeum → locatedOn → Malta ⓘ

this entity surface form: island of Malta

Gozo → locatedWestOf → Malta ⓘ

this entity surface form: Malta Island

Battle of Malta → location → Malta ⓘ

Governor-General of Malta → location → Malta ⓘ

Great Siege of Malta → location → Malta ⓘ

George H. W. Bush–Gorbachev summits → locationOfEvent → Malta ⓘ

Mediterranean Fleet → mainBase → Malta ⓘ

WHO Regional Office for Europe → memberStatesInclude → Malta ⓘ

Great Siege of Malta → namedAfter → Malta ⓘ

this entity surface form: island of Malta

Maltese cross → namedAfter → Malta ⓘ

Comino → nearbyIsland → Malta ⓘ

The George Cross → notableCollectiveRecipient → Malta ⓘ

subject surface form: George Cross

this entity surface form: Island of Malta

Saint Andrew's Day → observedIn → Malta ⓘ

Maltese lira → officialCurrencyOf → Malta ⓘ

Maltese → officialStatusIn → Malta ⓘ

Knights Hospitaller → operatedHospitalsIn → Malta ⓘ

Langues → orderHeadquartersContext → Malta ⓘ

this entity surface form: Malta period of the Knights Hospitaller

Comino → partOf → Malta ⓘ

this entity surface form: Republic of Malta

Gozo → partOf → Malta ⓘ

this entity surface form: Maltese archipelago

Gozo → partOf → Malta ⓘ

this entity surface form: Republic of Malta

Megalithic Temples of Malta → partOf → Malta ⓘ

this entity surface form: Maltese Islands

Haredi Jews → populationCenter → Malta ⓘ

Maltese → primaryCountry → Malta ⓘ

Knights Hospitaller → relocatedTo → Malta ⓘ

Embassy of Malta in Washington, D.C. → represents → Malta ⓘ

this entity surface form: Republic of Malta

MLT → represents → Malta ⓘ

Suha Arafat → residence → Malta ⓘ

Embassy of Malta in Washington, D.C. → sendingCountry → Malta ⓘ

V. → settingLocation → Malta ⓘ

subject surface form: V. (novel)

Malta → shortName → Malta self-link ⓘ

Ogygia → sometimesIdentifiedWith → Malta ⓘ

Italian language → spokenIn → Malta ⓘ