# Palma di Montechiaro > Italian comune **Wikidata**: [Q432204](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q432204) **Wikipedia**: [English](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palma_di_Montechiaro) **Source**: https://4ort.xyz/entity/palma-di-montechiaro ## Summary Palma di Montechiaro is an Italian comune (municipality) located in the Province of Agrigento, on the island of Sicily, Italy. It is administratively part of the Free municipal consortium of Agrigento and has defined coordinates at latitude 37.193611111111 and longitude 13.765833333333. ## Key Facts - Palma di Montechiaro is classified as an Italian comune (municipal division of Italy). - Country: Italy — a country in southern Europe. - Region/Island context: Sicily (the Province of Agrigento is a province in Sicily, Italy). - Province: Province of Agrigento (administrative province in Sicily, Italy). - Free municipal consortium: Free municipal consortium of Agrigento; the consortium’s inception date is 2015-08-04. - Related locality: Marina di Palma — an Italian village in Sicily that is associated with Palma di Montechiaro. - Official website: http://www.comune.palmadimontechiaro.ag.it/ - Coordinates: latitude 37.193611111111, longitude 13.765833333333. - Population figures (as provided): 22,962.0; 22,663.0; 21,373.0. - Wikidata description: "Italian comune". - Wikipedia title: Palma di Montechiaro. - Wikidata sitelink count for Palma di Montechiaro: 55. - Palma di Montechiaro is an instance of the general Italian municipal category "comune of Italy". ## FAQs Q: Where is Palma di Montechiaro located? A: Palma di Montechiaro is located in the Province of Agrigento on the island of Sicily, in the country of Italy (southern Europe). Its geographic coordinates are latitude 37.193611111111 and longitude 13.765833333333. Q: What is Palma di Montechiaro’s administrative status? A: Palma di Montechiaro is an Italian comune, meaning it is a municipal-level administrative division of Italy. It belongs to the Province of Agrigento and is part of the Free municipal consortium of Agrigento. Q: What higher-level bodies govern or include Palma di Montechiaro? A: The comune is within the Province of Agrigento and the Free municipal consortium of Agrigento (inception 2015-08-04). Nationally, it is situated in Italy. Q: How many people live in Palma di Montechiaro? A: Population figures provided are 22,962.0; 22,663.0; and 21,373.0. These values represent recorded population counts associated with the comune (no years specified in the source). Q: Does Palma di Montechiaro have an official website or online presence? A: Yes. The official municipal website is http://www.comune.palmadimontechiaro.ag.it/. The comune also appears in Wikimedia/Wikidata with a sitelink count of 55 and the Wikipedia title "Palma di Montechiaro". Q: Is there a locality associated with Palma di Montechiaro? A: Yes. Marina di Palma is an Italian village in Sicily that is related to Palma di Montechiaro. ## Why It Matters Palma di Montechiaro matters as a municipal unit in Sicily’s provincial system. As a comune it is a fundamental level of local governance in Italy, providing municipal services, local administration, and community identity for its residents. Its inclusion in the Province of Agrigento and the Free municipal consortium of Agrigento situates it within regional governance structures created to coordinate services across municipalities. The presence of an official municipal website and representation on Wikipedia/Wikidata (55 sitelinks) indicates both administrative organization and a documented public profile, which supports civic transparency, local information access, and regional cultural identity in Sicily. ## Notable For - Being an Italian comune in the Province of Agrigento, Sicily. - Administrative membership in the Free municipal consortium of Agrigento (consortium inception: 2015-08-04). - Hosting or being associated with the village Marina di Palma, identified as an Italian village in Sicily. - Having an official municipal website: http://www.comune.palmadimontechiaro.ag.it/. - Geographic specificity with coordinates latitude 37.193611111111 and longitude 13.765833333333. - Documented population values of 22,962.0; 22,663.0; and 21,373.0 as provided. - A Wikidata/Wikipedia presence with the Wikipedia title "Palma di Montechiaro" and a sitelink count of 55. ## Body ### Location and Administrative Context - Palma di Montechiaro is an Italian comune, a primary municipal division of Italy. - It is located within the Province of Agrigento, which is a province on the island of Sicily, Italy. - The comune is part of the Free municipal consortium of Agrigento. The Free municipal consortium of Agrigento has an inception date of 2015-08-04, indicating the administrative framework that currently encompasses Palma di Montechiaro. - Nationally, Palma di Montechiaro is in Italy, a country in southern Europe. ### Geography and Coordinates - Latitude: 37.193611111111. - Longitude: 13.765833333333. - These coordinates place Palma di Montechiaro on the island of Sicily within the territorial bounds of the Province of Agrigento. ### Demographics - The provided population figures for Palma di Montechiaro are: 22,962.0; 22,663.0; and 21,373.0. - The source supplies multiple population values; no specific years or labels accompany those numbers within the provided data. ### Governance and Classification - Palma di Montechiaro is formally classified as a "comune of Italy," aligning it with Italy’s municipal system. - As a comune it functions under provincial authority (Province of Agrigento) and within the inter-municipal coordination structure of the Free municipal consortium of Agrigento. - The Free municipal consortium’s recorded inception date is 2015-08-04, which is relevant to the current administrative arrangement of the comune. ### Related Localities - Marina di Palma is explicitly associated with Palma di Montechiaro and is identified as an Italian village in Sicily. This indicates a subordinate or linked locality within the comune’s geographic or administrative scope. ### Online Presence and Identifiers - Official municipal website: http://www.comune.palmadimontechiaro.ag.it/. - Wikipedia entry title: Palma di Montechiaro. - Wikidata description: "Italian comune." - Wikidata sitelink count for Palma di Montechiaro: 55, indicating the number of linked Wikimedia projects or language editions referencing the entity. ### Data provenance and linked entities - Palma di Montechiaro is connected to several entities in the provided source: Province of Agrigento (province in Sicily, Italy); Free municipal consortium of Agrigento (inception 2015-08-04); Italy (country in southern Europe); Marina di Palma (Italian village in Sicily); and the general class "comune of Italy" (municipal divisions of Italy). - The entry’s structured properties include website, population values, decimal coordinates, sitelink_count, wikipedia_title, and the brief Wikidata description. ### Administrative Role and Public Information - As a comune, Palma di Montechiaro provides local governance functions consistent with municipal responsibilities in Italy. - Public-facing information is available via the official municipal website, and the comune maintains a documented profile in major public knowledge repositories (Wikipedia/Wikidata). (End of entry.) ## References 1. Virtual International Authority File 2. Freebase Data Dumps. 2013 3. Italian National Institute of Statistics 4. [Popolazione Residente al 1° Gennaio 2018. Italian National Institute of Statistics](http://demo.istat.it/pop2018/index3.html) 5. [Source](https://demo.istat.it/?l=it) 6. GeoNames 7. [Superficie di Comuni Province e Regioni italiane al 9 ottobre 2011. Italian National Institute of Statistics](https://www.istat.it/it/archivio/156224) 8. Wiki Loves Monuments Italia 9. National Library of Israel Names and Subjects Authority File 10. Seismic classification in Italy 11. [Source](https://rischi.protezionecivile.gov.it/it/sismico/attivita/classificazione-sismica)