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Poggioreale (Sicilian: Poggiuriali) is a ghost town and comune in the province of Trapani, western Sicily, southern Italy, located in the Belice valley. Its economy was mostly based on agriculture and fruit cultivation.

Key facts

Italian comune.name
Poggioreale
Italian comune.official_name
Comune di Poggioreale
Italian comune.image_skyline
Poggioreale 2007.jpg
Italian comune.image_caption
Derelict buildings in Poggioreale
Italian comune.image_shield
Poggioreale-Stemma.png
Italian comune.region
Sicily
Italian comune.province
Trapani (TP)
Italian comune.mayor
Girolamo Cangelos
Italian comune.area_total_km2
37
Italian comune.population_total
1496
Italian comune.population_as_of
28 February 2017
Italian comune.population_demonym
Poggiorealesi
Italian comune.elevation_m
189
Italian comune.saint
Saint Anthony of Padua
Italian comune.day
June 13
Italian comune.postal_code
91020
Italian comune.area_code
0924

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Poggioreale (Sicilian: Poggiuriali) is a ghost town and comune in the province of Trapani, western Sicily, southern Italy, located in the Belice valley. Its economy was mostly based on agriculture and fruit cultivation.

In 1968, the Belice Valley earthquake destroyed the entire town of Poggioreale and killed 200 people. The town was eventually rebuilt in a safer place a few kilometers south.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Poggioreale” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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