Trapani

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Trapani

Total population

55,219

WeatherAvg high 72.9°F

Coordinates38.02°, 12.52°

Demographic figures from ISTAT. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

Overview

Trapani is a coastal city and comune (municipality) in the western part of the autonomous island region of Sicily in Italy, located on a crescent-shaped peninsula between the Tyrrhenian Sea and the Mediterranean Sea. The capital of the Province of Trapani, it has long been associated with the historic salt trade and has increasingly developed as a destination for tourism. With a population of 54,636, it is the 11th-largest city in Sicily.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Climate

10-year averages from ERA5 reanalysis (Open-Meteo).

Notable people from here

Giovanni Battista Gianquinto

Italian lawyer and politician (1905-1987)

Antonio Scontrino

Italian composer

Salvatore Cassisa

Roman Catholic Archbishop (1921–2015)

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Andrea Carrera

painter (1590-1677)

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Andrea Palma

Italian architect

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Alberto Nacci

Italian musician and filmmaker

Antonino Zichichi

Italian nuclear physicist (1929-2026)

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Aldo Morandi

Italian politician (1896-1975)

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Cristoforo Milanti

Italian sculptor

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Giovanni Matera

Eldo Di Lazzaro

Italian composer (1902–1968)

Albert of Trapani

Italian saint (c.1240-1307)

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Vincenzo Virga

Italian mob boss

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Francesco Ferrigno

Italian architect

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Paola Bresciano

Italian association football player

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Giacomo Lo Verde

Italian artist

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Nearby places in Sicily

• Xitta
  2.2 mi away · pop. 1,550
• Nubia
  2.7 mi away · pop. 921
• Rigaletta
  3.8 mi away · pop. 829
• Salinagrande
  3.9 mi away · pop. 935
• Pizzolungo
  4.1 mi away · pop. 792
• Marausa
  5.3 mi away · pop. 1,194
• Bonagia
  5.4 mi away · pop. 1,004
• Marausa Lido
  5.5 mi away · pop. 357
• Guarrato
  6.1 mi away · pop. 901
• Sant'Andrea
  6.2 mi away · pop. 807
• Crocci
  6.3 mi away · pop. 461
• Napola
  6.6 mi away · pop. 867

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Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Books about Trapani

Pulsed fusion reactors

International School of Fusion Reactor Technology (1974 Erice, Italy) · 1975

Of Land And Sea, A Kid's Guide To Trapani, Sicily, Italy

Penelope Dyan · 2016

Earlier and Recent Aspects of Superconductivity

J. G. Bednorz · 1990

Tokamak reactors for breakeven

International School of Fusion Reactor Technology (1976 Erice, Italy) · 1978

Semiconductor Silicon: Materials Science and Technology

G. C. Harbeke · 1989

The whys of subnuclear physics

International School of Subnuclear Physics (15th 1977 Erice, Italy) · 1979

Earlier and recent aspects of superconductivity

K. A. Müller · 1990

Atti della riunione plenaria delle Sezioni della consulta economica provinciale

Camera di commercio, industria e agricoltura, Trapani, Sicily. · 1961

Search results from Open Library.

Official Identifiers