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Catania

Stadt in Sizilien

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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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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: 095
Italian comune.postalcode: 95131
Italian comune.istat: 087015
Italian comune.saint: St. Agatha
Italian comune.day: 5 February
Italian comune.image_flag: Catania-Bandiera (senza stemma).svg
Italian comune.image_shield: Catania-Stemma.svg

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Wikidata facts

Instance of: big city
Part of: Late Baroque Towns of the Val di Noto
Official name: Catania
Demonym: catanisi
Country: Kingdom of Sicily
Located in: Metropolitan City of Catania
Population: 311584
Area: 182.9
Elevation: 7
Time zone: UTC+02:00
Head of government: Salvo Pogliese
Capital of: Metropolitan City of Catania
Shares border with: Lentini
Official website: www.comune.catania.it
Image: Catania-Etna-Sicilia-Italy-Castielli CC0 HQ1.JPG
Dialing code: 095
Licence plate code: CT
Patron saint: Agatha of Sicily
Significant event: destruction

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inception: 0729-00-00
topic's main category: Category:Catania
office held by head of government: mayor
twinned administrative body: Kaliningrad
postal code: 95121–95131
Commons category: Catania
Commons gallery: Catania
category for people born here: Category:Births in Catania
category for people who died here: Category:Deaths in Catania
category for films shot at this location: Category:Films shot in Catania
category of associated people: Category:People from Catania
native label: Catania
owner of: Stadio Angelo Massimino
P11012: Étrépilly
P12749: Saint-Tropez

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Catania ist mit 311.402 Einwohnern (Stand 31. Dezember 2019) nach Palermo die zweitgrößte Stadt der italienischen autonomen Region Sizilien und die Hauptstadt der Metropolitanstadt Catania. Die Stadt liegt an der Ostküste Siziliens sowie am Fuße des Ätna, des größten aktiven Vulkans Europas. Catania ist eine der spätbarocken Städte des Val di Noto, die von der UNESCO zum UNESCO-Welterbe erklärt worden sind.

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