Catania
Catania is a city in the region of Sicily in Italy. It is on the east coast of Sicily, between Messina and Syracuse. It is the capital of the Province of Catania. 313.110 people live in and over 800,000 around Catania. This makes it the second largest city in Sicily. It has a hot-summer Mediterranean climate (Csa in the Köppen climate classification).
| Comune di Catania | |
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 Flag  Coat of arms | |
| Country | Italy |
| Region | Sicily |
| Frazioni | Bicocca, Codavolpe, Junghetto, Pantano d'Arci, Paradiso degli Aranci, Passo Cavaliere, Passo del Fico, Passo Martino, Primosole, Reitano, Vaccarizzo, Villaggio Delfino |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Salvo Pogliese ([[List of political parties in Italy|FI]]) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 182.90 km2 (70.62 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 7 m (23 ft) |
| Population (30 May 2018) | |
| • Total | 312,505 |
| • Density | 1,708.61/km2 (4,425.28/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Postal code | 95100 |
| Patron saint | St. Agatha |
| Saint day | February 5 |
| Website | Official website |
| Part of | Late Baroque Towns of the Val di Noto (South-Eastern Sicily) |
| Criteria | Cultural: (i)(ii)(iv)(v) |
| Reference | 1024rev-002 |
| Inscription | 2002 (26th Session) |
| Area | 38.5 ha (4,140,000 sq ft) |
| Buffer zone | 80.13 ha (8,625,000 sq ft) |
Demographics
As of December 2007, 298,957 people were living in Catania.[1] 47,2% are male and 52,8% are female. 20,5% are younger than 18 years and 18,9% are pensioners. Between 2002 and 2007 3,35% of the people left the city. Nearly everyone is Catholic.
Twin towns - sister cities
Catania is twinned with:
Catania Media
Piazza Duomo (Cathedral Square)
u Liotru, symbol of Catania
Stesicoro Square and Bellini's Monument (Piazza Stesicoro – Monumento a Vincenzo Bellini)
An aerial view of the port of Catania
Roman Aqueduct at Valcorrente
Picture of Catania in 1575
Mount Etna erupting in 1669
The subdivision of the City proper in six circoscrizioni
Giovanni Battista Vaccarini's Duomo façade (1736) is an example of the city's Sicilian Baroque architecture.
Castello Ursino.
References
- ↑ "Statistiche demografiche ISTAT". demo.istat.it. Archived from the original on 2009-04-26. Retrieved 2009-05-07.
