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Encyclopedia > Acquaviva Platani
Comune di Acquaviva Platani
Coat of arms of Comune di Acquaviva Platani
Municipal coat of arms
Country Italy Italy
Region Sicily
Province Caltanissetta (CL)
Mayor Salvatore Mistretta (since May 28, 2005)
Elevation 558 m
Area 14 km²
Population
 - Total (as of 2001) 1,399
 - Density 88/km²
Time zone CET, UTC+1
Coordinates 37°34′N 13°42′E
Gentilic Acquavivesi
Dialing code 0934
Postal code 93010


Acquaviva Platani is a hill town of the province of Caltanissetta. Image File history File links Flag_of_Italy. ... The Regions of Italy were granted a degree of regional autonomy in the 1948 constitution, which states that the constitutions role is: to recognize, protect and promote local autonomy, to ensure that services at the State level are as decentralized as possible, and to adapt the principles and laws... Sicily (Sicilia in Italian, Sicilian and Spanish, Σικελία in Greek) is an autonomous region of Italy and the largest island in the Mediterranean Sea, with an area of 25,700 km² and 5 million inhabitants. ... In Italy, the province (in Italian: provincia) is an administrative division of an intermediate level, between municipality (comune) and region (Regione). ... The Province of Caltanissetta is a province in the southern part of Sicily, Italy. ... May 28 is the 148th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (149th in leap years). ... 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 2001: A Space Odyssey. ... Time zones of Europe: Light colours indicate countries not observing daylight saving Central European Time (CET) is one of the names of the time zone that is 1 hour ahead of Coordinated Universal Time. ... Central European Time West Africa Time British Summer Time* Irish Summer Time* Western European Summer Time* Category: ... A demonym or gentilic is a word that denotes the members of a people or the inhabitants of a place. ... Here are a list of area codes in Italy. ... Main street in Bastrop, Texas, a small town A town is a residential community of people ranging from a few hundred to several thousands, although it may be applied loosely even to huge metropolitan areas. ... The Province of Caltanissetta is a province in the southern part of Sicily, Italy. ...


The name of the town is derived from the many natural springs in the area - the "Platani' being added at a later date in order to distinguish it from the other towns and villages of the same name in Sicily. Platani is the name of the river formed by those natural springs. A natural spring. ... River upstream of an Australian trout farm A river is a large natural waterway. ...






 
 

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