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This is a list of islands in the Mediterranean Sea:
[edit] By area
|
Name |
Image |
Country |
Area (km²) |
Population |
Capital/Main City |
Political Status |
Flag |
1 |
Sicily |
|
Italy |
25,460 |
5,010,000 |
Palermo |
autonomous region with special statute |
|
2 |
Sardinia |
|
Italy |
23,813 |
1,656,000 |
Cagliari |
autonomous region with special statute |
|
3 |
Cyprus |
|
Cyprus |
9,251 |
1,048,000 [1] |
Nicosia |
de jure: single independent state, de facto: divided into two separate independent states - the Republic of Cyprus and the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus |
|
4 |
Corsica |
|
France |
8,681 |
275,000 |
Ajaccio |
territorial collective |
|
5 |
Crete |
|
Greece |
8,312 |
624,000 |
Heraklion |
periphery (administrative division) |
|
6 |
Euboea |
|
Greece |
3,655 |
218,000 |
Chalcis |
prefecture |
|
7 |
Majorca |
|
Spain |
3,640 |
778,000 |
Palma |
part of an autonomous communtity |
|
8 |
Lesbos |
|
Greece |
1,630 |
90,000 |
Mytilene |
prefecture |
|
9 |
Rhodes |
|
Greece |
1,398 |
117,000 |
Rhodes |
part of a prefecture |
|
10 |
Minorca |
|
Spain |
964 |
87,000 |
Mahon |
part of an autonomous communtity |
|
11 |
Chios |
|
Greece |
842 |
52,000 |
Chios |
prefecture |
|
12 |
Kefalonia |
|
Greece |
781 |
37,000 |
Argostoli |
prefecture |
|
13 |
Corfu |
|
Greece |
592 |
108,000 |
Corfu |
prefecture |
|
14 |
Ibiza |
|
Spain |
577 |
111,000 |
Ibiza Town |
part of an autonomous communtity |
|
15 |
Djerba |
|
Tunisia |
523 |
60,000 |
Houmt Souk |
part of an governorate which is centred on the mainland |
|
|
16 |
Lemnos |
|
Greece |
476 |
18,000 |
Myrina |
|
|
17 |
Samos |
|
Greece |
476 |
34,000 |
Vathy |
|
|
18 |
Naxos |
|
Greece |
428 |
18,000 |
Naxos |
|
|
19 |
Zakynthos |
|
Greece |
406 |
39,000 |
Zakynthos (city) |
|
|
20 |
Cres |
|
Croatia |
406 |
3,184 |
|
|
|
21 |
Krk |
|
Croatia |
405 |
17,860 |
|
|
|
22 |
Brač |
|
Croatia |
395 |
13,000 |
|
|
|
23 |
Andros |
|
Greece |
380 |
10,000 |
Ándros |
|
|
24 |
Thasos |
|
Greece |
379 |
14,000 |
Thasos |
|
|
25 |
Lefkada |
|
Greece |
303 |
21,000 |
Lefkada (city) |
|
|
26 |
Karpathos |
|
Greece |
301 |
6,000 |
Karpathos |
|
|
27 |
Hvar |
|
Croatia |
300 |
11,459 |
|
|
|
28 |
Kos |
|
Greece |
290 |
31,000 |
Kos |
|
|
29 |
Pag |
|
Croatia |
285 |
7,969 |
|
|
|
30 |
Gökçeada |
|
Turkey |
279 |
8,875 |
|
|
|
31 |
Korčula |
|
Croatia |
279 |
16,182 |
|
|
|
32 |
Cythera |
|
Greece |
278 |
3,000 |
Kythira |
|
|
33 |
Icaria |
|
Greece |
255 |
8,000 |
Agios Kirykos |
|
|
34 |
Malta |
|
Malta |
246 |
373,000 [2] |
Valletta |
main island of an independent state |
|
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[edit] Footnotes
- ^ arrived at by adding the population of the Republic of Cyprus (784,000) to that of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (264,000)
- ^ arrived at by subtracting the population of the island of Gozo (31,000) from the total population figure for the Republic of Malta (404,000)