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401:Population
118:• 2005
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1272:Mount Etna
1152:government
958:and places
778:"Syracuse"
693:References
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127:Population
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966:Agrigento
330:Cassibile
53:1865–2015
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1460:Syracuse
1455:Rosolini
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620:Syracuse
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516:Floridia
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232:province
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1435:Pachino
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1370:Augusta
1357:of the
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1281:Economy
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991:Palermo
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976:Catania
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616:089017
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318:Normans
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248:Corinth
216:Italian
157:History
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99:Capital
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