Catania

Summary

Catania is a comune of Italy^[1]. Catania ranks in the top 0.21% of comune_of_italy entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,736 views/month, #15 of 7,096).^[2]

Key Facts

• Catania is located in Metropolitan City of Catania^[3].
• Catania is in the country of Italy^[4].
• Catania's head of government is recorded as Enrico Trantino^[5].
• Catania's instance of is recorded as comune of Italy^[6].
• Catania's instance of is recorded as big city^[7].
• Catania's shares border with is recorded as Aci Castello^[8].
• Catania's shares border with is recorded as Carlentini^[9].
• Catania's shares border with is recorded as Gravina di Catania^[10].
• Catania's shares border with is recorded as Mascalucia^[11].
• Catania's shares border with is recorded as Misterbianco^[12].
• Catania's shares border with is recorded as Motta Sant'Anastasia^[13].
• Catania's shares border with is recorded as San Pietro Clarenza^[14].
• Catania's shares border with is recorded as Q478933^[15].
• Catania's shares border with is recorded as Belpasso^[16].
• Catania's shares border with is recorded as San Gregorio di Catania^[17].
• Catania's shares border with is recorded as Sant'Agata li Battiati^[18].
• Catania's shares border with is recorded as Lentini^[19].
• Catania's twinned administrative body is recorded as Grenoble^[20].
• Catania's twinned administrative body is recorded as Ottawa^[21].
• Catania's twinned administrative body is recorded as Oświęcim^[22].
• Catania's twinned administrative body is recorded as Oxford^[23].
• Catania's twinned administrative body is recorded as Phoenix^[24].
• Catania's twinned administrative body is recorded as Kaliningrad^[25].
• Catania's legislative body is recorded as Catania City Council^[26].
• Catania's postal code is recorded as 95121–95131^[27].

Body

Founding

729 BC marks the founding of Catania^[28].

Identity

Catania is part of Late Baroque Towns of the Val di Noto^[29].

Brands and Namesakes

Things named for Catania include Catania-Fontanarossa Airport^[30], an international airport^[31], in Italy^[32], founded in 1924^[33].

Why It Matters

Catania ranks in the top 0.21% of comune_of_italy entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,736 views/month, #15 of 7,096).^[2] Catania has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[34] Catania is known by 7 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[35]

Entities named for Catania include Catania-Fontanarossa Airport^[30], an international airport^[31], in Italy^[32], founded in 1924^[33].