Portopalo di Capo Passero

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Portopalo di Capo Passero
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Portopalo di Capo Passero (Italy)
Portopalo di Capo Passero
Country Italy
region Sicily
Free community consortium Syracuse  (SR)
Local name Puortupalu
Coordinates 36 ° 41 ′  N , 15 ° 8 ′  E Coordinates: 36 ° 41 ′ 0 "  N , 15 ° 8 ′ 0"  E
height 20  m slm
surface 14.87 km²
Residents 3,867 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density 260 inhabitants / km²
Post Code 96010
prefix 0931
ISTAT number 089020
Popular name Portopalesi
Patron saint San Gaetano

Portopalo di Capo Passero is a municipality in the Free Municipal Consortium Syracuse in the region of Sicily in Italy with 3867 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2019).

geography

Portopalo di Capo Passero is 60 kilometers southwest of Syracuse . The inhabitants mainly work in fishing and tourism.

The territory of the municipality includes two uninhabited islands, the Isola di Capo Passero with the Capo Passero and the Isola delle Correnti . The neighboring municipality is Pachino .

history

The place has existed since the beginning of the 19th century. Until he became independent in 1975, he was a district of Pachino.

  • View of Portopalo

  • San Gaetano Church, built in 1927

  • Castello Tafuri, built in 1933

  • View of the Castello Tafuri and the Tonnara

supporting documents

  1. ↑ Statistiche demografiche ISTAT. Monthly population statistics of the Istituto Nazionale di Statistica , as of December 31 of 2019.

Web links

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