Malta, whose full name is the "Republic of Malta", is a Mediterranean island country in southern Europe, only 90 kilometers away from Italy, covering an area of 316 square kilometers, and the whole country is composed of 5 small islands such as Malta Island and Comino Island. It has a population of 515,000 and a GDP per capita of 29,000 euros.
The official language of Malta is "English and Maltese", a Semitic language with origins in ancient Carthaginian. Italian is very popular in Malta and many restaurants and supermarkets have staff who speak Maltese, Italian and English.
Malta has a subtropical Mediterranean climate with hot and dry summers and mild and rainy winters, with an average annual temperature of 21 °C and a minimum temperature of 5 °C.
Malta's daylight saving timer differs by 6 hours from Beijing time and 7 hours from the rest of the time.
The capital of Malta is Valletta, covering an area of 0.8 square kilometers, larger than the Vatican, with a population of about 6800 people, is a european cultural city, Valletta's name is the name of the sixth chief of the "Knights of St. John", so Valletta is also known as the "City of European Art", "City of the Knights of St. John". In 2013, the Order of Malta had 8,000 knights, with members spread across Europe, including a series of celebrities such as juan, the former king of Spain.
The origin of the term "Malta" this time is no longer verifiable, and the two most widely circulated theories are: derived from the Greek language, μέλι (pronounced meli), meaning "honey", Malta is rich in honey; there is also a saying that it is derived from the Phoenician language, meaning "haven".
The flag of Malta consists of two equal vertical rectangles, white on the left and red on the right, with a cross motif in the upper left corner.
Malta is a highly developed capitalist country, the economic pillars are the service industry and financial industry, Malta's natural resources are scarce, only limestone is used for building materials, oil and gas rely on imports, and more than half of the domestic water is dependent on desalination.
Due to the lack of water, agriculture is not developed, the population engaged in agricultural production does not exceed 2,000 people, many farmers are no longer engaged in agricultural production full-time, planting some potatoes, flowers, vegetables, fruits, most of the grain, milk need to be imported.
Before 2008, Malta used the Maltese Lira, which was once the second most valuable currency in the world. Malta joined the Eurozone in 2008 and the currency in circulation became the Euro.
Malta has a system of free medical care and free education, and in 2015, the minimum statutory wage was 8646 euros per year, equivalent to 720.5 euros per month.
Malta has only one national university, the University of Malta, which is also one of the 100 famous universities in the world.
Football is the favourite sport of the Maltese people, and the Maltese men's football team is one of the members of the UEFA, but it has not yet participated in the final of any international competition and has not qualified for the qualification.
Malta has more than 40 days of public holidays a year except weekends, and in the summer, many departments work only half a day and stop at 1 p.m. Many shops are also closed on weekends, and most people go to church on weekends.
Malta's famous "Three Blues". Among them, the blue window has collapsed in 2017, leaving only the "Blue Cave" and "Blue Lake", and every tourist who comes here will buy a pineapple cocktail and take a photo. People who love the Age of Discovery, every street, every breath can take you back in time.
The whole beach is like God knocking over the palette, and there are many European beauties on the seashore, basking in the sun and blowing the sea breeze.