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Borgetto

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Comune in Sicily, Italy

Borgetto
Comune
Comune di Borgetto
Location of Borgetto
38°3′N 13°9′E / 38.050°N 13.150°E / 38.050; 13.150
Country	Italy
Region	Sicily
Metropolitan city	Palermo (PA)
Frazioni	Partinico, Giardinello, Montelepre, Monreale
Area ^[1]
• Total	25 km² (10 sq mi)
Elevation	290 m (950 ft)
Population (31 December 2012)^[2]
• Total	7,394
• Density	300/km² (770/sq mi)
Demonym	Borgettani
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	90042
Dialing code	091
ISTAT code	082013
Website	Official website

Borgetto (Sicilian: Lu Burgettu) is a small mountain Italian town of the Metropolitan City of Palermo in Sicily. As of 2012 Borgetto had an estimated population of 7,394.^[3] The town overlooks the northern coastline of Sicily.

History

The origins of Borgetto are disputed. The two largely accepted theories are that Borgetto was set up as vantage point over the Mediterranean Sea by Arab invaders. Thus, comes the root of Borgetto, Burj, which translates to tower in Arabic. Borgetto is the combination of Burj (tower) and -etto (a suffix meaning small in Italian).

The other theory is that Borgetto was set up by the Greeks as Greek ruins are commonplace throughout Sicily. This theory, however, is based on theory as opposed to fact.

Sources

^ "Superficie di Comuni Province e Regioni italiane al 9 ottobre 2011". Italian National Institute of Statistics. Retrieved 16 March 2019.
^ All demographics and other statistics from the Italian statistical institute (Istat)
^ "The World Gazetteer". Archived from the original on 2007-10-01. Retrieved 2007-02-24.