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- Covering 25,710 km² Sicily is the Italian region with the largest land area. It has a population of just over 5 million. Its capital is Palermo. |
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- Sicily is the biggest island in the Mediterranean Sea and is divided from the rest of Italy by the Messina Straits. |
- Mount Etna is one of the most active volcanoes in the world and the highest in Europe. |
- Agriculture is very important in Sicily. Sicilian oranges are famous throughout the world |
- Nicknamed God's Kitchen, its food is famous all over the world particularily its sweets like Cannoli and Bruccellati. |
- The novelist Luigi Pirandello, the composer Vincenzo Bellini and the artist Antenello da Messina were all born in Sicily. |
