Mascalucia (
Sicilian: ''Mascalucìa'') 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 ...
'' (municipality) in the
Metropolitan City of Catania
The Metropolitan City of Catania ( it, Città metropolitana di Catania) is a Metropolitan cities of Italy, metropolitan city in Sicily, southern Italy. Its capital is the city of Catania. It replaced the Province of Catania and comprises the city o ...
in the
Italian region
Sicily
(man) it, Siciliana (woman)
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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 it ...
and about north of
Catania.
Mascalucia borders the following municipalities:
Belpasso,
Catania,
Gravina di Catania,
Nicolosi,
Pedara
Pedara ( scn, Pirara) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Catania in the Italy, Italian region Sicily, located about southeast of Palermo and about north of Catania.
Pedara borders the municipalities of Mascalucia, Nic ...
,
San Pietro Clarenza,
Tremestieri Etneo.
It is also the most populated Comune of Catania's province.
References
External links
Official website
Cities and towns in Sicily
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