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Belpasso
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Belpasso is a town in Sicily that was occupied by British forces during World War II. It is historically significant as a location where the British 8th Army operated during the 1943 Allied invasion of Sicily, as documented in photographs showing tanks and local residents during the military campaign.
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Key facts
- Italian comune.name
- Belpasso
- Italian comune.official_name
- Comune di Belpasso
- Italian comune.native_name
- Malpasso
- Italian comune.image_skyline
- Belpasso Kirche.jpg
- Italian comune.image_caption
- Chiesa Madre
- Italian comune.region
- Sicily
- Italian comune.metropolitan_city
- Catania (CT)
- Italian comune.frazioni
- Piano Tavola
- Italian comune.mayor
- Daniele Giuseppe Maria Motta
- Italian comune.area_total_km2
- 166.33
- Italian comune.population_total
- 28128
- Italian comune.population_as_of
- 30 April 2017
- Italian comune.population_demonym
- "Belpassesi" or "Mappassoti" in Sicilian
- Italian comune.elevation_m
- 551
- Italian comune.saint
- St. Lucy
- Italian comune.day
- 13 December
- Italian comune.postal_code
- 95032
- Italian comune.area_code
- 095
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- comune of Italy
- Official name
- Belpasso
- Demonym
- belpassesi
- Country
- Italy
- Located in
- Metropolitan City of Catania
- Population
- 27977
- Area
- 166.33
- Elevation
- 551
- Time zone
- UTC+02:00
- Shares border with
- Zafferana Etnea
- Official website
- www.comune.belpasso.ct.it
- Image
- Belpasso Kirche.jpg
- Dialing code
- 095
- Licence plate code
- CT
- Patron saint
- Saint Lucy
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- Commons category
- Belpasso
- postal code
- 95032
- category for people born here
- Q9223480
- topic's main category
- Category:Belpasso
- Commons gallery
- Belpasso
- native label
- Belpasso
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Belpasso () is a (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Catania in the Italian region Sicily, located about southeast of Palermo and about northwest of Catania. Belpasso is the second biggest comune of the Catania's area for area (after Catania).
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