What is Sicily?
{{Infobox Region of Italy |Name = Sicily |Italian_name = Sicilia |region_coa = Coat_of_arms_of_Sicily.svg |coa_size = |map = Italy Regions Sicily Map.png |flag = Flag_of_Sicily.svg |capital = Palermo |area = 25708 |area_source = |population = 5029683 |pop_rank = 4th |pop_ref = |pop_date = |GDP = 83 |GDP_year = 2006 |GDP_percent = |Website = [http://www.regione.sicilia.it/ www.regione.sicilia.it] |leader = Renato Schifani |leader_party = |NUTS = ITG |latd=37|latm=36 |longd=14|longm=10 |off_lang=Sicilian}} '''Sicily'''[[#Notes|<sup>[p]</sup>]] is the largest island in the [[Mediterranean]]. Along with some smaller islands it is an autonomous [[region]] of [[Italy]]. The [[capital city]] of Sicily is [[Palermo]]. The [[population]] was about 5,087,000 (over 5 million) in 2004. Sicily is the biggest region in the nation of Italy. [[Phoenicia|Phoenician]] and [[Ancient Greece|Greek]] people colonized the island in the 8th Century BC and sometimes fought wars there. [[Carthage]] controlled most of the island until [[Ancient Rome]] conquered it. In later centuries, [[Saracen|Saracens]] (who significantly impacted the Island genetically and culturally) fought against the [[Byzantine Greeks]], and [[Normans]] ruled it for a few centuries. A German dynasty and a French one ruled in the 13th century. After the 1282 revolts of Sicilian Vespers, the crown of Aragon and Spain took over the Island. Later, [[Giuseppe Garibaldi|Garibaldi]] in the [[Risorgimento]] conquered it and brought it into the [[Kingdom of Italy (1861–1946)|Kingdom of Italy]]. == Provinces == * [[Province of Agrigento|Agrigento]] * [[Province of Caltanissetta|Caltanissetta]] * [[Province of Catania|Catania]] * [[Province of Enna|Enna]] * [[Province of Messina|Messina]] * [[Province of Palermo|Palermo]] * [[Province of Ragusa|Ragusa]] * [[Province of Syracuse|