Districts and quarters of Palermo

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The 8 boroughs of Palermo

Palermo , the capital of the autonomous region of Sicily in Italy, is divided into 8 urban districts ( circoscrizioni ), which in turn are divided into a total of 34 districts (quartieri).

Legal basis

Art. 130 of Law 140/90 stipulates that all cities with more than 100,000 inhabitants must divide their urban area into city districts.

The City Council of Palermo, by resolution of December 6, 1995, January 24, 1996 and December 30, 1996, approved the Decentralization Decree, which divides the urban area of ​​Palermo into eight districts.

Designations

The city districts are denoted by Roman numerals or ordinal numbers , e.g. B. "circoscrizione VIII" or "ottava circoscrizione". The neighborhoods have their own names.

The first district is the historic old town , the other districts are numbered counterclockwise starting in the south.

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Each individual district has the council and the president as institutional bodies .

The members of the council are elected in general elections at local elections. For its part, the Council elects the President and a Vice-President at its first meeting .

Boroughs and neighborhoods

Borough Residents Area / km² Inhabitants / km² Remarks quarter
I. 21,489 2.50 8596 historical old town of Palermo with the four historical quarters.
II 74,450 21.39 3481 Located by the sea south of the old town, heavily developed in the 1970s.
  • Sette cannoli
  • Brancaccio
  • Ciaculli-Oreto
  • Guadagna
  • Sperone
III 77,068 20.35 3787 on the slopes of Monte Grifone , mostly still used for agriculture.
  • Villagrazia-Falsomiele
  • Stazione-Oreto
IV 112.158 26.16 4287 along the road between Palermo and Monreale , some populous neighborhoods.
  • Montegrappa
  • Villaggio S. Rosalia
  • Cuba
  • Calatafimi
  • Mezzomonreale
  • Villa Tasca-Altarello
  • Boccadifalco
V 120,885 17.53 6896 partly built on the site of the former Parco Reale .
  • Zisa
  • Noce
  • Uditore-Passo di Rigano
  • Borgo Nuovo
VI 78,548 23.90 3287 in the northwest, mostly built in the 1970s and 1980s.
  • Cruillas
  • San S. Giovanni Apostolo
  • Resuttana - San Lorenzo
VII 74,330 32.96 2255 the northernmost part of the city with Monte Pellegrino and Monte Gallo and the coastline at their feet.
  • Pallavicino
  • Tommaso Natale
  • Sferracavallo
  • Partanna Mondello
  • Arenella
  • Vergine Maria
  • San Filippo Neri
VIII 127.794 15.33 8336 to the north adjoining the historic old town, mainly built in the 18th and 19th centuries.
  • Politeama
  • Malaspina-Palagonia
  • Libertà
  • Monte Pellegrino
all in all 686.722 160.12 4289

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