Ficarra
Ficarra is a comune (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Messina in the Italian region Sicily, located about east of Palermo and about west of Messina, in the Monti Nebrodi. It is surrounded by woods of hazel and olive trees.
Key facts
- Italian comune.name
- Ficarra
- Italian comune.official_name
- Comune di Ficarra
- Italian comune.image_shield
- Coat of arms of Ficarra.svg
- Italian comune.region
- Sicily
- Italian comune.metropolitan_city
- Messina (ME)
- Italian comune.frazioni
- Matini, Crocevia, Sauro, Rinella
- Italian comune.mayor
- Basilio Ridolfo
- Italian comune.area_total_km2
- 18.66
- Italian comune.population_total
- 1300
- Italian comune.population_as_of
- 30 June 2022
- Italian comune.population_demonym
- Ficarresi
- Italian comune.elevation_m
- 450
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Ficarra is a comune (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Messina in the Italian region Sicily, located about east of Palermo and about west of Messina, in the Monti Nebrodi. It is surrounded by woods of hazel and olive trees.
==History== Ficarra is believed to be Mediaeval in origin, possibly during the Muslim Emirate of Sicily. The name may be derived from the Arabic Fakhar (meaning: glorious), or the Sicilian Ficara (meaning: a field of figs).
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