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Malta
President: Eddie Fenech Adami (2004)
Prime Minister: Lawrence Gonzi (2004)
Area: 122 sq mi (316 sq km)
Population (2004 est.): 396,851 (growth rate: 0.4%);
birth rate: 10.1/1000; infant mortality rate: 3.9/1000; life
expectancy: 78.7 density per sq mi: 3,253
Capital (2003 est.): Valletta, 194,200 (metro. area)
6,900 (city proper)
Largest city: Birkirkara, 21,600
Monetary unit: Maltese lira
Note: We give
the information above in the Christian Personals Primer
so that you will have a little background on the country before
you contact a perspective mate, just in case you don't know the
basics. Perhaps this info will give you something to talk about
Languages: Maltese and English (both official)
Ethnicity/race: Maltese (descendants of ancient
Carthaginians and Phoenicians, with strong elements of Italian
and other Mediterranean stock)
Religion: Roman Catholic 98%
Literacy rate: 93% (2003 census)
Economic summary: GDP/PPP (2003 est.): $7.082
billion; per capita $17,700. Real growth rate: 0.8%. Inflation:
0.8%. Unemployment: 7%. Arable land: 31%. Agriculture:
potatoes, cauliflower, grapes, wheat, barley, tomatoes,
citrus, cut flowers, green peppers; pork, milk, poultry, eggs.
Labor force: 160,000 (2002 est); industry 24%, services
71%, agriculture 5% (1999 est.). Industries: tourism;
electronics, ship building and repair, construction; food and
beverages, textiles, footwear, clothing, tobacco. Natural
resources: limestone, salt, arable land. Exports:
$2.175 billion (f.o.b., 2003 est.): machinery and transport
equipment, manufactures. Imports: $2.761 billion
(f.o.b., 2003 est.): machinery and transport equipment,
manufactured and semi-manufactured goods; food, drink, and
tobacco. Major trading partners: Singapore, U.S., UK,
Germany, France, China, Italy, South Korea, Japan, Spain.
Communications: Telephones: main lines in use:
187,000 (1997); mobile cellular: 17,691 (1997). Radio
broadcast stations: AM 1, FM 18, shortwave 6 (1999). Radios:
255,000 (1997). Television broadcast stations: 6
(2000). Televisions: 280,000 (1997). Internet
Service Providers (ISPs): 6 (2002). Internet users:
59,000 (2002).
Transportation: Railways: 0 km. Highways:
total: 2,254 km; paved: 1,972 km; unpaved: 282 km (2000). Ports
and harbors: Marsaxlokk, Valletta. Airports: 1
(2002).
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