Catania
city in Sicily, Italy
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Summary
Catania is a comune of Italy[1]. Catania ranks in the top 0.21% of comune of italy entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (15,127 views/month, #15 of 7,096).[2]
Key Facts
- Located in the administrative territorial entity: Metropolitan City of Catania[3]
- Country: Italy[4]
- Head of government: Enrico Trantino[5]
- Instance of: big city[6]
- Shares border with: Aci Castello[7], Carlentini[8], Gravina di Catania[9], Mascalucia[10], Misterbianco[11], Motta Sant'Anastasia[12], San Pietro Clarenza[13], Tremestieri Etneo[14], Belpasso[15], San Gregorio di Catania[16], Sant'Agata li Battiati[17], Lentini[18]
- Twinned administrative body: Grenoble[19], Ottawa[20], Oświęcim[21], Oxford[22], Phoenix[23], Kaliningrad[24]
- Legislative body: Catania City Council[25]
- Postal code: 95121–95131[26]
- Part of: Late Baroque Towns of the Val di Noto[27]
- Commons category: Catania[28]
- Licence plate code: CT[29]
- Patron saint: Agatha of Sicily[30]
- Local dialing code: 095[31]
- Inception: 729 BC[32]
- Significant event: destruction[33]
- Official website: https://www.comune.catania.it/[34]
- Topic's main category: Category:Catania[35]
- Commons gallery: Catania[36]
- Population: 311,584[37]
- Office held by head of government: mayor[38]
- Described by source: Sytin Military Encyclopedia[39], The Nuttall Encyclopædia[40], Russian translation of Lübker's Antiquity Lexicon[41], Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[42], Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[43], Jewish Encyclopedia of Brockhaus and Efron[44], Otto's encyclopedia[45], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[46], Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 5[47], Meyer’s Universum, Zehnter Band[48]
- Replaces: Catane[49]
- Capital of: Metropolitan City of Catania[50]
- Heritage designation: part of UNESCO World Heritage Site[51]
- Official name: Catania[52]
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Cultural Significance
Things named for Catania include Catania-Fontanarossa Airport[53], an international airport[54], in Italy[55], founded in 1924[56].
Why It Matters
Catania has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[57] Catania is known by 25 alternative names across languages and contexts.[58]
Entities named for Catania include Catania-Fontanarossa Airport[53], an international airport[54], in Italy[55], founded in 1924[56].