{"id":23148,"date":"2021-05-28T02:23:08","date_gmt":"2021-05-28T02:23:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www2.visitmalta.com\/a\/islands\/"},"modified":"2021-05-28T02:23:08","modified_gmt":"2021-05-28T02:23:08","slug":"islands","status":"publish","type":"a","link":"https:\/\/www.visitmalta.com\/en\/a\/islands\/","title":{"rendered":"Islands"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"page-article__content\">\n<div class=\"container\">\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"col-12 col-lg-8 offset-lg-2\">\n<h2 class=\"mb-5 text-center font-weight-bold\">                              Islands<\/h2>\n<div id=\"dvArticle\">      <span id=\"ctl00_ctl00_Body_PageContent_ContentControl_lblPageContent\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"eager\" fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"On the beach in Malta\" src=\"https:\/\/www.visitmalta.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/archive-images\/img-12431.jpg\" alt=\"Beaches in Malta\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The Maltese archipelago lies virtually at the centre of the Mediterranean, 93 km south of Sicily and 288 km north of Africa. <\/p>\n<p>The archipelago consists of three islands: <strong>Malta<\/strong>, <strong>Gozo<\/strong> and <strong>Comino<\/strong> with a total population of over 400,000 inhabitants occupying an area of 316 square kilometers.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/en\/island-of-malta\">Malta<\/a> is the largest island and the cultural, commercial and administrative centre. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/en\/island-of-gozo\">Gozo<\/a> is the second largest island and is more rural, characterised by fishing, tourism, crafts and agriculture. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/en\/island-of-comino\">Comino<\/a>, the smallest of the trio, has one hotel and is largely uninhabited.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"Clear Blue Sea\" src=\"https:\/\/www.visitmalta.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/archive-images\/img-12601.jpg\" alt=\"mediterranean beaches Malta\" \/><\/p>\n<p><\/span>  <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"template":"","class_list":["post-23148","a","type-a","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Islands - Visit Malta<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"noindex, follow\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Islands - Visit Malta\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Islands The Maltese archipelago lies virtually at the centre of the Mediterranean, 93 km south of Sicily and 288 km north of Africa. 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