Ramacca is a ''

comune The (; plural: ) is a local administrative division of Italy, roughly equivalent to a township or municipality. It is the third-level administrative division of Italy, after regions ('' regioni'') and provinces (''province''). The can also ...

'' (municipality) in a mountainous area in the

Metropolitan City of Catania The Metropolitan City of Catania ( it, Città metropolitana di Catania) is a metropolitan city in Sicily, southern Italy. Its capital is the city of Catania. It replaced the Province of Catania and comprises the city of Catania and other 57 munic ...

in the

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region of

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, located about southeast of

Palermo Palermo ( , ; scn, Palermu , locally also or ) is a city in southern Italy, the capital of both the autonomous region of Sicily and the Metropolitan City of Palermo, the city's surrounding metropolitan province. The city is noted for its ...

and about southwest of

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. It lies west of the

Plain of Catania The Plain of Catania ( Sicilian: ''La Chiana di Catania'', Italian: ''La Piana di Catania'') is the most extensive and most important plain in Sicily. Related categories *Province of Catania *Province of Enna Catania Catania (, , Sic ...

. Ramacca borders the following municipalities:

Agira Agira (; Sicilian: ''Aggira'', grc, Ἀγύριον) is a town and '' comune'' in the province of Enna, Sicily (southern Italy). It is located in the mid-valley of the River Salso, from Enna. Until 1861 it was called San Filippo d'Argiriò, i ...

Aidone Aidone (Gallo-Italic of Sicily: ''Aidungh'' or ''Dadungh''; scn, Aiduni) is a town and ''comune'' in the province of Enna, in region of Sicily in southern Italy. The extensive archaeological site of Morgantina is on a ridge close to the town. ...

, Assoro,

Belpasso Belpasso ( scn, Malupassu, Marpassu or Mappassu) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Catania in the Italian region Sicily, located about southeast of Palermo and about northwest of Catania. Belpasso is the second bigges ...

, Castel di Judica,

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Mineo Mineo ( scn, Minìu, Greek: ''Menaion'' and ''Μεναί'', Latin: ''Menaeum'' and ''Menaenum'') is a town and '' comune'' in the Metropolitan City of Catania, part of Sicily. It lies southwest of Catania, from Ragusa, from Gela, and from ...

Palagonia Palagonia ( Sicilian: ''Palagunìa'', Latin: ''Palica'') is a '' comune'' (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Catania in the Italian region Sicily, located about southeast of Palermo and about southwest of Catania. Palagonia borders the f ...

Paternò Paternò ( scn, Patennò) is a southern Italian town and ''comune'' of the Metropolitan City of Catania, Sicily. With a population (2016) of 48,009, it is the third municipality of the province after Catania and Acireale. Geography Paternò ...

Raddusa Raddusa is a '' comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Catania in the Italian region of Sicily, located about southeast of Palermo and about west of Catania near the lake Ogliastro. Raddusa borders the following municipalities: Aidone ...

. Its name derives from the

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''Rahal Mohac'' which means ''Hamlet of Mohac''. Ramacca is home to the ''Sagra del Carciofo'', which is an

artichoke The globe artichoke (''Cynara cardunculus'' var. ''scolymus'' ),Rottenberg, A., and D. Zohary, 1996: "The wild ancestry of the cultivated artichoke." Genet. Res. Crop Evol. 43, 53–58. also known by the names French artichoke and green articho ...

festival held every April. The economy of Ramacca is largely based on the cultivation of artichokes.

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