Taormina
Italian comune
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Taormina is a comune of Italy[1]. Taormina ranks in the top 0.61% of comune of italy entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (7,017 views/month, #43 of 7,096).[2]
Key Facts
- Located in the administrative territorial entity: Metropolitan City of Messina[3]
- Country: Italy[4]
- Shares border with: Gaggi[5], Giardini Naxos[6], Letojanni[7], Castelmola[8], Castiglione di Sicilia[9], Calatabiano[10]
- Postal code: 98039[11]
- Commons category: Taormina[12]
- Licence plate code: ME[13]
- Patron saint: Pancras of Taormina[14]
- Local dialing code: 0942[15]
- Coordinate location: 37.85179, 15.28565[16]
- Significant event: Siege of Taormina[17], Siege of Tauromenium[18]
- Official website: https://www.comune.taormina.me.it/[19]
- Topic's main category: Category:Taormina[20]
- Commons gallery: Taormina[21]
- Population: 10,872[22], 10,909[23], 10,471[24]
- Coordinates of northernmost point: 37.8782022, 15.2929311[25]
- Coordinates of southernmost point: 37.8180128, 15.2464734[26]
- Coordinates of easternmost point: 37.8524234, 15.3056814[27]
- Coordinates of westernmost point: 37.8463623, 15.2227448[28]
- Described by source: Russian translation of Lübker's Antiquity Lexicon[29], The Nuttall Encyclopædia[30], Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[31], Zedler, Großes vollständiges Universallexicon aller Wissenschaften und Künste[32], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[33]
- Replaces: Tauromenium[34]
- Official name: Taormina[35]
- Category for people born here: Category:Births in Taormina[36]
- Category for people who died here: Category:Deaths in Taormina[37]
- Demonym: taorminesi[38]
- Category of associated people: Category:People from Taormina[39]
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Physical Characteristics
Taormina covers an area of 13.13[40]. Taormina sits at an elevation of 204[41].
Why It Matters
Taormina has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[42] Taormina is known by 30 alternative names across languages and contexts.[43]