Malta

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Four main islands comprise the Maltese Archipelago - Malta, Gozo and Comino are inhabited; Fifla is not.  Cominotto and the two islets collectively known as St Paul’s Islands are also uninhabited.  The Maltese Islands cover an area of 316 square kilometres (Malta 246, Gozo 67, Comino 2.7).  The population of the Islands was 381,464 at the end of September 2000.

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Places and Islands

The Maltese Archipelago lies virtually in the centre of the Mediterranean, some 93 kms south of the Italian island of Sicily. 
Islands
Comino Cominotto Island Fifla Island (uninhabited) Gozo Malta Manoel Island St Paul's Islands (uninhabited)
Places
Balzan    Birzebbugia Bugibba Cirkewwa 

Citadel (Gozo)

Comino Cottonera
Floriana Ghajnsielem (Gozo) Gharb (Gozo) Golden Bay Gzira  Marsalforn (Gozo) Marsascala
Marsaxlokk Mdina Mellieha   Mgarr (Gozo) Mosta & Naxxar Msida Munxar (Gozo)
Paceville Pieta  Qawra (Gozo) Rabat Salina Bay Senglea Sliema
St Julians St Paul's Bay  Xaghra (Gozo) Xemxija Xlendi (Gozo)   Valletta  Victoria (Rabat)  (Gozo)

 

National Parks and Nature Reserves 

There are several nature reserves on the Islands to protect indigenous and migratory species: Ghadira Nature Reserve near Mellieha in the north; the isle of Fifla; Buskett Gardens, Malta’s only large area of woodland; Simar, close to St Paul’s Bay.    

Comino

Ghadira 

Fifla Island

Simar 

Buskett Gardens