Agrigento
Italian comune in Sicily
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Summary
Agrigento is a city[1]. Agrigento ranks in the top 7% of city entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (6,513 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Located in the administrative territorial entity: Free municipal consortium of Agrigento[3]
- Country: Italy[4]
- Instance of: comune of Italy[5], polis[6]
- Official language: Italian[7]
- Shares border with: Aragona[8], Cattolica Eraclea[9], Favara[10], Joppolo Giancaxio[11], Montallegro[12], Naro[13], Palma di Montechiaro[14], Porto Empedocle[15], Raffadali[16], Realmonte[17], Sant'Angelo Muxaro[18], Siculiana[19], Province of Caltanissetta[20]
- Twinned administrative body: Tampa[21], Valenciennes[22], Perm[23], Buenos Aires[24], Split[25], Granada[26]
- Postal code: 92100[27]
- Commons category: Agrigento[28]
- Licence plate code: AG[29]
- Patron saint: Gerland of Agrigento[30]
- Located in time zone: UTC+01:00[31], UTC+02:00[32]
- Local dialing code: 0922[33]
- Inception: 580 BC[34]
- Significant event: Siege of Agrigento[35], Battle of Agrigentum[36], Siege of Akragas[37]
- Official website: https://comune.agrigento.it/[38]
- Topic's main category: Category:Agrigento[39]
- Commons gallery: Agrigento[40]
- Population: 59,010[41], 59,648[42], 59,329[43], 59,605[44], 55,512[45]
- Office held by head of government: mayor of Agrigento[46]
- Described by source: Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[47], Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[48], Encyclopedic Lexicon[49], Jewish Encyclopedia of Brockhaus and Efron[50], Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[51]
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Cultural Significance
Things named for Agrigento include 15372 Agrigento[52], an asteroid[53].
Why It Matters
Agrigento has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[54] Agrigento is known by 27 alternative names across languages and contexts.[55]
Entities named for Agrigento include 15372 Agrigento[52], an asteroid[53].