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Comune in Sicily, Italy
Capizzi
Comune
Comune di Capizzi
Location of Capizzi
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Coordinates: 37°51′N 14°29′E / 37.850°N 14.483°E / 37.850; 14.483
CountryItaly
RegionSicily
Metropolitan cityMessina (ME)
Government
 • MayorGiacomo Leonardo Purrazzo
Area
 • Total69.9 km (27.0 sq mi)
Elevation1,100 m (3,600 ft)
Population
 • Total2,284
 • Density33/km (85/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code98031
Dialing code0935
WebsiteOfficial website

Capizzi (Greek: Καπίτιον; Latin: Capitium) is a comune (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Messina in the Italian region Sicily, located about 100 kilometres (62 mi) southeast of Palermo and about 100 kilometres (62 mi) southwest of Messina.

Capizzi borders the following municipalities: Caronia, Cerami, Cesarò, Mistretta.

History

The origins of Capizzi are unclear, although certainly ancient. Capitium is mentioned by Cicero and Ptolemy, and appears from the former to have been a place of some importance. He mentions it in conjunction with Haluntium (modern San Marco d'Alunzio), Enguium (modern Gangi), and other towns in the northern part of the island, and Ptolemy enumerates it among the inland cities of Sicily. Its situation on the southern slope of the mountains of Caronia, about 26 kilometres (16 mi) from the Tyrrhenian Sea, and the same distance from Gangi (Enguium), accords well with the ancient indications.

References

  1. "Superficie di Comuni Province e Regioni italiane al 9 ottobre 2011". Italian National Institute of Statistics. Retrieved 16 March 2019.
  2. All demographics and other statistics: Italian statistical institute Istat.
  3. Cicero, in Verr. iii. 4. 3; Ptoemy. iii. 4. § 12; Cluverius Sicil.
Sicily · Comuni of the Metropolitan City of Messina



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