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Acate
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Acate (Sicilian: Acati or Vischiri) is a small town and comune in the south of Sicily, Italy, part of the province of Ragusa. It is located in the Dirillo River valley, from Ragusa.
Key facts
- Italian comune.name
- Acate
- Italian comune.official_name
- Comune di Acate
- Italian comune.image_skyline
- Acate_(Rg)_Piazza_Libert%C3%A0_e_Chiesa_Madre.jpg
- Italian comune.image_shield
- Acate-Stemma.svg
- Italian comune.region
- Sicily
- Italian comune.province
- Ragusa (RG)
- Italian comune.frazioni
- Marina di Acate
- Italian comune.mayor
- Giovanni Di Natale
- Italian comune.area_total_km2
- 101.4
- Italian comune.population_total
- 11325
- Italian comune.population_as_of
- 30 November 2017
- Italian comune.population_demonym
- Acatesi
- Italian comune.elevation_m
- 199
- Italian comune.saint
- St. Vincent Martyr
- Italian comune.postal_code
- 97011
- Italian comune.area_code
- 0932
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- comune of Italy
- Named after
- Dirillo
- Official name
- Acate
- Demonym
- acatesi
- Country
- Italy
- Located in
- Province of Ragusa
- Population
- 10576
- Area
- 102.47
- Elevation
- 199
- Time zone
- UTC+02:00
- Shares border with
- Caltagirone
- Official website
- www.comune.acate.rg.it
- Image
- Acate (Rg) Piazza Libertà e Chiesa Madre.jpg
- Dialing code
- 0932
- Licence plate code
- RG
- Patron saint
- Blaise of Sebaste
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- postal code
- 97011
- Commons category
- Acate
- native label
- Acati
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Encyclopedic overview
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Acate (Sicilian: Acati or Vischiri) is a small town and comune in the south of Sicily, Italy, part of the province of Ragusa. It is located in the Dirillo River valley, from Ragusa.
Until 1938 it was called Biscari, and its history dates back until the 14th century. During World War II it was the location of the Biscari Massacre, in which American troops killed numerous unarmed German and Italian soldiers.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Acate” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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