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Gela (Sicilian and ; ) is a city and (municipality) in the Autonomous Region of Sicily, Italy; in terms of area and population, it is the largest municipality on the southern coast of Sicily. Gela is part of the Province of Caltanissetta and is one of the few in Italy with a population and area that exceed those of the provincial capital.Gela was founded in 698 BC by Greek colonists from Rhodes and Crete; it was an influential polis of Magna Graecia in the 7th and 6th centuries BC and became one of the most powerful cities until the 5th c. BC. Aeschylus, the famous playwright, lived here and d

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Gela is a large city on Sicily's southern coast in Italy that was founded by Greek colonists in 698 BC and became one of the most powerful cities in ancient Greece's colonial territories. Today it remains the largest municipality on Sicily's southern coast by area and population, and it was historically significant enough to be home to the famous playwright Aeschylus.

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Italian comune.name: Gela
Italian comune.official_name: Comune di Gela
Italian comune.image_shield: Gela-Stemma 2.svg
Italian comune.region: Sicily
Italian comune.province: Caltanissetta (CL)
Italian comune.frazioni: Manfria
Italian comune.mayor: Giuseppe Terenziano Di Stefano
Italian comune.elevation_m: 46
Italian comune.area_total_km2: 276
Italian comune.population_as_of: 30 September 2025
Italian comune.population_total: 70215
Italian comune.population_demonym: Gelesi
Italian comune.istat: 085007
Italian comune.saint: St. Maria dell'Alemanna
Italian comune.day: 8 September
Italian comune.image_flag: Gela-Bandiera.svg
Italian comune.motto: Heraclea civitas antiquissima
Italian comune.map_caption: Gela in the Province of Caltanissetta

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Official name: Gela
Demonym: gelesi
Population: 70109
Area: 279.07
Elevation: 46
Official website: www.comune.gela.cl.it
Image: Gela Montage.png
Dialing code: 0933
Licence plate code: CL

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Commons category: Gela
postal code: 93012
Commons gallery: Gela
P8168: Paradiso
P12749: Oskar von Miller
inception: 0689-00-00

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Gela (Sicilian and ; ) is a city and (municipality) in the Autonomous Region of Sicily, Italy; in terms of area and population, it is the largest municipality on the southern coast of Sicily. Gela is part of the Province of Caltanissetta and is one of the few in Italy with a population and area that exceed those of the provincial capital.Gela was founded in 698 BC by Greek colonists from Rhodes and Crete; it was an influential polis of Magna Graecia in the 7th and 6th centuries BC and became one of the most powerful cities until the 5th c. BC. Aeschylus, the famous playwright, lived here and died in 456 BC. In 1943, during the Invasion of Sicily, the Allied forces made their first landing on the island at Gela.

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