Syracuse

Italian municipality
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Syracuse

Summary

Syracuse is a comune of Italy[1]. Syracuse ranks in the top 0.11% of comune_of_italy entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (38,592 views/month, #8 of 7,096).[2]

Key Facts

  • Syracuse is located in Free Municipal Consortium of Syracuse[3].
  • Syracuse is in the country of Italy[4].
  • Syracuse's head of government is recorded as Francesco Italia[5].
  • Syracuse's instance of is recorded as comune of Italy[6].
  • Syracuse's instance of is recorded as city[7].
  • Syracuse's instance of is recorded as big city[8].
  • Syracuse's instance of is recorded as tourist destination[9].
  • Syracuse's instance of is recorded as polis[10].
  • Syracuse's capital is recorded as Siracusa[11].
  • Syracuse's official language is recorded as Italian[12].
  • Syracuse's shares border with is recorded as Avola[13].
  • Syracuse's shares border with is recorded as Melilli[14].
  • Syracuse's shares border with is recorded as Noto[15].
  • Syracuse's shares border with is recorded as Priolo Gargallo[16].
  • Syracuse's shares border with is recorded as Solarino[17].
  • Syracuse's shares border with is recorded as Canicattini Bagni[18].
  • Syracuse's shares border with is recorded as Floridia[19].
  • Syracuse's shares border with is recorded as Palazzolo Acreide[20].
  • Syracuse's twinned administrative body is recorded as Stockholm[21].
  • Syracuse's twinned administrative body is recorded as Corinth[22].
  • Syracuse's twinned administrative body is recorded as Erchie[23].
  • Syracuse's twinned administrative body is recorded as Perugia[24].
  • Syracuse's postal code is recorded as 96100[25].
  • Syracuse is part of Syracuse and the Rocky Necropolis of Pantalica[26].
  • Syracuse is part of Free Municipal Consortium of Syracuse[27].

Body

Geography

Syracuse is in the country of Italy[4]. Syracuse is located in Free Municipal Consortium of Syracuse[3]. Part of include Syracuse and the Rocky Necropolis of Pantalica[26], a cultural heritage[28], in Italy[29] and Free Municipal Consortium of Syracuse[27], a free municipal consortium[30], in Italy[31], founded in 2015[32].

Physical Characteristics

Population counts include {'amount': '+122291'}[33], {'amount': '+122086'}[34], {'amount': '+123332'}[35], {'amount': '+121605'}[36], {'amount': '+121171'}[37], and {'amount': '+122031'}[38].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include comune of Italy[6], city[7], big city[8], tourist destination[9], and polis[10].

History and Context

733 BC marks the founding of Syracuse[39].

Cultural Significance

Things named for Syracuse include Syracuse[40], a city in the state of New York[41], in United States[42], founded in 1848[43].

Why It Matters

Syracuse ranks in the top 0.11% of comune_of_italy entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (38,592 views/month, #8 of 7,096).[2] Syracuse has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[44] Syracuse is known by 40 alternative names across languages and contexts.[45]

Entities named for Syracuse include Syracuse[40], a city in the state of New York[41], in United States[42], founded in 1848[43].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [39] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  27. [33] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  28. [34] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  29. [35] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  30. [36] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  31. [37] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  32. [38] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [40] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [28] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [29] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [30] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [31] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [32] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [41] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  7. [42] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  8. [43] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [44] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [45] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 9d ago · Tolanor · 2026-09-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Pleiades id → —
    "/* wbremoveclaims-remove:1| */ [[Property:P1584]]: 462503, Moving to [[Q4420718]]"
  2. 8w ago · Theklan · 2026-08-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Tabular population → Data:Historical population Siracusa.tab
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P4179]]: Data:Historical population Siracusa.tab, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/263412|batch #263412]]"
  3. 10w ago · Pierrotrgr · 2026-07-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Biblissima authority id → Tricholoma terreum
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P11493]]: Q27266, Import ID Biblissima V3 ([[:toollabs:editgroups/b/OR/a6710164cdc|details]])"
  4. 13w ago · Printstream · 2026-07-01 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14586 → 79413
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P14586]]: 79413, #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1782930762135"
  5. 13w ago · Andre Engels · 2026-06-29 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Oxford classical dictionary id → 6184
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ [[Property:P9106]]: 6184, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/107288142|Syracuse (#107288142)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/4102|Oxford Classical Dictionar"
  6. 16w ago · VIGNERON · 2026-06-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Bbc things id → —
    National library of israel j9u id → —
    World historical gazetteer place id → —
    Pleiades id → —
    + 252 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/35860|batch #35860]]: redundant value, already present at higher administrative level"
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