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Provinces: Palermo, Agrigento, Caltanissetta, Catania, Enna, Messina, Ragusa, Siracusa, Trapani
This is the biggest island in the Mediterranean, separated from the Italian peninsula by the strait of Messina. It has important mountain groups: Peloritani, Nebrodi, Madonie, Iblei. The coasts offers a landscape of beauty almost everywhere; groups of smaller islands are scattered round the coast (the Eolie or Lipari, Ustica, the Egadi. the isle of Pantelleria and the Pelagie). The Etna, rising in the centre of a volcanic area of Sicily, is the highest active volcano in Europe (3,323 mt). The isles of Stromboli and Vulcano also are active volcanoes. Sicily is an island, one of the 20 regions of Italy, covering some 25,710 square kilometers situated off the south coast of mainland Italy. Sicily is mostly dry, subject to very little if any rainfall. It is a heavily populated region with some 5 million inhabitants. In recent years it has become an increasingly popular tourist destination for it's guaranteed sunshine and beaches. |
