Lampedu'sa, a small island of the Mediterranean, 150 miles S. of Sicily, and 80 E. of Tunis. Belonging physically to the African continent, it has since 1843 been administratively reckoned part of the Sicilian commune of Licata. It has 19 miles of coast, and a small harbour. Fruits are grown, and some grain. Pop. 1074.
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Chambers's Encyclopaedia, Volume 6: Humber to Malta, p. 497
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