Metropolitan city of Palermo
Metropolitan city of Palermo | |
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State : | Italy |
Region : | Sicily |
Capital: | Palermo |
Area : | 4,992.23 km² ( 12. ) |
Residents : | 1,243,328 (Dec 31, 2019) |
Population density : | 249 inhabitants / km² |
Number of municipalities: | 82 |
License plate : | PA |
ISO-3166-2 identification : | IT-PA |
President: |
Leoluca Orlando Metropolitan Mayor |
Website: | Metropolitan city of Palermo |
The metropolitan city of Palermo (Italian Città Metropolitana di Palermo ) is one of the three metropolitan cities of the Autonomous Region of Sicily of the Republic of Italy . The capital of the metropolitan city and at the same time of the entire region is Palermo .
The metropolitan city of Palermo is the legal successor to the Province of Palermo (Italian Provincia di Palermo ). It is located on the north coast of the Tyrrhenian Sea . In the west it borders on the Free Parish Consortium Trapani , in the south on the Free Parish Consortium Agrigento and the Free Parish Consortium Caltanissetta , in the east on the Free Parish Consortium Enna and the metropolitan city of Messina .
The metropolitan city is divided into 82 municipalities, including the island of Ustica . 1,243,328 inhabitants live in an area of 4,992 km² (as of December 31, 2019) . Much of the population is concentrated in the capital and the coastal areas.
Tourist attractions are Palermo, Sicily's largest city, the cities of Monreale and Cefalù and the archaeological sites of Himera and Solunt . The small town of Corleone , located in the metropolitan city, became known worldwide through the novel The Godfather by Mario Puzo .
Lago Fanaco was created in the 1950s .
Largest communities
(As of December 31, 2019)
local community | Residents |
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Palermo | 657.960 |
Bagheria | 54,620 |
Monreale | 38,963 |
Carini | 39,185 |
Partinico | 31,569 |
Termini Imerese | 25,889 |
Misilmeri | 29,292 |
Villabate | 19,965 |
Cefalù | 14,155 |
Individual evidence
- ↑ Statistiche demografiche ISTAT. Monthly population statistics of the Istituto Nazionale di Statistica , as of December 31 of 2019.