- Isola delle Femmine
Infobox CityIT
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official_name = Comune di Isola delle Femmine
name = Isola delle Femmine
region = flagicon|SicilySicily
province = Palermo (PA)
elevation_m = 7
area_total_km2 = 3
population_as_of =2001
population_total = 6208
population_density_km2 = 2039
timezone = CET, UTC+1
coordinates = coord|38|12|N|13|15|E
frazioni =
telephone = 091
postalcode = 90040
gentilic = Isolani
saint = Our Lady of the Graces (SS. Maria delle Grazie)
day =July 2
mayor = Gaspare Portobello (since June 14, 2004)
website =
mapx = 38.194
mapy = 13.249Isola delle Femmine (Sicilian: "Isula" or "Isula dî Fìmmini") is an Italian town in North-Western
Sicily , administratively part of theprovince of Palermo . It has 6,208 inhabitants (as of 2001).Despite its name, which can be translated in English as "Females' Island", the town is located in mainland Sicily; the "island" the name refers to lies in front of the town territory, but it is not inhabited anymore. The etymology of the name is uncertain: a story claims the origins of the name from a females' only prison supposedly located in the island in the 1500s.
The town of Isola delle Femmine is sister cities with the town of Pittsburg, located in the San Francisco Bay Area, California. The same fisherman statue that is in the town square in Isola can be seen in downtown Pittsburg with the names of the first settlers from Isola.
External links
*it icon [http://www.isoladellefemmine.org Official website of Isola delle Femmine]
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