Borgetto

{{Infobox Italian comune

| name = Borgetto

| official_name = Comune di Borgetto

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| coordinates = {{coord|38|3|N|13|9|E|region:IT|display=inline,title}}

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| metropolitan_city = Palermo (PA)

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| area_total_km2 = 25

| population_footnotes = All demographics and other statistics from the Italian statistical institute (Istat)

| population_total = 7394

| population_as_of = 31 December 2012

| population_demonym = Borgettani

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| elevation_m = 290

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| postal_code = 90042

| area_code = 091

| website = {{official website|http://www.comune.borgetto.pa.it/}}

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| istat = 082013

| frazioni = Partinico, Giardinello, Montelepre, Monreale

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Borgetto (Sicilian: Lu Burgettu) is a small mountain Italian town of the Metropolitan City of Palermo in Sicily. As of 2012 Borgetto had an estimated population of 7,394.{{cite web | url=http://www.world-gazetteer.com/wg.php?men=gpro&des=gamelan&geo=460999313 | title=The World Gazetteer | access-date=2007-02-24 | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071001023454/http://www.world-gazetteer.com/wg.php?men=gpro&des=gamelan&geo=460999313 | archive-date=2007-10-01 }} The town overlooks the northern coastline of Sicily.

History

The origins of Borgetto are disputed. The two largely accepted theories are that Borgetto was set up as vantage point over the Mediterranean Sea by Arab invaders. Thus, comes the root of Borgetto, Burj, which translates to tower in Arabic. Borgetto is the combination of Burj (tower) and -etto (a suffix meaning small in Italian).

The other theory is that Borgetto was set up by the Greeks as Greek ruins are commonplace throughout Sicily. This theory, however, is based on theory as opposed to fact.

Image:Borgetto foto.jpg

Sources

Category:Municipalities of the Metropolitan City of Palermo