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MALTA


Capital
Valletta

Currency

Malta adopted the euro on 1 January 2008.

Area
316 squares km

Location
Southern Europe, islands in the Mediterranean Sea, south of island Sicily

Land boundaries
0 km (Malta is located on islands)

Elevation extremes
lowest point: Mediterranean Sea 0 m
highest point: Ta'Dmejrek 253 m

Language
Maltese (official) more than 90%, English (official) about 6% and other

Nationality
Maltese.
Notice: The residents of Gozo are called Gozitans

Religions
Roman Catholic about 98% and other

Time
UTC +1
daylight saving time: +1hr, begins last Sunday in March; ends last Sunday in October

National holiday
2010

01 Jan New Year's Day
10 Feb Feast of St Paul's Shipwreck
19 Mar St Joseph's Day
31 Mar Freedom Day
02 Apr Good Friday
01 May Labour Day
07 Jun Sette Giugno - Commemoration of 1919 Riot
29 Jun Feast of St Peter and St Paul
14 Aug Assumption Day
08 Sep Our Lady of Victories
21 Sep Independence Day
08 Dec Immaculate Conception
13 Dec Republic Day


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