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Acireale is a common one of the province of Catania. Of uncertain origin, today the urbanistico system is that typical one of the late-baroque cities of the Sicily. It rises to half of the sicialian jonica coast to 15 km from Catania. Its inhabitants call acesi (jacitani in sicialian). It is center of the diocese of Acireale. The name of the city derives from the Greek mythology, in which called divinity Aci was placed for one. These were shepherdesses of which innamorò Galatea, of which in its turn it was in love Polifemo, that it crushed avails again under a masso. From the blood of the shepherdesses nacque a fiume[1 ] called Akis from the Roman, today scomparso, that it became the toponimo of the zona[2 ]. The name of the city has endured however one slow evolution: it became Jachium under the bizantini, Al-Yag with the Arabs and therefore Aquilia with the Spanish. In XIV the century the city was settled down in the territory puts into effect them before (rose in the pressed ones of the castle of Aci, today Acicastello) with the name of Aci Aquilia or New Aquilia. The Acireale name was attributed to the city from single Filippo IV of Spain in the 1642[3 ]. The city has been constructed in a plateau on a terrazzo of lavica origin, called the Timpa that, with its 102 meters of height, places it nearly to strapiombo on the Ionian sea. The coast, where borgate rise various, is characterized from the reef of lavica origin. There is also a sure water source wealth and of green and the surrounding zone is cultivated, above all to citruses. The population is distributed in order little more of 60% in city and the remaining part resides in the various fractions, in a territory much antropizzato. Demographic dynamics sees a sure water-drainage of population, from the city to the fractions and also to the common neighbors, species those of Aci Chain, Aci Sant' Antonio and Santa Venerina become in part the periphery of the city. Many grips are the relations with the near city of Catania, characterize to you from pendolarismo are for the university studies that for job reasons. The city is common the more popoloso and important, of the metropolitan area of Catania after the city capoluogo. The municipal district of Acireale is in the region/district of Sicily and it's in the province of Catania. the postcode is 95024 and the code number is +39 095. Inhabitants are 48.601 and the surface is about 39 km2, with a density of population about 1.216 people for km2. Distance: from Rome 529 km, from Florence 759 km and from Venice 901 km.
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