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Caltanissetta, Caltanissetta, Provincia di Caltanissetta, Sicilia, Italy


Alternative Names:Caltanisetta, Caltanissetta, Kal'tanissetta, Nissa, QCL, karutanissetta, qltnysth, Кальтаниссетта, קלטניסטה, カルタニッセッタ
Type:Seat of a second-order administrative division
Mindat.org Region:Caltanissetta, Caltanissetta Province, Sicily, Italy
Region:Caltanissetta, Provincia di Caltanissetta, Sicilia, Italy
Latitude:37° 29' 24" N
Longitude:14° 3' 43" E
Lat/Long (dec):37.49025,14.06216
Köppen climate type:Csa : Hot-summer Mediterranean climate
Elevation:568m
Population:56,715 (2018)
Mindat Feature ID:2525448
Long-form Identifier:mindat:2:6:2525448:2
GUID:6301f2f5-45ef-4607-ba37-f4f22445eea7
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LocalityLatitudeLongitudeDistanceBearing
Gessolungo mines (Gessolungo Mine), Caltanissetta, Caltanissetta Province, Sicily, Italy37° 30' 43" N14° 5' 16" E3.3km (2.1 miles)
Juncio Testasecca mines, Caltanissetta, Caltanissetta Province, Sicily, Italy37° 30' 42" N14° 5' 34" E3.6km (2.3 miles)
Taurina mines (Taurino mines), Caltanissetta, Caltanissetta Province, Sicily, Italy37° 30' 28" N14° 1' 27" E3.9km (2.4 miles)
Xirbi mud volcano (Maccaluba di Xirbi), Caltanissetta, Caltanissetta Province, Sicily, Italy37° 31' 43" N14° 2' 57" E4.4km (2.8 miles)
Capodarso, Enna, Enna Province, Sicily, Italy37° 29' 26" N14° 6' 45" E4.5km (2.8 miles)
Iannigreco mines (Jannigreco mines), Caltanissetta, Caltanissetta Province, Sicily, Italy37° 29' 46" N14° 0' 33" E4.7km (2.9 miles)
Musta Mine, Caltanissetta, Caltanissetta Province, Sicily, Italy37° 27' 11" N14° 5' 27" E4.8km (3.0 miles)
Stretto mines, Caltanissetta, Caltanissetta Province, Sicily, Italy37° 31' 6" N14° 6' 41" E5.4km (3.3 miles)
Lanzirotti Mine (Lanzarotta Mine), Caltanissetta, Caltanissetta Province, Sicily, Italy37° 26' 25" N14° 4' 29" E5.7km (3.5 miles)
San Leonardo mines, Caltanissetta, Caltanissetta Province, Sicily, Italy37° 30' 8" N13° 59' 49" E5.9km (3.7 miles)
Trabonella Mine, Caltanissetta, Caltanissetta Province, Sicily, Italy37° 30' 31" N14° 7' 37" E6.1km (3.8 miles)
Torretta Mine, Caltanissetta, Caltanissetta Province, Sicily, Italy37° 26' 12" N14° 2' 12" E6.4km (4.0 miles)
Zubi mines, San Cataldo sulphur mines, San Cataldo (San Cattaldo), Caltanissetta Province, Sicily, Italy37° 28' 29" N13° 59' 25" E6.5km (4.1 miles)
Misteci Mine, Caltanissetta, Caltanissetta Province, Sicily, Italy37° 25' 56" N14° 2' 47" E6.6km (4.1 miles)
Serra dei Gessi Mine, Caltanissetta, Caltanissetta Province, Sicily, Italy37° 29' 52" N13° 58' 52" E7.2km (4.5 miles)
Giumentaro Mine, Capodarso, Enna, Enna Province, Sicily, Italy37° 30' 42" N14° 8' 34" E7.5km (4.7 miles)
Canicassè mines (Canicassè Mine), Caltanissetta, Caltanissetta Province, Sicily, Italy37° 26' 6" N14° 0' 37" E7.6km (4.7 miles)
Ficodindia Mine, Caltanissetta, Caltanissetta Province, Sicily, Italy37° 33' 33" N14° 5' 46" E8.2km (5.1 miles)
Cane Mount, Pietraperzia, Enna Province, Sicily, Italy37° 23' 59" N14° 6' 1" E10.6km (6.6 miles)
Gabbara mines, San Cataldo sulphur mines, San Cataldo (San Cattaldo), Caltanissetta Province, Sicily, Italy37° 29' 56" N13° 56' 32" E10.6km (6.6 miles)
Giffarone Mine, Caltanissetta, Caltanissetta Province, Sicily, Italy37° 24' 40" N13° 59' 8" E11.1km (6.9 miles)
Cascavallo Mine (Musciarello Alessi Mine), Santa Caterina Villarmosa, Caltanissetta Province, Sicily, Italy37° 35' 22" N14° 4' 24" E11.1km (6.9 miles)
Barbaraso Mine, San Cataldo sulphur mines, San Cataldo (San Cattaldo), Caltanissetta Province, Sicily, Italy37° 29' 14" N13° 56' 11" E11.1km (6.9 miles)
Pasquasìa Mine, Enna, Enna Province, Sicily, Italy37° 30' 38" N14° 11' 8" E11.1km (6.9 miles)
Giffarò Mine, Caltanissetta, Caltanissetta Province, Sicily, Italy37° 24' 46" N13° 58' 44" E11.3km (7.0 miles)
Trabona salt mine, Mimiani salt deposit, Caltanissetta, Caltanissetta Province, Sicily, Italy37° 33' 48" N13° 58' 17" E11.4km (7.1 miles)
Musto Giunto Mine, Santa Caterina Villarmosa, Caltanissetta Province, Sicily, Italy37° 35' 8" N14° 7' 19" E11.9km (7.4 miles)
Santa Caterina Mine (Santa Caterina I Mine), Caltanissetta, Caltanissetta Province, Sicily, Italy37° 35' 14" N13° 58' 58" E12.9km (8.0 miles)
Garciulla Mine (Roccalumera Garciulla Mine), Santa Caterina Villarmosa, Caltanissetta Province, Sicily, Italy37° 35' 15" N14° 8' 30" E12.9km (8.0 miles)
Cicuta mines, Caltanissetta, Caltanissetta Province, Sicily, Italy37° 22' 19" N14° 3' 31" E13.2km (8.2 miles)
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View of the Testasecca sulfur mining area, ca. 1910.

Juncio Testasecca mines, Caltanissetta, Caltanissetta Province, Sicily, Italy
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Testasecca sulfur mine, Caltanissetta: underground sulfur mining scene, ca. 1910.

Juncio Testasecca mines, Caltanissetta, Caltanissetta Province, Sicily, Italy
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View of the Testasecca sulfur mining area, ca. 1910.

Juncio Testasecca mines, Caltanissetta, Caltanissetta Province, Sicily, Italy
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Testasecca sulfur mine, Caltanissetta: underground sulfur mining scene, ca. 1910.

Juncio Testasecca mines, Caltanissetta, Caltanissetta Province, Sicily, Italy

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Regions in mindat.org that contain this locality

RegionType
African PlateTectonic Plate
EuropeContinent
Sicily, ItalyAutonomous Region
Caltanissetta Province, Sicily, ItalyProvince
Caltanissetta, Caltanissetta Province, Sicily, ItalyCommune

Regions in GADM Database

RegionGADM number
Italy, Sicily, Caltanissetta, Caltanissetta112.15.81.6380.0.0
 
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