Lampedusa

Lampedusa is the largest island of the <a href="/facts/Italy/tUf0PDYF">Italian</a> <a href="/facts/Pelagie_Islands/1dg1NJgK">Pelagie Islands</a> in the <a href="/facts/Mediterranean_Sea/Vr2pzVbM">Mediterranean Sea</a>.
The <a href="/facts/Comune/Bxsc8IYY">comune</a> of <a href="/facts/Lampedusa_e_Linosa/JwtCNGud">Lampedusa e Linosa</a> is part of the <a href="/facts/Sicily/E6fug03z">Sicilian</a> <a href="/facts/Province_of_Agrigento/pa39ng82">province of Agrigento</a> which also includes the smaller islands of <a href="/facts/Linosa/b0adhJAc">Linosa</a> and <a href="/facts/Lampione/BX014ozo">Lampione</a>. It is the southernmost part of Italy and Italy's southernmost island. <a href="/facts/Tunisia/4uC8Po6k">Tunisia</a>, which is 113 kilometres (61 nautical miles) away, is the closest landfall to the islands. Sicily is farther at 205 kilometres (110+1⁄2 nautical miles), while <a href="/facts/Malta/FsqM3M37">Malta</a> is 176 kilometres (95 nautical miles) east of Lampedusa.
Lampedusa has an area of 20.2 km2 (7+13⁄16 sq mi) and a population of about 6,000 people. Its main industries are <a href="/facts/Fishing/EBVEPvhI">fishing</a>, <a href="/facts/Agriculture/TGztqzJs">agriculture</a>, and <a href="/facts/Tourism/x47vNhHj">tourism</a>. A ferry service links the island with <a href="/facts/Porto_Empedocle/q7GVH9MT">Porto Empedocle</a>, near <a href="/facts/Agrigento/KJIFjFs2">Agrigento</a>, Sicily. There are also year-round flights from <a href="/facts/Lampedusa_Airport/vf1yN3EN">Lampedusa Airport</a> to <a href="/facts/Palermo_Airport/k6hTzTdf">Palermo</a> and <a href="/facts/Catania-Fontanarossa_Airport/QrEk3G2h">Catania</a> on the Sicilian mainland. In the summer, there are additional services to <a href="/facts/Fiumicino_Airport/LN98FyPV">Rome</a> and <a href="/facts/Malpensa_Airport/7QGtvBth">Milan</a>, besides many other seasonal links with the Italian mainland.
In 2013, Spiaggia dei Conigli ("Rabbit Beach"), located in the southern part of the island, was voted the world's best beach by travel site <a href="/facts/TripAdvisor/CGdGu4Wg">TripAdvisor</a>.
Since the early 2000s, the island has become a <a href="/facts/European_migrant_crisis/Mp06vFWh">primary European entry point for migrants</a>, mainly coming from Libya and Tunisia.
In 2021, the island received the <a href="/facts/Jan_Karski_Eagle_Award/NGpvErCC">Jan Karski Eagle Award</a>, as the first and only time that the award was given out three times in a year.

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