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| Ir-Repubblika ta' Malta Republic of Malta | |||||
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| Anthem: L-Innu Malti ("The Maltese Anthem") | |||||
 Location of Malta (circled in inset) – on the European continent (camel & white) | |||||
| Capital | Valletta | ||||
| Largest city | Birkirkara | ||||
| Official languages | Maltese, English | ||||
| Government | Republic | ||||
| - President | Edward Fenech Adami | ||||
| - Prime Minister | Lawrence Gonzi | ||||
| Independence | |||||
| - from the United Kingdom | September 21, 1964 | ||||
| - Republic | December 13, 1974 | ||||
| Accession to EU | May 1, 2004 | ||||
| Area | |||||
| - Total | 316 km² (185th) 121 sq mi | ||||
| - Water (%) | 0.001 | ||||
| Population | |||||
| - November 2005 estimate | 404,039 (174th) | ||||
| - 2005 census | 404,0391 | ||||
| - Density | 1,282 /km² (7th) 3,339 /sq mi | ||||
| GDP (PPP) | 2005 estimate | ||||
| - Total | $7.574 billion (144th) | ||||
| - Per capita | $19,302 (37th) | ||||
| GDP (nominal) | 2005 estimate | ||||
| - Total | US$5.369 billion (Lm 1.936 billion) (120th) | ||||
| - Per capita | $13,683 (Lm4,927) (35th) | ||||
| HDI (2004) |  0.875 (high) (32nd) | ||||
| Currency | Maltese lira (Lm)2 (MTL) | ||||
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) | ||||
| - Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) | ||||
| Internet TLD | .mt 3 | ||||
| Calling code | +356 | ||||
| 1 Total population includes foreign residents. Maltese residents population estimate at end 2004 was 389,769. All official population data provided by the NSO . 2 Due to adopt the euro in January 2008. 3 Also .eu, shared with other European Union member states. | |||||
Malta, officially the Republic of Malta, is a small and densely populated island nation comprising an archipelago of seven islands in the Mediterranean Sea. A country of Southern Europe, Malta lies south of Sicily, east of Tunisia, and north of Libya. The country's official languages are Maltese and English. Roman Catholicism is the most practised religion. The islands constituting the Maltese nation have been ruled by various powers and fought over for centuries. Malta has been a member state of the European Union (EU) since 2004 and it is currently the smallest EU country both in population and in area. Malta is the only nation in the world that has collectively been awarded the George Cross for conspicuous gallantry in World War II as a part of the British Empire, and its flag bears a replica of that award.
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Olivia Lewis will be representing Malta in the Eurovision song contest. This is the video for her song Vertigo.
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