{{Cleanup|date=August 2007}}[[Image:Aegadian Islands map.png|thumb|right|A map showing the Aegadian Islands.]]

The '''Aegadian Islands ''' ([[Italian language|Italian]]: ''Isole Egadi''; [[Latin language|Latin]]: ''Aegates Insulae''), are a group of small mountainous islands in the [[Mediterranean Sea]] off the northwest coast of [[Sicily]], [[Italy]], near the city of [[Trapani]], with a total area of 37,45 km².

[[Favignana]] (''Aegusa''), the largest, lies 10 miles south west of [[Trapani]]; [[Levanzo]] (''Phorbantia'') 8 miles west; while [[Marettimo]], the ancient ''Iera Nesos'', 15 miles west of Trapani, is now reckoned as a part of the group. There are also some minor islands between Favignana and Sicily.

The overall population in 1987 was estimated at about 5,000. The main occupation of the islanders is fishing and this is where the largest [[tuna]] fishery in Sicily can be found.

[[Image:Erice-bjs-6.jpg|thumb|right|A view from Trapani to Favignana and Marettimo.]]

There is evidence of [[Neolithic]] and even [[Paleolithic]] paintings in caves on Favigana and on Levanzo.

They are the scene of the [[Battle of the Aegates Islands|defeat]] of the [[Carthage|Carthaginian]] fleet by [[Gaius Lutatius Catulus|C. Lutatius Catulus]] in [[241 BC]], which ended the [[First Punic War]].

They belonged to the Pallavicini family of [[Genoa]] until [[1874]], when they were bought by [[Florio]] family of [[Palermo]].

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[[Category:Islands of Sicily]]

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