Global Sourcebook for International Data Management
by Graham Rhind
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Malta
Global Sourcebook | Index | Properties
| MALTA |
For supplementary information, see links to post office home pages here , to postal code pages here
and to other personal name and addressing issues pages here
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| Table of Contents |
Malta - Country information
Local short name form
Official name
Area
Population
Capital
Currency
International telephone access code
ISO 3166 country codes
Car nationality plate code
Internet country code
GRC Country Code
Malta - Number format
1,234.45
(where . indicates the decimal separator and , the thousands separator)
Malta - Date and time formats
Malta - Languages
Malta has two official languages: Maltese , spoken by 96% of the population and English
, spoken by 2%. Italian
is spoken by 2% of the population.
Malta - Personal names
Personal names tend to follow the pattern
given name(s)[ ]family name
Tables of names can be acquired: given names, surnames/family names
Malta - Company legal forms
Maltese company types include:
Branch General partnership International holding company International trading company Limited partnership Offshore company Private limited company Trust
Comprehensive tables of these strings can be acquired – see http://www.grcdi.nl/addresses.htm
Malta - Addresses
Note: This section last updated 18th August 2020
Addresses are written using the following structure:
number[, ]Thoroughfare
SETTLEMENT[ ]POSTAL CODE
{Island name}
For example:
The street address line is often written without the comma after the building number. A comma is sometimes found written between the settlement name and the postal code, and sometimes the postal code is written on its own line below the settlement name.
Street names are usually written in Maltese, but some may be found translated into English. The name of the island is optional when the address is on the island of Malta, but is usually stated when the address is on Gozo (Għawdex) or Comina.
A table containing information about the relevant position of elements within address blocks can be acquired
Thoroughfare types
Note: This section last updated 18th August 2020
Common thoroughfare types found in Maltese addresses are:
Limiti Misrah Pjazza (Square) Trejga/Trejget (Path) Triq (Road) Sqaq (Alley) Vjal (Avenue)
Belt jew Rahal means "town"; isem tar-Residenza means "residence name" and Numru tar-Residenza means "building number". A Zona Industrijali is an industrial zone.
Comprehensive tables of these strings can be acquired – see http://www.grcdi.nl/addresses.htm
Malta - Post office box
Note: This section last updated 18th August 2020
For addresses in English, this is written P.O. Box. In Maltese it is Kaxxa Postali.
Malta - Postal codes
Note: This section last updated 18th August 2020
The postal code (known locally as Post Code or Kodiċi Postali) system was altered between April and October 2007. The new code consists of two or three capital letters, indicating the locality, followed by a space and two or four numbers. With the four-digit numbers, the first three digits refer to the thoroughfare, the final digit to the street segment.
AAA( )9999 AA( )99
As unique codes may be created for businesses or individuals at some future time, these formats are not fixed.
Though not official, letters of the Maltese alphabet may be used instead of their English equivalents, for example ŻBĠ instead of ZBG.
Metadata containing postal code formatting rules, exceptions and regular expressions can be acquired
Malta - Postal code format graphic
Malta - Postal code format
Malta - Postal code specifics
Malta - Postal code regular expression
\A([A-Z]{2,2}( )\d{4,4}|[A-Z]{3,3}( )\d{4,4})\Z
Malta - Postal code level of coverage
Malta - Postal code map
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Place names in Malta
Note: This section last updated 15th January 2017
Refer to Exonyms in Malta for full lists of place names in Malta in other languages.
Alternate place name forms/postal code tables can be acquired at http://www.grcdi.nl/settlements.htm
Other language place name data can be acquired at http://www.grcdi.nl/otherlanguageplace.htm
Malta - Administrative districts
Note: This section last updated 18th August 2020
Malta has 5 regions, sub-divided into localities:
Central Gozo Northern South Eastern Southern
The localities, with their postal code ranges, are:
Administrative districts graphic
Telephone numbers in Malta
Maltese telephone numbers have no area codes. Subscriber numbers have 8 digits when called from abroad. Mobile numbers commence with a 7 or 9.
Tables of telephone number information/formats can be acquired – see http://www.grcdi.nl/telephone.htm
Properties with value Malta
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Local short name form
References
- ^ citypopulation.de/en/malta/admin/
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