Porto Empedocle

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Porto Empedocle 'a Marina (Sicilian)
Comune
Comune di Porto Empedocle
Coat of arms
Location of Porto Empedocle
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Coordinates: 37°18′N 13°32′E / 37.300°N 13.533°E / 37.300; 13.533
Country	Italy
Region	Sicily
Province	Agrigento (AG)
Government
• Mayor	Calogero Martello
Area [1]
• Total	25.23 km2 (9.74 sq mi)
Elevation	2 m (7 ft)
Population  (30 November 2017)[2]
• Total	17,936
• Density	710/km2 (1,800/sq mi)
Demonym	Empedoclini
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	92014
Dialing code	0922
Patron saint	Saint Gerland of Agrigento
Saint day	February 25
Website	Official website

Porto Empedocle (Sicilian: 'a Marina) is a town and comune in Italy on the coast of the Strait of Sicily, administratively part of the province of Agrigento. It was named after Empedocles, a Greek pre-Socratic philosopher and a citizen of the city of Akragas (present-day Agrigento), in his day a Greek colony in Sicily. The primary industries of Porto Empedocle are agriculture, fishing, ironworking, pharmaceuticals and rock salt refining.