What is the largest island of the Republic of Malta?

What is the largest island of the Republic of Malta? The answer is Malta.

Malta is both the name of the country and the largest island in the Maltese Archipelago. The island covers about 246 square kilometers and lies in the central Mediterranean, roughly 80 kilometers south of Sicily. It is also the most populous and most urbanized of the archipelago’s three major inhabited islands.

The other principal islands are Gozo and Comino. Gozo is the second-largest island and is generally more rural, while Comino is much smaller and is known for the Blue Lagoon. Smaller uninhabited islets, including Filfla and Cominotto, complete the wider archipelago.

Valletta, Malta’s capital, stands on the main island, although the country’s largest urban concentration extends well beyond the capital itself. Malta’s landscape consists largely of limestone, low hills, terraced fields, and naturally indented harbors. Its position between Sicily and North Africa helped make it a strategic Mediterranean base for ancient, medieval, and modern powers.