Caltanissetta

E87515
city municipality

Caltanissetta is a historic inland city in central Sicily, Italy, known for its former sulfur mining industry and panoramic hilltop setting.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf city ⓘ
municipality ⓘ
administrativeStatus comune ⓘ
capitalOf Province of Caltanissetta ⓘ
continent Europe ⓘ
country Italy ⓘ
countrySubdivision Sicily ⓘ
surface form: Region of Sicily
dialingCode +39 0934 ⓘ
elevation about 568 metres above sea level ⓘ
governmentType Italian comune ⓘ
hasClimate Mediterranean climate ⓘ
hasDemonym Nisseni ⓘ
hasEconomicHistory agriculture ⓘ
sulfur extraction ⓘ
hasHistoricActivity mining ⓘ
hasHistoricPeriodOfProsperity 19th century sulfur boom ⓘ
hasItalianName Caltanissetta self-link ⓘ
hasLandmark Cathedral of Santa Maria la Nova ⓘ
Church of San Sebastiano ⓘ
Pietrarossa Castle ⓘ
hasNearbyCity Akragas ⓘ
surface form: Agrigento

Catania NERFINISHED ⓘ
Enna ⓘ
hasProvinceCode CL ⓘ
hasReligiousBuilding Roman Catholic cathedral ⓘ
hasTransport Caltanissetta Centrale railway station ⓘ
Caltanissetta Centrale railway station ⓘ
surface form: Caltanissetta Xirbi railway station
isHistoricCity true ⓘ
isInlandCity true ⓘ
isPartOf Italian Republic ⓘ
isProvincialCapital true ⓘ
knownFor panoramic hilltop setting ⓘ
sulfur mining industry ⓘ
language Italian ⓘ
locatedIn Province of Caltanissetta ⓘ
Sicily ⓘ
central Sicily ⓘ
Southern Italy ⓘ
surface form: southern Italy
locatedOn hills of central Sicily ⓘ
majorReligion Roman Catholicism ⓘ
postalCodePrefix 93100 ⓘ
regionalLanguage Sicilian ⓘ
regionCapital Palermo NERFINISHED ⓘ
roadConnection Strada Statale 626 ⓘ
Strada Statale 640 ⓘ
timeZone Central European Time ⓘ
timeZoneDST Central European Summer Time ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Sicily → hasCity → Caltanissetta ⓘ
Caltanissetta → hasItalianName → Caltanissetta self-link ⓘ
Sierre → hasTwinTown → Caltanissetta ⓘ
European route E25 → passesThroughCity → Caltanissetta ⓘ