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The Planning Authority (PA, Maltese: Awtorità tal-Ippjanar), sometimes still popularly mistakenly referred to as the previous MEPA, is a government agency which is responsible for land use and planning in Malta.
Post Second World War, Malta's Emigration Department would assist emigrants with the cost of their travel. Between 1948 and 1967, 30 percent of the population emigrated. [ 251 ] Between 1946 and the late-1970s, over 140,000 people left Malta on the assisted passage scheme, with 57.6% migrating to Australia, 22% to the UK, 13% to Canada and 7% ...
The Malta Environment and Planning Authority (MEPA, Maltese: L-Awtorità ta' Malta dwar l-Ambjent u l-Ippjanar) was the national agency responsible for the environment and planning in Malta. It was established to regulate the environment and planning on the Maltese islands of Malta, Gozo and other small islets of the Maltese archipelago. MEPA ...
The non-marine molluscs of Malta are a part of the molluscan fauna of Malta (wildlife of Malta). A number of species of non-marine molluscs are found in the wild in Malta. There are 78 species of gastropods, 15 species of freshwater gastropods, 62 species of land gastropods) and 2 species of bivalves living in the wild.
Malta is located east of its sister islands of Gozo and Comino. It lies on the Malta plateau, a shallow shelf formed from the high points of a land bridge between Sicily and North Africa that became isolated as sea levels rose after the last ice age. [5] Malta is therefore situated in the zone between the Eurasian and African tectonic plates. [6]
The Government of Malta (Maltese: Gvern ta' Malta) is the executive branch of the Republic of Malta.It is made up of the Cabinet and the Parliamentary Secretaries. The Prime Minister is appointed by the President of Malta, with the President making their decision based on the situation within the Maltese parliament.
Malta has a total area of 315.718 km 2, [2] with land making up 315.718 km 2 and water taking up zero area. Compared to other political entities, this makes Malta: (Australia) slightly less than one-seventh the Australian Capital Territory's size; (Canada) roughly one-eighteenth Prince Edward Island's size; (UK) slightly smaller than the Isle ...
The MMA's Ports Directorate is the port authority for all ports in Malta. [2] The Malta International Ship Register is a department of the MMA. [3] As from 2010 the MMA no longer exists as a separate entity but forms part of Transport Malta, a governmental institution which encompasses transport control of the islands over sea, land and air.