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| Zone | Insular Italy |
| Capital | Palermo |
| President | Salvatore Cuffaro |
| Provinces | Agrigento Caltanissetta Catania Enna Messina Palermo Ragusa Siracusa Trapani |
| Municipalities | 377 |
| Area | 25,700 km˛ |
| Population - Total - Density | 5,100,000 390/km˛ |
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| Map higlighting the location of Sicilia in Italy | |
Sicily's principal cities include the regional capital Palermo, together with the other provincial capitals Catania, Messina, Siracusa, Trapani, Enna, Caltanissetta, Agrigento, Ragusa . Other famous Sicilian towns include Cefalų, TaorminaTaormina is a town on the island of Sicily in Italy and in ancient times a Greek colony Tauromenium , dating from ca. It is popular with tourists. Wilhelm von Gloeden worked here most of his life as photographer of mainly male nudes. See also European arc, Bronte, Marsala, Corleone, Castellammare del Golfo , and Abacaenum (now Tripi ). The regional flag is divided diagonally yellow over red, with the trinacria symbol in the center.
The volcano Etna is situated close to Catania. The Aeolian islands to the north are administratively a part of Sicily, as are the Egadi Islands to the west, Ustica Island to the north-west, and the Pelagian Islands to the south-west.
Sicily has been noted for two millennia as a grain-producing territory: olives and wine are among its other agricultural products. The mines of the Caltanissetta district became a leading sulphur-producing area in the 19th century, but have declined since the 1950s.
Vehicles
A network of motorways crosses the island, much of it raised on columns due to the mountainous terrain.
Train
Sicily is connected to the Italian peninsula by the national railway company, Trenitalia, though trains are loaded onto ferries for the crossing from the mainland. Officially, the Stretto di Messina, S.p.A. insists that construction is scheduled to commence in 2005 on the world's longest suspension bridge, The Strait of Messina Bridge Project. If and when completed, it will mark the first time in history that Sicily has been connected by a land link to Italy.
Air
Sicily is served by national and international flights (mainly European) from to Palermo International Airport and Catania-Fontanarossa Airport . There are also minor national airports in Trapani and the smaller islands of Pantelleria and Lampedusa.
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