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Encyclopedia > Province of Catania
Province of Catania
Nation Italy
Region Sicily
Capital Catania
Area 3,552 km²
Population (2005) 1,073,881
Density 302
Comuni 58
Vehicle Registration 95100, 95010-95049
Postal Code CT
Telephone Prefix 095, 0942, 0933
ISTAT 087
President Raffaele Lombardo
Map highlighting the location of the province of Catania in Italy

Catania (Italian: Provincia di Catania) is a province in the autonomous island region of Sicily in Italy. Its capital is the city of Catania. Image File history File links Provincia_di_Catania-Stemma. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Italy. ... Sicily (Sicilia in Italian, Latin, 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. ... Catania is the second largest city of Sicily and is the capital of the province which bears its name. ... Area is a physical quantity expressing the size of a part of a surface. ... Density, or volumic mass (ISO 31), is a measure of mass per volume. ... In Italy, the comune, (plural comuni) is the basic administrative unit of both provinces and regions, and may be properly approximated in casual speech by the English word township or municipality. ... Present Italian car number plates have black characters on a rectangular white background, with small blue side-fields on the right and left (see European vehicle registration plates). ... Istituto Nazionale di Statistica (ISTAT) is the Italian national statistical institute, roughly corresponding to the United States Census Bureau. ... Image File history File links Catania_posizione. ... In Italy, the province (in Italian: provincia) is an administrative division of an intermediate level, between municipality (comune) and region (Regione). ... Sicily (Sicilia in Italian, Latin, 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. ... Catania is the second largest city of Sicily and is the capital of the province which bears its name. ...


It has an area of 3,552 km², and a total population of 1,073,881 (2005). There are 58 comunes (Italian: comuni) in the province[1], see Comunes of the Province of Catania. The main comunes by population are: In Italy, the comune, (plural comuni) is the basic administrative unit of both provinces and regions, and may be properly approximated in casual speech by the English word township or municipality. ... The following is a list of the 58 comuni of the Province of Catania, Sicily, in Italy. ...

Comune Population
Catania 305,717
Acireale 52,394
Paternò 49,006
Misterbianco 46,251
Caltagirone 39,299
Adrano 35,779
Gravina di Catania 28,018
Aci Catena 27,992
Giarre 26,821
Mascalucia 26,284
Biancavilla 23,308
Belpasso 22,032
Tremestieri Etneo 21,362
San Giovanni la Punta 20,526
Bronte, Sicily 19,147
Aci Castello 18,084
Scordia 17,168
Aci Sant'Antonio 16,796
Palagonia 16,393

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Catania is the second largest city of Sicily and is the capital of the province which bears its name. ... Acireale is a seaport town in Sicily, at the foot of Mount Etna, in the north-east of Catania, with mineral waters. ... Paternò is a town in Catania, Sicily. ... Misterbianco is a comune (municipality) in the Province of Catania in the Italian region Sicily, located about 160 km southeast of Palermo and about 6 km west of Catania. ... Caltagirone is a town and comune in the province of Catania, on the island (and region) of Sicily, about 70 km SW of Catania. ... Adrano is a town in the east of the Italian region of Sicily. ... Gravina di Catania is a comune (municipality) in the Province of Catania in the Italian region Sicily, located about 160 km southeast of Palermo and about 6 km north of Catania. ... Aci Catena is a town in province of Catania, Sicily, Italy. ... Giarre is a coastal town in the province of Catania, Sicilia, Italy. ... Mascalucia is a comune (municipality) in the Province of Catania in the Italian region Sicily, located about 160 km southeast of Palermo and about 6 km north of Catania. ... Biancavilla is a town of 21. ... Belpasso is a comune (municipality) in the Province of Catania in the Italian region Sicily, located about 150 km southeast of Palermo and about 10 km northwest of Catania. ... Tremestieri Etneo is a comune (municipality) in the Province of Catania in the Italian region Sicily, located about 160 km southeast of Palermo and about 8 km north of Catania. ... San Giovanni la Punta is a comune (municipality) in the Province of Catania in the Italian region Sicily, located about 160 km southeast of Palermo and about 8 km northeast of Catania. ... The district of Bronte in Sicily lies near Mount Etna. ... Aci Castello is a city in the Province of Catania in Sicily, Italy. ... Scordia is a comune (municipality) in the Province of Catania in the Italian region Sicily, located about 160 km southeast of Palermo and about 30 km southwest of Catania. ... Aci SantAntonio is a comune (municipality) in the Province of Catania in the Italian region Sicily, located about 160 km southeast of Palermo and about 10 km northeast of Catania. ... Palagonia is a comune (municipality) in the Province of Catania in the Italian region Sicily, located about 150 km southeast of Palermo and about 35 km southwest of Catania. ...

Territory

The province faces the Ionian Sea to the east, the Province of Messina to the north, the Province of Enna and the Province of Caltanissetta to the west, the Province of Siracusa and the Province of Ragusa to the south. The Ionian Sea. ... Messina (It. ... Enna (It. ... The Province of Caltanissetta is a province in the southern part of Sicily, Italy. ... Syracuse (It. ... The Province of Ragusa (Provincia di Ragusa) is a province in the autonomous island region of Sicily in Italy. ...


Major Roads

There are many major roads that cross the territory of the province. The S.S 114 (Messina-Catania-Siracusa) links many of the coastal towns from Messina to Siracusa, the S.S 121 (Catania-Caltanissetta-Palermo), which links the east coast to Palermo through the major towns of Misterbianco, Paternò and Adrano. There are also the A18 (Messina-Catania) and A19 (Catania-Palermo) highways that pass through the province. Messina, Italy Strait of Messina, Italy. ... Catania is the second largest city of Sicily and is the capital of the province which bears its name. ... Map of central Mediterranean Sea, showing location of Syracuse on the island of Sicily. ... Caltanissetta is located on the western interior of Sicily, an area of rolling hills with small villages and towns. ... Palermo (Palermo in Italian, Palermu, Palemmu, Paliermu or Paliemmu in Sicilian) is the principal city and administrative seat of the autonomous region of Sicily, Italy as well as the capital of the Province of Palermo. ... Misterbianco is a comune (municipality) in the Province of Catania in the Italian region Sicily, located about 160 km southeast of Palermo and about 6 km west of Catania. ... Paternò is a town in Catania, Sicily. ... Adrano is a town in the east of the Italian region of Sicily. ... A18 can mean: English Opening A18 road This is a disambiguation page, a list of pages that otherwise might share the same title. ... The A19 is a major road in England, running parallel to and east of the A1 road. ...


The S.S 114 and S.S 192 (Catania-Enna) start from the Catania ring road. Enna, the ancient Henna, is located in the center of Sicily, towering above the surrounding countryside. ...


Changes to the Province

There has been talk for many years of splitting the Province of Catania into two separate provinces with the southern part becoming the Province of Caltagirone. The new province would include all of the municipalities south of the Simeto River as well as some of the municipalities of ragusa and Caltanisetta. The proposal to create this tenth province has been put to referendum in the 1980s and was defeated and in the 1990s the proposal was reformulated and put towards the Assemblea Regionale Siciliana, and nothing has been acted upon since then. Caltagirone is a town and comune in the province of Catania, on the island (and region) of Sicily, about 70 km SW of Catania. ... The 1980s refers to the years of 1980 to 1989. ... Germans dancing on the Berlin Wall in late 1989, the symbol of the cold war divide falls down as the world unites in the 1990s. ...


External links

  • (Italian) Official website
  • Pictures, history, tourism, gastronomy, books, local products, local surnames, transportation in the province of Catania
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Europe | Italy | Sicily (Sicilia)
Agrigento | Caltanissetta | Catania | Enna | Messina | Palermo | Ragusa | Syracuse (Siracusa) | Trapani




World map showing Europe A satellite composite image of Europe Europe is one of the seven traditional continents of the Earth. ... Sicily (Sicilia in Italian, Latin, 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. ... Agrigento (It. ... The Province of Caltanissetta is a province in the southern part of Sicily, Italy. ... Enna (It. ... Messina (It. ... Palermo (It. ... The Province of Ragusa (Provincia di Ragusa) is a province in the autonomous island region of Sicily in Italy. ... Syracuse (It. ... Trapani (It. ...

Sicily · Communes of the province of Catania
Aci Bonaccorsi | Aci Castello | Aci Catena | Aci Sant'Antonio | Acireale | Adrano | Belpasso | Biancavilla | Bronte | Calatabiano | Caltagirone | Camporotondo Etneo | Castel di Judica | Castiglione di Sicilia | Catania | Fiumefreddo di Sicilia | Giarre | Grammichele | Gravina di Catania | Licodia Eubea | Linguaglossa | Maletto | Maniace | Mascali | Mascalucia | Mazzarrone | Militello in Val di Catania | Milo | Mineo | Mirabella Imbaccari | Misterbianco | Motta Sant'Anastasia | Nicolosi | Palagonia | Paternò | Pedara | Piedimonte Etneo | Raddusa | Ragalna | Ramacca | Randazzo | Riposto | San Cono | San Giovanni la Punta | San Gregorio di Catania | San Michele di Ganzaria | San Pietro Clarenza | Sant'Agata li Battiati | Sant'Alfio | Santa Maria di Licodia | Santa Venerina | Scordia | Trecastagni | Tremestieri Etneo | Valverde | Viagrande | Vizzini | Zafferana Etnea

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Catania - LoveToKnow 1911 (1012 words)
Catina l), a city and episcopal see of Sicily, the chief town of the province of Catania, on the east coast, 59 m.
Catania has a considerable export trade in sulphur, pumice stone, asphalt, oranges and lemons, almonds, filberts, cereals, wine (the total production of wine in the province amounted to 28,600,000 gallons in 1905) and oil.
The total value of exports in 1905 was X1,647,075, and of imports X1,326,055, the latter including notably coal, almost entirely from the United Kingdom, and wheat, from Russian ports.
Province of Catania - Sicilia - Italy (62 words)
The Province of Catania has a surface area of 3552 square km, with a total population of over 1,000,000 inhabitants.
Among the most picturesque resorts along the coast are Acitrezza with its sea rocks called faraglioni, Acqua ranni with its cliffs in lava stone, the fishing borough of Santa Maria La Scala.
Agritourism - Bed and Breakfast in the Province of Catania
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