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Sign in to saveIspica (, ) is a city and comune in the south of Sicily, Italy. It is from Ragusa, from Syracuse, and away from La Valletta, on the coast of Malta. The first mention in a document of Ispica occurred in 1093, in a list of churches and ecclesiastic departments for administrative purposes, but the territory has been colonized since the Bronze Age.
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Ispica is a city located in southern Sicily, Italy, with a history stretching back thousands of years to the Bronze Age, though it first appeared in written records in 1093 as part of a church administrative list. The city matters as a significant settlement in Sicily's historical landscape, representing the region's long cultural and ecclesiastical heritage from medieval times onward.
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- Italian comune.name
- Ispica
- Italian comune.official_name
- Comune di Ispica
- Italian comune.image_skyline
- ispica_panorama.jpg
- Italian comune.image_shield
- Ispica-Stemma.svg
- Italian comune.region
- Sicily
- Italian comune.province
- Ragusa (RG)
- Italian comune.frazioni
- Santa Maria del Focallo, Marina Marza
- Italian comune.mayor
- Innocenzo Leontini
- Italian comune.area_total_km2
- 100
- Italian comune.population_total
- 16302
- Italian comune.population_as_of
- 31 August 2017
- Italian comune.population_demonym
- Ispicesi
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Ispica (, ) is a city and comune in the south of Sicily, Italy. It is from Ragusa, from Syracuse, and away from La Valletta, on the coast of Malta. The first mention in a document of Ispica occurred in 1093, in a list of churches and ecclesiastic departments for administrative purposes, but the territory has been colonized since the Bronze Age.
The city is located on a hill. The main economical activity consists of farming and organic products, especially carrot, zucchini, tomatoes, olives, vineyards. Ispica is the largest producer of organic carrot in southern Italy with about 18,000 tons of annual production. There is of coastline, most of which is sand and dunes, and an island (Porri island) at from the coast.