Global Information Lookup Global Information

Porto Empedocle information


Porto Empedocle
'a Marina (Sicilian)
Comune
Comune di Porto Empedocle
Coat of arms of Porto Empedocle
Location of Porto Empedocle
Map
Porto Empedocle is located in Italy
Porto Empedocle
Porto Empedocle
Location of Porto Empedocle in Italy
Porto Empedocle is located in Sicily
Porto Empedocle
Porto Empedocle
Porto Empedocle (Sicily)
Coordinates: 37°18′N 13°32′E / 37.300°N 13.533°E / 37.300; 13.533
CountryItaly
RegionSicily
ProvinceAgrigento (AG)
Government
 • MayorCalogero Martello
Area
[1]
 • Total25.23 km2 (9.74 sq mi)
Elevation
2 m (7 ft)
Population
 (30 November 2017)[2]
 • Total17,936
 • Density710/km2 (1,800/sq mi)
DemonymEmpedoclini
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code
92014
Dialing code0922
Patron saintSaint Gerland of Agrigento
Saint dayFebruary 25
WebsiteOfficial website

Porto Empedocle (Sicilian: 'a Marina) is a town and comune in Italy on the coast of the Strait of Sicily, administratively part of the province of Agrigento. It was named after Empedocles, a Greek pre-Socratic philosopher and a citizen of the city of Akragas (present-day Agrigento), in his day a Greek colony in Sicily. The primary industries of Porto Empedocle are agriculture, fishing, ironworking, pharmaceuticals and rock salt refining.

  1. ^ "Superficie di Comuni Province e Regioni italiane al 9 ottobre 2011". Italian National Institute of Statistics. Retrieved 16 March 2019.
  2. ^ "Popolazione Residente al 1° Gennaio 2018". Italian National Institute of Statistics. Retrieved 16 March 2019.

and 26 Related for: Porto Empedocle information

Request time (Page generated in 0.8277 seconds.)

Porto Empedocle

Last Update:

Porto Empedocle (Sicilian: 'a Marina) is a town and comune in Italy on the coast of the Strait of Sicily, administratively part of the province of Agrigento...

Word Count : 396

Salvo Montalbano

Last Update:

evident resemblance between Porto Empedocle and Vigàta prompted the city of Porto Empedocle to rename itself "Porto Empedocle Vigàta" in 2003, although...

Word Count : 1328

Jo Prestia

Last Update:

Jo Prestia (born 5 June 1960 in Porto Empedocle) is an Italian born French kick boxer and actor. He has appeared in more than seventy films since 1996...

Word Count : 130

Andrea Camilleri

Last Update:

September 1925 – 17 July 2019) was an Italian writer. Originally from Porto Empedocle, Girgenti, Sicily, Camilleri began university studies in the Faculty...

Word Count : 1877

Railway network of Sicily

Last Update:

mining entrepreneurs was to get sulfur to the coastal refineries of Porto Empedocle and Licata, seaports for the embarkation of the ore; the area around...

Word Count : 8512

List of Sicilian Mafia members by city

Last Update:

This is a list of prominent Sicilian mobsters by city. Giuseppe Falsone (born 1970) Nicolo Rizzuto (1924–2010) Vito Rizzuto (1946–2013) Gerlando Sciascia...

Word Count : 1091

Scala dei Turchi

Last Update:

“Turkish Steps”) is a rocky cliff on the coast of Realmonte, near Porto Empedocle, southern Sicily, Italy. It has become a tourist attraction, partly...

Word Count : 368

Lampedusa

Last Update:

fishing, agriculture, and tourism. A ferry service links the island with Porto Empedocle, near Agrigento, Sicily. There are also year-round flights from Lampedusa...

Word Count : 3715

Gerlandino Messina

Last Update:

mesˈsiːna]; born on July 22, 1972) is a member of the Mafia in Sicily from Porto Empedocle. He was on the most wanted list of the Italian ministry of the Interior...

Word Count : 309

Rail transport in Italy

Last Update:

Castelvetrano-Porto Palo section of the Castelvetrano–Porto Empedocle railway [it] Agrigento Bassa-Porto Empedocle section of the Castelvetrano-Porto Empedocle railway...

Word Count : 5259

Sulfur mining in Sicily

Last Update:

refineries and milling plants in various coastal locations from Licata to Porto Empedocle and in the city of Catania. One of the problems underlying the various...

Word Count : 5933

Sicily

Last Update:

ports of Trapani and Marsala the Aegadian Islands and the port of Porto Empedocle the Pelagie Islands. From Palermo there is a service to the island...

Word Count : 16007

Luigi Putrone

Last Update:

September 8, 1960, in Porto Empedocle) is a former Sicilian mafioso, considered to be head of a powerful Mafia clan based in Porto Empedocle, in the province...

Word Count : 383

List of Sicilian Mafia clans

Last Update:

Cuntrera-Caruana Mafia clan (10 mandamenti): Ribera Santa Elisabetta Agrigento Porto Empedocle Canicattì Cianciana Sambuca di Sicilia Casteltermini Palma di Montechiaro...

Word Count : 174

Valle dei Templi

Last Update:

18th century, when the temple was used as a quarry for the port of Porto Empedocle. Near the south-western corner of the temples is a small edifice (12...

Word Count : 2115

Heritage railway

Last Update:

Castelvetrano-Porto Palo section of the Castelvetrano–Porto Empedocle railway [it] Agrigento Bassa-Porto Empedocle section of the Castelvetrano-Porto Empedocle railway...

Word Count : 5615

Giuseppe Falsone

Last Update:

in the province of Agrigento, jointly with Gerlandino Messina from Porto Empedocle. Giuseppe Falsone was born in Campobello di Licata in the province...

Word Count : 705

Agrigento

Last Update:

exported worldwide from the nearby harbour of Porto Empedocle (named after the philosopher Empedocles, who lived in ancient Akragas). In 2010, the unemployment...

Word Count : 3712

Luigi Pirandello

Last Update:

Sicilian dialect lit. "Trouser", from the shape of a nearby ravine), near Porto Empedocle, a poor suburb of Girgenti (Agrigento, a town in southern Sicily)....

Word Count : 5062

Siremar

Last Update:

Trapani↔Favignana↔Levanzo↔Marettimo Palermo↔Ustica Trapani↔Pantelleria Porto Empedocle↔Linosa Porto Empedocle↔Lampedusa Wikimedia Commons has media related to Siremar...

Word Count : 186

Tommaso Buscetta

Last Update:

Agrigento Province Agrigento Santa Elisabetta Porto Empedocle Canicattì Cianciana Ribera Sambuca di Sicilia Casteltermini Palma di Montechiaro Campobello...

Word Count : 2158

Operation Husky order of battle

Last Update:

present with administrative Navy Commands in Catania, Palermo, and Porto Empedocle. Maritime Military Base Messina-Reggio Calabria, in Messina - Ammiraglio...

Word Count : 14216

Zanclean

Last Update:

(C2An/C2Ar) magnetic reversal Upper boundary GSSP Punta Piccola Section, Porto Empedocle, Sicily, Italy 37°17′20″N 13°29′36″E / 37.2889°N 13.4933°E / 37...

Word Count : 814

Realmonte

Last Update:

Agrigento. Realmonte borders the following municipalities: Agrigento, Porto Empedocle, Siculiana. A tourist attraction in the town is the Scala dei Turchi...

Word Count : 376

Piacenzian

Last Update:

(C2An/C2Ar) magnetic reversal Lower boundary GSSP Punta Piccola Section, Porto Empedocle, Sicily, Italy 37°17′20″N 13°29′36″E / 37.2889°N 13.4933°E / 37...

Word Count : 1359

List of active Italian Navy ships

Last Update:

Porto Torres Y 416 Porto Corsini Y 417 Porto Empedocle Y 421 Porto Pisano Y 422 Porto Conte Y 423 Portoferraio Y 425 Portovenere Y 426 Porto Salvo Y 428...

Word Count : 1750

PDF Search Engine © AllGlobal.net