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Egadi Islands (ĕ`gädē) or Aegadian Isles (ēgā`dēən), Lat. Aegates, archipelago (1987 est. pop. 5,000), c.15 sq mi (40 sq km), W Sicily, Italy, in the Mediterranean Sea. The chief islands are Favignana, Maretti-mo, and Levanzo. Fishing is the main occupation, and the most important tuna fisheries of Sicily are there. A Roman naval victory over the Carthaginians in the battle of the Aegates, fought near the islands in 241 B.C., ended the first of the Punic Wars Punic Wars, three distinct conflicts between Carthage and Rome. When they began, Rome had nearly completed the conquest of Italy, while Carthage controlled NW Africa and the islands and the commerce of the W Mediterranean.
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Egadi Islands

a group of Italian islands in the Mediterranean Sea, west of Sicily. Area, about 40 sq km. Population, 6,100 (1968). The islands are composed mainly of limestones. They are characterized by hills and low mountains, which rise to an elevation of 686 m on the island of Marettimo. The islands contain citrus plantations and vineyards; there is fishing for tuna.

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No references found			MARETTIMO: the farthest, smallest of the Egadi islands, that still preserves unique botanic species due to a very ancient geological origin. The Volcanic Beauty of the Sicilian Islands by Pasquale Marchese / Travel, recreation and leisure community Baia dei Mulini hotel is situated in Erice Mare, Trapani, just in front of Egadi Islands. WIN A TRIP TO ITALY WITH RYANAIR by The Mirror (London, England) It was a fine day so we parked in Trapani and took the cable car so we could survey the north western coast and the Egadi islands. Holidays: Hot stuff in Sicily; My holiday by Evening Gazette (Middlesbrough, England)			Efremov, Filipp Sergeevich Efremov, Ivan Efremov, Ivan Antonovich Efremov, Mikhail Efremov, Mikhail Grigorevich Efremov, Mikhail Timofeevich Efremov, Nikolai Efremov, Nikolai Nikolaevich Efremov, Oleg Efremov, Oleg Nikolaevich Efremov, Vasilii Efremov, Vasilii Sergeevich Efron, Ilia Efron, Ilia Abramovich Efros, Abram Efros, Abram Markovich Efrosiniia Filippovna Zarnitskaia Efrosiniia Zarnitskaia eft EFTA Eftimiu, Viktor EFTPOS EFTS EG EGA Egadi Islands egalitarian Egalitarianism Égalité, Philippe Egan, Patrick Egan, Pierce Egan, William Egas Moniz, António Caetano de Abreu Freire Egas Moniz, Antonio Caetano de Arbreau Freire Egas Moniz, Antônio Caetano de Arbreau Freire Egba Uprising Egbert Egbert Liudvigovich Volf Egbert Volf Egede, Hans Egede-Nissen, Adam Hjalmar Egedesminde Eger Egeria Egerov's theorem Egersund Egerton's effusion method Egerton, Thomas egest Egg egg and anchor			EG-CT EG-DIR EG-FT EG-LDPC EG-LIB EG-LL EG-MHS EG-MMS EG-NM EG-ODA EG-TP EG-VEGF EG-VT Eg. Eg. Eg. EG2 EG4D EGA EGA EGA EGA EGA graphics EGAAP EGAB EGAC EGACS EGACT egad egad Egadi Islands egads egads EGAE EGAEL EGAG EGAJ Egal Egal EGALA Egale egalitarian egalitarian egalitarianism egalitarianism egalitarians egalitarians egalite Égalité, Philippe Egality Egality EGames EGamingOnline EGAMS Egan Egan Marino Corporation Egan, Patrick Egan, Pierce Egan, William EGAOB EGAP