What is Messina?
{{Infobox Italian comune | official_name = Comune di Messina | image_flag = Flag of Messina.svg | image_shield = Messina-Stemma.svg | name = Messina | region = Sicily | province = [[Province of Messina|Messina]] (ME) | elevation_m = 3 | area_total_km2 = 211 | population_as_of = 1 January 2005 | population_total = 247592 | coordinates = {{coord|38|11||N|15|33||E|display=inline,title}} | frazioni = See [[Messina#Fractions|list]] | area_code = 090 | postal_code = 98100 | population_demonym = Messinesi, Peloritani, Mamertini | saint = Madonna of the Letter | day = 3 June | mayor = Renato Accorinti | website = [http://www.comune.messina.it www.comune.messina.it] }} '''Messina''' (in [[sicilian language|sicilian]] '''Missìna''') is a [[city]] in the [[region]] of [[Sicily]]. It is the [[Capital (city)|capital]] of the [[Province of Messina]]. About 250,000 people live in and about 500,000 people live around Messina. This makes it the third-largest city in Sicily. It has a hot-summer [[Mediterranean climate]] (''Csa'' in the [[Koeppen climate classification]]). == References == {{reflist}} {{Metropolitan City of Messina}} {{europe-stub}} [[Category:Messina| ]] [[Category:Capital cities in Italy]]