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Capaci

Coordinates: 38°10′N 13°14′E / 38.167°N 13.233°E / 38.167; 13.233
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Capaci is located in Italy
Capaci
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Location of Capaci in Italy
Capaci is located in Sicily
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Capaci (Sicily)
Coordinates: 38°10′N 13°14′E / 38.167°N 13.233°E / 38.167; 13.233
CountryItaly
RegionSicily
Metropolitan cityPalermo (PA)
FrazioniVillaggio Sommariva Villaggio Leone
Area
 • Total6.12 km2 (2.36 sq mi)
Population
 (9 October 2011)[2]
 • Total11,045
DemonymCapacensi
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code
90040
Dialing code091
Patron saintSant'Erasmo
Saint day2 June

Capaci (Italian pronunciation: [kaˈpaːtʃi]) is a town and comune in the Metropolitan City of Palermo in Sicily, Italy. In 2011 the comune had a population of 11,045, with a density of 1,804.7 people per square kilometre.

The A29 autostrada running from Palermo to Punta Raisi Airport, and to the west and south-west of the island, passes through the commune. On 23 May 1992, this road was the scene of the assassination of anti-Mafia judge Giovanni Falcone and those with him, in an explosion known as the Capaci bombing. The site of the explosion is marked now by a memorial to those who were killed.[3]

Giovanni Falcone Monument in Capaci.

References

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  1. ^ "Superficie di Comuni Province e Regioni italiane al 9 ottobre 2011". Italian National Institute of Statistics. Retrieved 16 March 2019.
  2. ^ "Popolazione Residente al 1° Gennaio 2018". Italian National Institute of Statistics. Retrieved 16 March 2019.
  3. ^ Sofia Lotto Persio (23 May 2017). "How the mafia's murder of an Italian prosecutor became a turning point in Italy's fight against the mob". Newsweek. Retrieved 24 December 2019.