- Carlentini
Infobox CityIT
img_coa = Carlentini-Stemma.png
official_name = Comune di Carlentini
region =Sicily
province = Syracuse (SR)
elevation_m = 190
area_total_km2 = 157
population_as_of =2004-12-31
population_total = 22234
population_density_km2 =107
timezone = CET, UTC+1
coordinates = coord|37|17|N|15|01|E|region:IT_type:city(22234)
frazioni =Pedagaggi
telephone = 095
postalcode = 96013
gentilic = Carlentinesi
saint =St. Lucy
day =December 13 and 4th Sunday in August
mayor = Sergio Monaco (since2005-05-17 )
website =Carlentini ("Carrintini" in Sicilian, "Carruntini" in the local dialect) is a town in the
Province of Syracuse ,Sicily (Italy ).The city's name has its origins in the neighboring town of
Lentini . In 1551, Vice-KingGiovanni De Vega founded a new city in honour of Emperor Carlo V, naming it in Latin "Carleontini", or "Leontini of Carlo". In Italian, it became "Carlentini", and in the various Sicilian dialects, "Carrintini" or "Carruntini".
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