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Lampedusa (; ; ') is the largest island of the Italian Pelagie Islands in the Mediterranean Sea. The comune of Lampedusa e Linosa is part of the Sicilian province of Agrigento which also includes the smaller islands of Linosa and Lampione. It is the southernmost part of Italy and Italy's southernmost island. Tunisia, which is about away, is the closest landfall to the islands. Sicily is farther at , whilst the island nation of Malta is to the east. Lampedusa, which has an area of , has a population of approximately 6,000 people. Its main industries are fishing, agriculture, and tourism. A ferry service links the island with Porto Empedocle, near Agrigento, Sicily. There are also year-round flights from Lampedusa Airport to Palermo and Catania on the Sicilian mainland. In the summer, there are additional services to Rome and Milan, besides many other seasonal links with the Italian mainland. Since the early 2000s, the island has become a primary European entry point for migrants, mainly coming from Africa.〔(Refugee crisis on Lampedusa )〕 In 2013, Rabbit Beach, located in the southern part of the island, was voted the world's best beach by travel site TripAdvisor. Lampedusa has a historic claim to be part of Malta when Malta was a British colony.〔(When the British planned to make Lampedusa part of the Maltese Islands. ) Times of Malta, 17 July 2011. Retrieved 15 April 2014.〕 ==Etymology== The name ''Lampedusa'' derives from the ancient Greek name of the island, Λοπαδούσσα or Λαπαδούσσα (''Lopadoússa/Lapadoússa''). It has been suggested that the name derives from the word λέπας (''lépas''), which means 'rock', due to the rocky landscape of the island; this word was also used by the Greeks for a kind of oyster and the island may have been called like this due to the abundance of this kind of oyster. Other scholars believe that the name derives from λαμπάς (''lampás''), which means 'torch', because of the lights which were placed on the island for the sailors.〔(【引用サイトリンク】work=Italy This Way )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Lampedusa」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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