Sicily is an island in the central Mediterranean Sea and one of the twenty regions of Italy, situated south of the Italian Peninsula in continental Europe. Its capital is Palermo, and a 2026 figure recorded its population at 4,775,194 across an area of 25,832.39 square kilometers. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
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Italy, Countries Sicily is a region of Italy.
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Palermo is the capital of the autonomous island region of Sicily.
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Palermo was declared the seat of the Sicilian Regional Parliament, capital of the Special Status Region.
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Sicilian Baroque is the distinctive form of Baroque architecture which evolved on the island of Sicily, off the southern coast of Italy, in the 17th and 18th centuries, when it was part of the Spanish Empire.
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In 1920, he established the Abbey of Thelema, a religious commune in Cefalù, Sicily, where he lived with various followers.
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Akragas, Sicily
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The Tarocco Siciliano is a tarot deck found in Sicily
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Sicily (Italian and Sicilian: Sicilia), officially the Sicilian Region, is an island in the central Mediterranean Sea and one of the twenty regions of Italy, situated south of the Italian Peninsula in continental Europe.
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Capital Palermo
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Population (2026) Total 4775194
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25832.39
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37.5 N 14 E
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Sicily was given special status as an autonomous administrative division on 15 May 1946, 18 days before the 1946 Italian institutional referendum.
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island in the central Mediterranean Sea and one of the twenty regions of Italy,
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Sicily
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as capital of a Special Status Region (1947)
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The city is located on Sicily's east coast, facing the Ionian Sea at the base of the active volcano Mount Etna.
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