Siracusa, Siracusa, Provincia di Siracusa, Sicilia, Italy

Alternative Names:	Gorad Sirakuza, Lungsod ng Siracusa, QIC, Sarausa, Sioracus, Sioracús, Siracuesa, Siracusa, Siracuxa, Siracuza, Siracüsa, Sirakueza, Sirakusa, Sirakuz, Sirakuza, Sirakuzae, Sirakuzai, Sirakuzas, Sirakuze, Sirakuzo, Sirakuzy, Siraküza, Sirakūzai, Sirakūzas, Syracusae, Syracuse, Syrakouses, Syrakus, Syrakusa, Syrakusy, Syrakuzy, Syrakúzy, sayrakwz, shirakusa, si ra ku sa, silakusa, srqwst, syrakwz, syrqwzh, xi la ku zha, Συρακούσες, Горад Сіракуза, Сиракузæ, Сиракуза, Сиракузы, Сіракуза, Սիրակուզա, סירקוזה, سائراکوز, سرقوسة, سرقوسہ، صقلیہ, سیراکوز, ซีรากูซา, სირაკუზა, シラクサ, 锡拉库扎, 시라쿠사
Type:	Seat of a second-order administrative division
Mindat.org Region:	Syracuse, Syracuse Province, Sicily, Italy
Region:	Siracusa, Provincia di Siracusa, Sicilia, Italy
Latitude:	37° 4' 31" N
Longitude:	15° 17' 11" E
Lat/Long (dec):	37.07542,15.28664
Köppen climate type:	Csa : Hot-summer Mediterranean climate
Elevation:	17m
Population:	97,472 (2017)
Mindat Feature ID:	2523083
Long-form Identifier:	mindat:2:6:2523083:5
GUID:	1b656965-4785-40d0-85ae-2aedf920f603

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Locality	Latitude	Longitude	Distance
Salpetre Cave, Latomia del Paradiso, Syracuse, Syracuse Province, Sicily, Italy	37° 4' 36" N	15° 16' 35" E	0.9km (0.6 miles)
Cordari Cave, Latomia del Paradiso, Syracuse, Syracuse Province, Sicily, Italy	37° 4' 35" N	15° 16' 32" E	1.0km (0.6 miles)
Grotta Scrivilleri, Priolo Gargallo, Syracuse Province, Sicily, Italy	37° 8' 28" N	15° 9' 35" E	13.4km (8.3 miles)
Saline, Augusta, Syracuse Province, Sicily, Italy	37° 14' 42" N	15° 13' 46" E	19.5km (12.1 miles)
Iazzotto quarry, Catania, Metropolitan City of Catania, Sicily, Italy	37° 22' 30" N	15° 2' 46" E	39.5km (24.6 miles)
Valle Guffari, Buscemi, Syracuse Province, Sicily, Italy	37° 6' 34" N	14° 49' 17" E	41.4km (25.7 miles)
Acqua Palomba, Pachino, Syracuse Province, Sicily, Italy	36° 41' 40" N	15° 7' 54" E	44.5km (27.7 miles)
Contrada Carubella (Carubella quarry), Pachino, Syracuse Province, Sicily, Italy	36° 41' 26" N	15° 5' 50" E	46.0km (28.6 miles)
Contrada Maucini, Pachino, Syracuse Province, Sicily, Italy	36° 41' 42" N	15° 4' 15" E	46.4km (28.9 miles)
Grotta Petralia, Catania, Metropolitan City of Catania, Sicily, Italy	37° 31' 59" N	15° 5' 7" E	53.9km (33.5 miles)
Rupe di Aci Castello, Aci Castello, Metropolitan City of Catania, Sicily, Italy	37° 33' 15" N	15° 8' 58" E	54.6km (33.9 miles)
Faraglione Grande, Cyclopean Islands (Cyclopean Isles), Aci Trezza (Acitrezza), Aci Castello, Metropolitan City of Catania, Sicily, Italy	37° 33' 35" N	15° 9' 55" E	54.9km (34.1 miles)
Aci Trezza (Acitrezza), Aci Castello, Metropolitan City of Catania, Sicily, Italy	37° 33' 41" N	15° 9' 26" E	55.2km (34.3 miles)
Mount Caliella, Palagonia, Metropolitan City of Catania, Sicily, Italy	37° 18' 42" N	14° 43' 35" E	56.1km (34.9 miles)
Mineo meteorite, Mineo, Metropolitan City of Catania, Sicily, Italy	37° 16' 59" N	14° 41' 59" E	56.9km (35.3 miles)
Monti Rossi, Nicolosi, Metropolitan City of Catania, Sicily, Italy	37° 37' 10" N	15° 0' 44" E	65.2km (40.5 miles)
Grotta Catanese I, Belpasso, Metropolitan City of Catania, Sicily, Italy	37° 35' 57" N	14° 56' 21" E	65.9km (40.9 miles)
Santa Maria di Licodia, Santa Maria di Licodia, Metropolitan City of Catania, Sicily, Italy	37° 36' 55" N	14° 53' 34" E	69.4km (43.1 miles)
Mt Calvario, Biancavilla, Metropolitan City of Catania, Sicily, Italy	37° 38' 27" N	14° 52' 32" E	72.6km (45.1 miles)
Grotta dei Tre Livelli, Zafferana Etnea, Metropolitan City of Catania, Sicily, Italy	37° 42' 6" N	15° 1' 57" E	73.2km (45.5 miles)
Silvestri craters, Nicolosi, Metropolitan City of Catania, Sicily, Italy	37° 41' 54" N	15° 0' 18" E	73.6km (45.7 miles)
Astrophysical Observatory, Ragalna, Metropolitan City of Catania, Sicily, Italy	37° 41' 34" N	14° 58' 25" E	74.0km (46.0 miles)
Hotel Corsaro, Belpasso, Metropolitan City of Catania, Sicily, Italy	37° 41' 57" N	14° 59' 38" E	74.0km (46.0 miles)
Refuge Sapienza, Nicolosi, Metropolitan City of Catania, Sicily, Italy	37° 42' 2" N	14° 59' 54" E	74.0km (46.0 miles)
Etna cable car, Nicolosi, Metropolitan City of Catania, Sicily, Italy	37° 42' 4" N	14° 59' 56" E	74.1km (46.0 miles)
Grotta Cutrona, Zafferana Etnea, Metropolitan City of Catania, Sicily, Italy	37° 43' 9" N	15° 1' 23" E	75.3km (46.8 miles)
Carrabba, Mascali, Metropolitan City of Catania, Sicily, Italy	37° 44' 59" N	15° 11' 14" E	75.5km (46.9 miles)
Dirillo River (Achates River), Ragusa Province, Sicily, Italy	37° 1' 3" N	14° 26' 10" E	75.8km (47.1 miles)
Grotta del Fumo, Zafferana Etnea, Metropolitan City of Catania, Sicily, Italy	37° 43' 40" N	15° 0' 51" E	76.4km (47.5 miles)
Grotta degli Archi, Biancavilla, Metropolitan City of Catania, Sicily, Italy	37° 43' 42" N	14° 58' 2" E	77.9km (48.4 miles)

View of Grotta dei Cordai in the Latomia del Paradiso quarries, ca. 1930.

Cordari Cave, Latomia del Paradiso, Syracuse, Syracuse Province, Sicily, Italy

View of Grotta dei Cordai in the Latomia del Paradiso quarries, ca. 1930.

Cordari Cave, Latomia del Paradiso, Syracuse, Syracuse Province, Sicily, Italy

View of Grotta dei Cordai in the Latomia del Paradiso quarries, ca. 1930.

Cordari Cave, Latomia del Paradiso, Syracuse, Syracuse Province, Sicily, Italy

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Regions in mindat.org that contain this locality

Region	Type

African Plate	Tectonic Plate
Pelagian basin, African Plate	Basin
Sicily, Italy	Autonomous Region
Hyblean Plateau (Hyblean Mountains; Hyblaean Plateau; Hyblaean Mountains), Sicily, Italy	Mountain Range
Syracuse Province, Sicily, Italy	Province
Syracuse, Syracuse Province, Sicily, Italy	Commune

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Regions in GADM Database

Region	GADM number
Italy, Sicily, Syracuse	112.15.87.0.0.0
Italy, Sicily, Syracuse, Siracusa	112.15.87.6698.0.0

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