Catania

High school (ages 12+)
Geography

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Write what each word means, using the article.

Do not copy the article. Write two things you learned, the way you would explain them to a friend.

Answers below are taken from the article’s stored facts, so they match what the student read.

1. How many people live in Catania?City proper: 297,517. Metropolitan City: 1,068,563
2. How big is Catania?Second-largest municipality in Sicily by area and population
3. What is the capital of Catania?Capital of the Metropolitan City of Catania, a major administrative region
4. What language do people speak in Catania?Italian (official), Sicilian (widely spoken dialect)
5. When was Catania built?8th century BC by Chalcidian Greeks
6. What makes Catania special and why is it close to a volcano?Catania is a city on Sicily's east coast, right next to Mount Etna, Europe's most active volcano. The volcano shapes the city’s landscape and gives the area very fertile soil for farms.

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