Malta is a small archipelago located in the middle of the Mediterranean sea approximately 92km south of Sicily and 230km north of Tripoli. Five islands form the archipelago: Malta; Gozo, Comino, Cominotto and Filfla. Three of the islands are inhabited. The largest of the three islands is Malta at 246 square km and is 27 km long and 14.5 km wide. Malta's population is 350,000. Gozo is 67 square km and is 14.54 km long and 7.2 km at it's widest point. 25,000 people live on Gozo. Comino is the smallest inhabited island at 2.7 square km. Only a handful of farmers live there.

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