Cianciana
Cianciana is a comune (municipality) in the Province of Agrigento in the Italian region Sicily, located in the middle valley of the Platani river, about south of Palermo and about northwest of Agrigento. The Monte Cammarata, elevation above sea level, part of the Monti Sicani chain, is nearby. thumb|An abandoned zolfara (sulfur mine) near Cianciana. Cianciana borders the following municipalities: Alessandria della Rocca, Bivona, Cattolica Eraclea, Ribera, Sant'Angelo Muxaro.
Key facts
- Italian comune.name
- Cianciana
- Italian comune.official_name
- Comune di Cianciana
- Italian comune.image_skyline
- Panorama Cianciana.jpg
- Italian comune.image_shield
- Cianciana-Stemma2.png
- Italian comune.region
- Sicily
- Italian comune.province
- Agrigento (AG)
- Italian comune.mayor
- Francesco Martorana
- Italian comune.area_total_km2
- 37.7
- Italian comune.population_total
- 3515
- Italian comune.population_as_of
- 1 January 2013
- Italian comune.population_demonym
- Ciancianesi
- Italian comune.elevation_m
- 390
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Cianciana is a comune (municipality) in the Province of Agrigento in the Italian region Sicily, located in the middle valley of the Platani river, about south of Palermo and about northwest of Agrigento. The Monte Cammarata, elevation above sea level, part of the Monti Sicani chain, is nearby. thumb|An abandoned zolfara (sulfur mine) near Cianciana. Cianciana borders the following municipalities: Alessandria della Rocca, Bivona, Cattolica Eraclea, Ribera, Sant'Angelo Muxaro.
==History== The village is situated on the valley of the River Platani and is surrounded by the Sicani Mountains, and was originally inhabited the Cretans in the second millennium BC. Cianciana also was conquered by Greeks, Romans and Arabs.