Gela
Gela | |
|---|---|
| Comune di Gela | |
 Gela town by the pier | |
 Coat airms | |
  Gela Location o Gela in Italy | |
| Coordinates: 37°04′N 14°15′E / 37.067°N 14.250°ECoordinates: 37°04′N 14°15′E / 37.067°N 14.250°E | |
| Kintra | Italy |
| Region | Sicily |
| Province | Caltanissetta (CL) |
| Frazioni | Manfria |
| Govrenment | |
| • Mayor | Domenico Messinese (M5S) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 276 km2 (107 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 46 m (151 ft) |
| Population (31 December 2014) | |
| • Total | 76,723 |
| • Density | 280/km2 (720/sq mi) |
| Demonym(s) | Gelesi |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Postal code | 93012 |
| Diallin code | 0933 |
| Patron saunt | St. Maria dell'Alemanna |
| Saunt day | 8 September |
| Website | Offeecial wabsteid |
Gela (Italian pronunciation: [ˈdʒɛːla]; Ancient Greek: Γέλα[1]), is a ceety an comune in the Autonomous Region o Sicily, the lairgest for aurie an population in the island's soothren coast. It is pairt o the Caltanissetta province, bein the anly comune in Italy wi a population an aurie that exceeds thae o the province's caipital. Foondit bi Greek colonists frae Rhodes an Crete in 689 BC, Ghelas wis the maist influent polis in Sicily atween VII an VI centuries an the place whaur Aeschylus lived an dee'd in 456 BC.[2] In 1943 Gela wis the first Italian beach reached bi allies during the Invasion o Sicily frae the allies.
Twin touns
[eedit | eedit soorce]Gela is twinned wi:
References
[eedit | eedit soorce]- ↑ Smith, William, ed. (1854–1857). "Gela". Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography. London: John Murray.
- ↑ * (in Inglis) Piccolo, Salvatore. Gela. Ancient History Encyclopedia. December 20, 2017.