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Map of region of Sicily, Italy.svg (by Vonvikken). This vector image includes elements that have been taken or adapted from this file: Italy map with regions.svg (by Helix84 ).
Map of Italian islands. This is a list of islands of Italy. ... The largest island is Sicily with an area of 25,711 km 2 (9,927 sq mi).
Sicily (Italian: Sicilia, Italian: [siˈtʃiːlja] ⓘ; Sicilian: Sicilia, Sicilian: [sɪˈ(t)ʃiːlja] ⓘ), officially the Sicilian Region (Italian: Regione siciliana), is an island in the central Mediterranean Sea, south of the Italian Peninsula in continental Europe and is one of the 20 regions of Italy.
The regions of Italy (Italian: regioni d'Italia) are the first-level administrative divisions of the Italian Republic, constituting its second NUTS administrative level. [1] There are twenty regions, five of which are autonomous regions with special status .
Italy also separates the western basin of the Mediterranean Sea from the eastern basin — that is, the Tyrrhenian Sea from the Ionian Sea — extending towards the west with Calabria and Sicily, which together geologically form a peninsular extension. Only 140 km (87 mi) separate Sicily and Africa (the Tunisian peninsula), by the channel of ...
Italy, [a] officially the Italian Republic, [b] is a country in Southern [12] and Western Europe. [13] [c] It consists of a peninsula that extends into the Mediterranean Sea, with the Alps on its northern land border, as well as nearly 800 islands, notably Sicily and Sardinia. [15]
Ustica (Italian pronunciation:; [3] Sicilian: Ùstica) is a small Italian island in the Tyrrhenian Sea.It is about 5 kilometres (3 mi) across and is situated 52 kilometres (32 mi) north of Capo Gallo, Sicily.
Castiglione di Sicilia (Sicilian: Castigghiuni di Sicilia) is a comune (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Catania in Sicily, southern Italy.It is one of I Borghi più belli d'Italia ("The most beautiful villages of Italy").