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Malfa is a ''comune'' (municipality) on the island of Salina, one of the islands of Isole Eolie also known in the English language as Aeolian Islands, in the Province of Messina in the Italian region Sicily, located about northeast of Palermo and about northwest of Messina.〔http://www.comune.malfa.me.it/〕 Malfa derived its name from Amalfi (near Naples). In the 12th century some families established their lives in Malfa on the island of Salina. The island of Salina is one of seven Eolian islands. Salina is the greenest of the seven. The main economic activities are agriculture, tourism and fishing. Cultivated products are grapes, capers, olives, figs and pricklypears. Malfa is famous for producing and exporting the sweet white wine, Malvasia. The fertile soil produces tons of capers for export. Malfa celebrates the festival of San Lorenzo (Patron Saint of Malfa) on 10 August each year, with a street parade, music and fireworks. As of September 2011, Malfa has a population of 943 and an area of .〔http://www.comuni-italiani.it/083/043/〕 All demographics and other statistics: Italian statistical institute Istat. Many tourists from mainland Italy and foreign countries, especially Australia, visit Malfa during the summer months. There are various small hotels and B&Bs. During the last century, many Malfitani migrated to Australia and to a lesser degree the United States. The Italian and Australian flags can be seen waving in the wind at the Malfa Municipal Office. Malfa borders the following municipalities: Leni, Santa Marina Salina. The other six Aeolian Islands are Lipari, Stromboli, Vulcano, Panarea, Filicudi and Alicudi. The islands were formed millions of years ago by a volcanic eruption. The last eruption took place in 10,000 BC from a crater near the village. == Demographic evolution == Colors= id:lightgrey value:gray(0.9) id:darkgrey value:gray(0.8) id:sfondo value:rgb(1,1,1) id:barra value:rgb(0.6,0.7,0.8) ImageSize = width:455 height:303 PlotArea = left:50 bottom:50 top:30 right:30 DateFormat = x.y Period = from:0 till:3000 TimeAxis = orientation:vertical AlignBars = justify ScaleMajor = gridcolor:darkgrey increment:1000 start:0 ScaleMinor = gridcolor:lightgrey increment:200 start:0 BackgroundColors = canvas:sfondo BarData= bar:1861 text:1861 bar:1871 text:1871 bar:1881 text:1881 bar:1901 text:1901 bar:1911 text:1911 bar:1921 text:1921 bar:1931 text:1931 bar:1936 text:1936 bar:1951 text:1951 bar:1961 text:1961 bar:1971 text:1971 bar:1981 text:1981 bar:1991 text:1991 bar:2001 text:2001 bar:2011 text:2011 PlotData= color:barra width:20 align:left bar:1861 from: 0 till:2159 bar:1871 from: 0 till:1715 bar:1881 from: 0 till:2034 bar:1901 from: 0 till:1659 bar:1911 from: 0 till:1449 bar:1921 from: 0 till:1366 bar:1931 from: 0 till:1362 bar:1936 from: 0 till:1304 bar:1951 from: 0 till:1187 bar:1961 from: 0 till:1072 bar:1971 from: 0 till:762 bar:1981 from: 0 till:823 bar:1991 from: 0 till:871 bar:2001 from: 0 till:851 bar:2011 from: 0 till:943 PlotData= bar:1861 at:2159 fontsize:XS text: 2159 shift:(-8,5) bar:1871 at:1715 fontsize:XS text: 1715 shift:(-8,5) bar:1881 at:2034 fontsize:XS text: 2034 shift:(-8,5) bar:1901 at:1659 fontsize:XS text: 1659 shift:(-8,5) bar:1911 at:1449 fontsize:XS text: 1449 shift:(-8,5) bar:1921 at:1366 fontsize:XS text: 1366 shift:(-8,5) bar:1931 at:1362 fontsize:XS text: 1362 shift:(-8,5) bar:1936 at:1304 fontsize:XS text: 1304 shift:(-8,5) bar:1951 at:1187 fontsize:XS text: 1187 shift:(-8,5) bar:1961 at:1072 fontsize:XS text: 1072 shift:(-8,5) bar:1971 at:762 fontsize:XS text: 762 shift:(-8,5) bar:1981 at:823 fontsize:XS text: 823 shift:(-8,5) bar:1991 at:871 fontsize:XS text: 871 shift:(-8,5) bar:2001 at:851 fontsize:XS text: 851 shift:(-8,5) TextData= fontsize:S pos:(20,20) text:Data from ISTAT 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Malfa」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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