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Key facts
- Location
- Tyrrhenian Sea
- Archipelago
- Aeolian Islands
- Area
- 26.38 km (10.19 sq mi)
- Highest elevation
- 962 m (3156 ft)
- Highest point
- Monte Fossa delle Felci
- Region
- Sicily
- Metropolitan city
- Messina
- Comuni
- Santa Marina Salina , Malfa , Leni
- Population
- 2,300
- Pop density
- 87/km (225/sq mi)
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Encyclopedic overview
The Aeolian Islands. Port of Santa Maria di Salina. Salina ( Italian pronunciation: [saˈliːna]) is one of the Aeolian Islands north of Sicily, Southern Italy. It is the second largest island in the archipelago.
Salina is divided between three comuni: Santa Marina on the eastern coast, Malfa to the north, and Leni to the south-west. From Leni down towards the sea is the village of Rinella. Above the village of Leni is Valdichiesa in the center of the island. The other smaller villages are Capo Faro, Pollara and Lingua.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Salina” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.