Bisacquino | |
Official Name: | Comune di Bisacquino |
Coordinates: | 37.7°N 28°W |
Region: | Sicily |
Metropolitan City: | Palermo (PA) |
Mayor: | Tommaso Francesco Di Giorgio |
Area Total Km2: | 64 |
Population Footnotes: | [1] |
Population Total: | 4527 |
Population As Of: | 30 April 2017 |
Population Demonym: | Bisacquinesi |
Elevation M: | 715 |
Saint: | Saint Rosalia |
Day: | September 4 |
Postal Code: | 90032 |
Area Code: | 091 |
Bisacquino (Sicilian: Busacchinu) is a town and comune in the Metropolitan City of Palermo in Sicily, Italy. It is located 82km (51miles) from Agrigento and has approximately 4,500 inhabitants. The small town rises on an inner hill zone and is 700m (2,300feet) above sea-level. The economy is based on agriculture and products are sold in abundance in the main town including cereals, olives, vegetables, almonds, hazel nuts and wine-grapes. Sheep breeding is also active in Bisacquino.[1]
In the Everybody Loves Raymond episode "Mia Famiglia", "Zia (aunt) Sarina" hails from Bisacquino.