Catania

Catania
Comune
Comune di Catania
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Catania Location o Catania in Italy
Coordinates: 37°30′0″N 15°5′25″E
Kintra	Italy
Region	Sicily
Province	Catania (CT)
Frazioni	San Giovanni Galermo
Govrenment
• Mayor	Raffaele Stancanelli
Area
• Total	180.88 km2 (69.84 sq mi)
Elevation	7 m (23 ft)
Population  (31 December 2011)
• Total	291,274
• Density	1,600/km2 (4,200/sq mi)
Demonym(s)	Catanesi
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	95100
Diallin code	095
Patron saunt	St. Agatha
Saunt day	5 Februar
Website	Offeecial wabsteid

Catania listen  (pronounced [kaˈtaːnja], Greek: Κατάνη – Katáni; Laitin: Catăna an Catĭna) is an Italian ceety on the east coast o Sicily facin the Ionian Sea, atween Messina an Syracuse. It is the caipital o the eponymous province, an wi 298,957 inhabitants it is the seicont-lairgest ceety in Sicily an the tent in Italy.

Twin touns – sister ceeties

Catania is twinned wi:

• Phoenix, USA
• Grenoble, Fraunce, since 1961
• Ottawa, Canadae
• Oświęcim, Poland, syne 2010 (in German leid Auschwitz)