Catania
Sign in to saveCatania (, , , ) is the second-largest municipality in Sicily, after Palermo, both by area and by population. Despite being the second city of the island, Catania is the centre of the most densely populated Sicilian conurbation, which is among the largest in Italy. It has important road and rail transport infrastructures, and hosts the main airport of Sicily (fifth-largest in Italy). The city is located on Sicily's east coast, facing the Ionian Sea at the base of the active volcano Mount Etna. It is the capital of the 58-municipality province known as the Metropolitan City of Catania, which is
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Catania is Sicily's second-largest city by both area and population, located on the island's east coast at the base of the active volcano Mount Etna. It serves as a major transportation and economic hub for Sicily, hosting the island's main airport and important road and rail infrastructure, and anchors one of Sicily's most densely populated urban regions.
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Key facts
- Italian comune.name
- Catania
- Italian comune.official_name
- Comune di Catania
- Italian comune.metropolitan_city
- Catania (CT)
- Italian comune.frazioni
- Bicocca, Codavolpe, Junghetto, Pantano d'Arci, Paradiso degli Aranci, Passo Cavaliere, Passo del Fico, Passo Martino, Primosole, Reitano, Vaccarizzo, Villaggio Delfino
- Italian comune.mayor
- Enrico Trantino
- Italian comune.mayor_party
- Brothers of Italy
- Italian comune.elevation_m
- 7
- Italian comune.area_total_km2
- 182.90
- Italian comune.population_as_of
- 2025
- Italian comune.population_total
- 297517
- Italian comune.population_demonym
- Catanese
- Italian comune.telephone
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37 sectionsContents
- Etymology
- History
- Foundation
- Greek Catania
- Roman rule
- Middle Ages
- Early modern times
- Unified Italy
- Geography
- Climate
- Demographics
- Administrative divisions
- Metropolitan City
- Metropolitan area
- City proper
- Main sights
- Classical buildings
- Baroque and historical churches
- Other
- Economy
- Education
- Culture
- Sport
- Food and cuisine
- Transport
- Catania public transport statistics
- Notable residents
- International relations
- Consulates
- Twin towns – sister cities
- Influence on the planning of Adelaide, Australia
- See also
- Notes
- References
- Sources
- Further reading
- External links
Catania (, , , ) is the second-largest municipality in Sicily, after Palermo, both by area and by population. Despite being the second city of the island, Catania is the centre of the most densely populated Sicilian conurbation, which is among the largest in Italy. It has important road and rail transport infrastructures, and hosts the main airport of Sicily (fifth-largest in Italy). The city is located on Sicily's east coast, facing the Ionian Sea at the base of the active volcano Mount Etna. It is the capital of the 58-municipality province known as the Metropolitan City of Catania, which is the seventh-largest metropolitan area in Italy. The population of the city proper is 297,517, while the population of the metropolitan city is 1,068,563.
Catania was founded in the 8th century BC by Chalcidian Greeks in Magna Graecia. The city has weathered multiple geologic catastrophes: it was almost completely destroyed by a catastrophic earthquake in 1169. A major eruption and lava flow from nearby Mount Etna nearly swamped the city in 1669 and it suffered severe devastation from the 1693 Sicily earthquake.
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