Gela is a municipality in Sicily's Autonomous Region, in the Province of Caltanissetta, and is the largest municipality on the southern coast of Sicily by both area and population. It was founded around 688 BC by Greek colonists from Rhodes and Crete and became an influential polis of Magna Graecia; the playwright Aeschylus lived and died there in 456 BC, and Allied forces made their first landing in Sicily at Gela during the 1943 invasion.
Facts
Area (sq km) Founding Year Elevation (m) Latitude37.066667 degrees north 2 Elevation Band Climate Zone Sources
1. Gela (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia FoundationInfobox: population_total
70215
- In Group: Cities of Southern Europe (World), Wikipedia; part-of country and UN M49 subregion
View the Source 2. Gela (Wikidata)
P571 (inception)
-0689-00-00T00:00:00Z
P625 (coordinate location)
latitude 37.066667, longitude 14.25
P2044 (elevation above sea level)
elevation 46 m
P2046 (area)
area 279.07 sq km
View the Source3. OpenTopoData (SRTM 90 m): SRTM 90 m elevation at 37.0667,14.25
OpenTopoData (SRTM 90 m)results elevationQuote, results elevation
"elevation": 54.0
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 37.25, 14.25Quote, Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 37.25, 14.25
37.25 14.25 Csa
5. GeoNames: Gela - GeoNames
GeoNamescities500 record 2524653Quote, cities500 record 2524653
37.07381 14.24038 P PPLA3 IT 15 CL 085007 75001 46 33 Europe/Rome
Wikidata: Gela
Wikidata Q39971, class allow-list match verified against P17/real-world identity (w-geo-qidcite-0926).View the Source Reader Challenges (0)
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