Province of Catania

Provincia di Catania
Val di Catania
Province of the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies, the Kingdom of Italy and the Italian Republic
1818–2015

Map highlighting area and location of the province of Catania in Southern Italy until 1927

Map highlighting area and location of the province of Catania in Italy since 1927
CapitalCatania
Area
  Coordinates37°31′N 15°4′E / 37.517°N 15.067°E / 37.517; 15.067
 
 2014
3,552 km2 (1,371 sq mi)
Population 
 2014
1,116,917
History 
 Established
1 January 1818
 Royal Decree of the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies
11 October 1817
 Giuseppe Garibaldi's Decree for the Kingdom of Italy
11 June 1860
 Disestablished
4 August 2015
Today part ofMetropolitan City of Catania

The province of Catania (Italian: provincia di Catania; Sicilian: pruvincia di Catania) was a province in the autonomous island region of Sicily, Italy. Its capital was the city of Catania. It had an area of 3,552 square kilometres (1,371 sq mi) and a total population of about 1,116,917 as of 31 December 2014.

Historically known also as Val di Catania, it included until 1927 a large part of the province of Enna.

It was replaced by the Metropolitan City of Catania starting from August 4, 2013.