title: Villabate
text: # Villabate
  
  Villabate (Sicilian: Villabbati) is a comune (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Palermo in the Italian region Sicily, located about 8 kilometres (5 mi) southeast of Palermo. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 19,441 and an area of 3.8 square kilometres (1.5 sq mi).
  
  Villabate borders the following municipalities: Ficarazzi, Misilmeri, Palermo.
  
  ## Notable people
  
  * Mafia boss and founder of Colombo crime family Joe Profaci (1897 - 1962)
  * Athlete Luigi Zarcone (1950 - 2001)
  * Blessed priest Vittorio Salmeri (1922 - 1954)
  * Mafia's victim Vincenzo Sansone ( M. 1947)
  