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{{Short description|Province of Italy}}
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|image_map2_caption = Map highlighting area and location of the province of Catania in Italy since 1927
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|event1 = Royal Decree of the [[Kingdom of the Two Sicilies]]
|event1 = Royal Decree of the [[Kingdom of the Two Sicilies]]
|date_event1 = 11 October 1817
|date_event1 = 11 October 1817
|event2 = [[Giuseppe Garibaldi]]'s Decree for the [[Kingdom of Italy]]<ref>{{Citation|url=https://www.giustizia.it/resources/cms/documents/Atti_governo_Sicilia_1860_ridotto.pdf|title=Raccolta degli Atti di Governo dittatoriale e prodittatoriale in Sicilia - 1860|trans-title=Collection of the Dictatiorial and Pro-Dictatiorial Government Acts in Sicily of 1860|number=30|page=45|publisher=Francesco Lao|location=Palermo|date=1861|access-date=2020-02-08}}</ref>
|event2 = [[Giuseppe Garibaldi]]'s Decree for the [[Kingdom of Italy]]<ref>{{Citation|url=https://www.giustizia.it/resources/cms/documents/Atti_governo_Sicilia_1860_ridotto.pdf|title=Raccolta degli Atti di Governo dittatoriale e prodittatoriale in Sicilia – 1860|trans-title=Collection of the Dictatiorial and Pro-Dictatiorial Government Acts in Sicily of 1860|number=30|page=45|publisher=Francesco Lao|location=Palermo|date=1861|access-date=2020-02-08}}</ref>
|date_event2 = 11 June 1860
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[[Image:Mount Etna snow-toppd.jpg|thumb|right|[[Mount Etna]] was located in the Province of Catania]]
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[[File:Carnival at Acireale.JPG|thumb|The [[Carnival]] of [[Acireale]] is the most famous of the [[Sicily]]]]
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The '''Province of Catania''' ({{lang-it|Provincia di Catania}}; {{lang-scn|Pruvincia di Catania}}) was a [[Provinces of Italy|province]] in the autonomous island region of [[Sicily]] in southern [[Italy]]. Its capital was the city of [[Catania]]. It had an area of {{convert|3552|km2|mi2}} and a total population of about 1,116,917 as of 31 December 2014.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://demo.istat.it/bilmens2014gen/index.html|title=2014 Istat census}}</ref>


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[[Image:Mount Etna snow-toppd.jpg|thumb|right|[[Mount Etna]] was located in the province of Catania.]]
Historically known also as '''''Val di Catania''''' (''Catania Valley''), it included until 1927 a large part of the [[Province of Enna]].
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[[File:Carnival at Acireale.JPG|thumb|The [[Carnival]] of [[Acireale]] is the most famous of the [[Sicily]].]]
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The '''province of Catania''' ({{langx|it|provincia di Catania}}; {{langx|scn|pruvincia di Catania}}) was a [[Provinces of Italy|province]] in the autonomous island region of [[Sicily]], Italy. Its capital was the city of [[Catania]]. It had an area of {{convert|3552|km2|mi2}} and a total population of about 1,116,917 as of 31 December 2014.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://demo.istat.it/bilmens2014gen/index.html|title=2014 Istat census}}</ref>


Historically known also as {{lang|it|'''Val di Catania'''|i=no}},{{efn|From [[Siculo-Arabic]] {{lang|sqr|وَلاية}} {{transl|sqr|[[wilayah|walāya]]}}, with the administrative meaning of "province"; also used with the geographical meaning of "valley", relating it to [[Latin]] {{lang|la|vallis}}. Compare [[Val di Noto]].}} it included until 1927 a large part of the [[province of Enna]].
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It was replaced by the [[Metropolitan City of Catania]] starting from 4 August 2015.

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It was replaced by the [[Metropolitan City of Catania]] starting from 4 August 2015.


== History ==
== History ==
The Province of Catania was founded by Greeks, in 729 B.C. It was conquered by the Roman, in the [[First Punic War]], in 263 BC.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Co_VIPIJerIC&pg=PA222&dq|title=Merriam-Webster's Geographical Dictionary|last=Inc|first=Merriam-Webster|date=1997|publisher=Merriam-Webster|isbn=9780877795469|pages=222|language=en}}</ref> It had experienced many volcanic eruptions from the [[Mount Etna]], of which the first eruption was recorded in the year 475 BC.<ref name=":1" /> It was hit by a devastating earthquake in [[1169 Sicily earthquake|1169]], which caused an estimated death toll of about 15,000 people in the city of [[Catania]] alone.<ref>{{Cite book|title=The History of the Tyrants of Sicily by "Hugo Falcandus," 1154-69|last=Falcando|first=Ugo|date=1998|publisher=Manchester University Press|isbn=9780719054358|pages=216|language=en}}</ref> In 1669, it was also affected by the [[1669 Etna eruption]].<ref name=":1">{{Cite news|url=http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/mount-etna-erupts|title=Mount Etna erupts - Mar 08, 1669 - HISTORY.com|work=HISTORY.com|access-date=2017-09-18}}</ref> It was hit by another earthquake in [[1693 Sicily earthquake|1693]], which resulted in the death of about 12,000 people (63% population at the time).<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://storing.ingv.it/cfti4med/quakes/01148.html|title=Informazioni sul terremoto|website=storing.ingv.it|access-date=2017-09-18}}</ref>
The province of Catania was founded by Greeks, in 729 BC. It was conquered by the Roman, in the [[First Punic War]], in 263 BC.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Co_VIPIJerIC&pg=PA222|title=Merriam-Webster's Geographical Dictionary|date=1997|publisher=Merriam-Webster|isbn=9780877795469|pages=222|language=en}}</ref> It had experienced many volcanic eruptions from the [[Mount Etna]], of which the first eruption was recorded in 475 BC.<ref name=":1" /> It was hit by a devastating earthquake in [[1169 Sicily earthquake|1169]], which caused an estimated death toll of about 15,000 people in the city of [[Catania]] alone.<ref>{{Cite book|title=The History of the Tyrants of Sicily by "Hugo Falcandus," 1154–69|last=Falcando|first=Ugo|date=1998|publisher=Manchester University Press|isbn=9780719054358|pages=216|language=en}}</ref> In 1669, it was also affected by the [[1669 eruption of Mount Etna|1669 Etna eruption]].<ref name=":1">{{Cite news|url=http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/mount-etna-erupts|title=Mount Etna erupts - Mar 08, 1669|work=HISTORY.com|access-date=2017-09-18}}</ref> It was hit by another earthquake in [[1693 Sicily earthquake|1693]], which resulted in the death of about 12,000 people (63% population at the time).<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://storing.ingv.it/cfti4med/quakes/01148.html|title=Informazioni sul terremoto|website=storing.ingv.it|access-date=2017-09-18}}</ref>


== Geography ==
== Geography ==
The province of Catania was one of the nine provinces which make up the island of [[Sicily]]<ref>{{Cite book|title=Cross Sectional Dependence in Spatial Econometric Models: With an Application to German Start-up Activity Data|last=Klotz|first=Stefan|date=2004|publisher=LIT Verlag Münster|isbn=9783825879181|pages=135|language=en}}</ref> which is the [[List of islands in the Mediterranean|largest island]] in the [[Mediterranean Sea]].<ref>{{Cite book|title=The Invasion of Sicily 1943|last=Diamond|first=Jon|date=2017|publisher=Pen and Sword|isbn=9781473896123|pages=44|language=en}}</ref> It met the [[Ionian Sea]] at the north-east. The [[Province of Caltanissetta]] and the [[Province of Enna]] lay to the west, the [[Province of Ragusa]] and the [[Province of Syracuse|Province of Siracusa]] lay to the south, and the [[Province of Messina]] lay to the north. It also had the largest active volcano of Europe, Mount Etna. The provincial capital and largest commune was the city of Catania.<ref>{{Cite book|title=The Regions of Italy: A Reference Guide to History and Culture|last=Domenico|first=Roy Palmer|date=2002|publisher=Greenwood Publishing Group|isbn=9780313307331|pages=283–284|language=en}}</ref>
The province of Catania was one of nine provinces in the island of [[Sicily]],<ref>{{Cite book|title=Cross Sectional Dependence in Spatial Econometric Models: With an Application to German Start-up Activity Data|last=Klotz|first=Stefan|date=2004|publisher=LIT Verlag Münster|isbn=9783825879181|pages=135|language=en}}</ref> the [[List of islands in the Mediterranean|largest island]] in the [[Mediterranean Sea]].<ref>{{Cite book|title=The Invasion of Sicily 1943|last=Diamond|first=Jon|date=2017|publisher=Pen and Sword|isbn=9781473896123|pages=44|language=en}}</ref> It met the [[Ionian Sea]] at the northeast. The [[province of Caltanissetta]] and the [[province of Enna]] lay to the west, the [[province of Ragusa]] and the [[Province of Syracuse|province of Siracusa]] lay to the south, and the [[province of Messina]] lay to the north. It also had the largest active volcano of Europe, Mount Etna. The provincial capital and largest commune was the city of Catania.<ref>{{Cite book|title=The Regions of Italy: A Reference Guide to History and Culture|last=Domenico|first=Roy Palmer|date=2002|publisher=Greenwood Publishing Group|isbn=9780313307331|pages=283–284|language=en}}</ref>


=== Subdivisions ===
=== Subdivisions ===
There were 58 [[comune]]s (Italian: ''comuni'') in the province [https://web.archive.org/web/20070807094512/http://www.upinet.it/indicatore.asp?id_statistiche=6], see [[Comunes of the Province of Catania]].
There were 58 ''[[comuni]]'' ({{singular}}: ''[[comune]]'') in the province.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.upinet.it/indicatore.asp?id_statistiche=6|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070807094512/http://www.upinet.it/indicatore.asp?id_statistiche=6|title=Unione delle Province d'Italia (UPI)|archive-date=7 August 2007|website=upinet.it}}</ref>


==See also==
==See also==
* {{Portal-inline|Italy}}
* [[Metropolitan City of Catania]]
* [[Metropolitan City of Catania]]

==Notes==
{{Notelist}}


==References==
==References==
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Provincia di Catania
Val di Catania
Province of the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies, the Kingdom of Italy and the Italian Republic
1818–2015

Map highlighting area and location of the province of Catania in Southern Italy until 1927

Map highlighting area and location of the province of Catania in Italy since 1927
CapitalCatania
Area
 • Coordinates37°31′N 15°4′E / 37.517°N 15.067°E / 37.517; 15.067
 
• 2014
3,552 km2 (1,371 sq mi)
Population 
• 2014
1,116,917
History 
• Established
1 January 1818
• Royal Decree of the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies
11 October 1817
11 June 1860
• Disestablished
4 August 2015
Today part ofMetropolitan City of Catania
Mount Etna was located in the province of Catania.
The Carnival of Acireale is the most famous of the Sicily.

The province of Catania (Italian: provincia di Catania; Sicilian: pruvincia di Catania) was a province in the autonomous island region of Sicily, Italy. Its capital was the city of Catania. It had an area of 3,552 square kilometres (1,371 sq mi) and a total population of about 1,116,917 as of 31 December 2014.[2]

Historically known also as Val di Catania,[a] it included until 1927 a large part of the province of Enna.

It was replaced by the Metropolitan City of Catania starting from 4 August 2015.

History

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The province of Catania was founded by Greeks, in 729 BC. It was conquered by the Roman, in the First Punic War, in 263 BC.[3] It had experienced many volcanic eruptions from the Mount Etna, of which the first eruption was recorded in 475 BC.[4] It was hit by a devastating earthquake in 1169, which caused an estimated death toll of about 15,000 people in the city of Catania alone.[5] In 1669, it was also affected by the 1669 Etna eruption.[4] It was hit by another earthquake in 1693, which resulted in the death of about 12,000 people (63% population at the time).[6]

Geography

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The province of Catania was one of nine provinces in the island of Sicily,[7] the largest island in the Mediterranean Sea.[8] It met the Ionian Sea at the northeast. The province of Caltanissetta and the province of Enna lay to the west, the province of Ragusa and the province of Siracusa lay to the south, and the province of Messina lay to the north. It also had the largest active volcano of Europe, Mount Etna. The provincial capital and largest commune was the city of Catania.[9]

Subdivisions

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There were 58 comuni (sg.: comune) in the province.[10]

See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ From Siculo-Arabic وَلاية walāya, with the administrative meaning of "province"; also used with the geographical meaning of "valley", relating it to Latin vallis. Compare Val di Noto.

References

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  1. ^ Raccolta degli Atti di Governo dittatoriale e prodittatoriale in Sicilia – 1860 [Collection of the Dictatiorial and Pro-Dictatiorial Government Acts in Sicily of 1860] (PDF), Palermo: Francesco Lao, 1861, p. 45, retrieved 2020-02-08
  2. ^ "2014 Istat census".
  3. ^ Merriam-Webster's Geographical Dictionary. Merriam-Webster. 1997. p. 222. ISBN 9780877795469.
  4. ^ a b "Mount Etna erupts - Mar 08, 1669". HISTORY.com. Retrieved 2017-09-18.
  5. ^ Falcando, Ugo (1998). The History of the Tyrants of Sicily by "Hugo Falcandus," 1154–69. Manchester University Press. p. 216. ISBN 9780719054358.
  6. ^ "Informazioni sul terremoto". storing.ingv.it. Retrieved 2017-09-18.
  7. ^ Klotz, Stefan (2004). Cross Sectional Dependence in Spatial Econometric Models: With an Application to German Start-up Activity Data. LIT Verlag Münster. p. 135. ISBN 9783825879181.
  8. ^ Diamond, Jon (2017). The Invasion of Sicily 1943. Pen and Sword. p. 44. ISBN 9781473896123.
  9. ^ Domenico, Roy Palmer (2002). The Regions of Italy: A Reference Guide to History and Culture. Greenwood Publishing Group. pp. 283–284. ISBN 9780313307331.
  10. ^ "Unione delle Province d'Italia (UPI)". upinet.it. Archived from the original on 7 August 2007.
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