Adranon, also called Adranos and known today as Adrano, was an ancient polis of Magna Graecia on the southwestern slopes of Mount Etna in Sicily, near the Simeto River.
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Founding Year Founding Year Elevation Band Climate Zone Sources
1. Wikipedia (Italian): Adranon
Wikipedia (Italian)Article text: founding statementQuote, Article text: founding statement
Secondo Diodoro Siculo, la città greca fu fondata da Dionigi di Siracusa, nel 400 a.C.
View the Source 2. Adranon (Wikidata)
P625 (coordinate location)Quote, P625 (coordinate location)
latitude 37.6625, longitude 14.836111
View the Source 3. OpenTopoData (SRTM 90 m): SRTM 90 m elevation at 37.6625,14.8361
OpenTopoData (SRTM 90 m)results elevationQuote, results elevation
"elevation": 564.0
View the Source 4. Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna): World Map of the Koeppen-Geiger Climate Classification, present climate data
Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna)Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 37.75, 14.75Quote, Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 37.75, 14.75
37.75 14.75 Csa
View the Source 5. GeoNames: Adrano - GeoNames
GeoNamescities500 record 2525769, nearest place to the city coordinates (0.31 km)Quote, cities500 record 2525769, nearest place to the city coordinates (0.31 km)
37.66358 14.83283 P PPLA3 IT 15 CT 087006 34446 560 562 Europe/Rome
View the Source Wikidata: Adranon
Wikidata Q28219837, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)View the Source Adranon (Wikipedia)
In Group: Cities of Southern Europe (World), Wikipedia; part-of country and UN M49 subregionView the Source Reader Challenges (0)
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