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Enna (Ennaan for Sicani, Henna for Greeks and Romans, the Arabs Yannah Qasr, Castrogiovanni age Norman in 1927 and Castrugiuvanni in Sicilian) is an Italian town of 27,987 inhabitants, capital of the province of Enna in Sicily.
Known as the provincial capital of Italy's highest, due to the altitude of the village, which stood at 931 m at the Town Hall, reaches 992 m at the Castello di Lombardia, the ancient Acropolis, ahead of Caltanissetta, Ragusa in Sicily .
Until 1926 known as the Castrogiovanni, the city is also known under the motto Urbs Inexpugnabilis, as the Romans called it by its elusiveness, Navel of Sicily, thanks to its central geographical position with respect to the Island, and Belvedere di Sicilia , for the superb views from here are good people on the island.
After a glorious past that saw her, already more than three millennia ago, the stronghold of choice for sicani, Greeks, Romans, Byzantines, Arabs, Normans, Swabians and Aragon, Enna is today undergoing a period of renewed growth and increased prestige at national and International, thanks largely to its modern university, with its racetrack Pergusa where races were sailed in Formula 3000 and Formula 2 (Grand Prix of Enna), and its industrial hub, which is building a plant for the production electricity through the exploitation of biomass and the first outlet village in Sicily, but also thanks to the great tracks that a long and prosperous have marked, as may be his castle, in its towers, its oldest neighborhoods and old town full of beautiful churches, fine buildings and unique viewpoints.

Geography
Enna is located in the highest part of a large mountain ridge, which towers over the valley of Dittaino to 931 m above sea level, with the dorsal V-shaped cake or second (other interpretation) of the pyramid cut off is located in the geographical center of Sicily , measurements around Enna in the chain of mountains Erei, sandstone and limestone mountains Slightly developed, which constitute a higher proportion of bank of Enna province. The northern side of the mountain is steep and has a higher altitude than the other, so that is cloaked by a large forest. The south, however, is greatly urbanized, since it represents an important transition between the high and the low city, which lies at the foot of the plateau. The town of Enna is among the top 30 largest municipalities in Italy: the territory it occupies an area of 357.14 km ², west-central portion of the Province, consisting mainly detected with altitude varies considerably, between the minimum of 230 m above sea level and the maximum of 990 corresponding to the top of the mountain on which stands the city and where the site was an ancient acropolis. About 10 km south of the old town is the lake Pergusa, to 677 m above sea level, characterized by a endorheic basin, an important stopover and wintering areas for many species of birds around the shores of which runs the eponymous race track, the most of southern Italy. With regard to the rivers, those that flow in the territory of Enna are primarily torrential, if we exclude the Dittaino, a tributary of Simeto, and salsa Imera South. Enna is commonly divided into two "macro-areas", Enna Enna High and Low, plus Pergusa, although a fraction. All three urban areas are clearly separated from the geographical point of view.

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