Lucca Sicula
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Lucca Sicula is a comune
Comune
In Italy, the comune is the basic administrative division, and may be properly approximated in casual speech by the English word township or municipality.-Importance and function:...

(municipality) in the Province of Agrigento
Province of Agrigento
Agrigento is a province in the autonomous island region of Sicily in Italy. It has an area of 3,042 km², and a total population of 454,370...

 in the Italian
Italy
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 region Sicily
Sicily
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, located about 60 km south of Palermo
Palermo
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 and about 40 km northwest of Agrigento
Agrigento
Agrigento , is a city on the southern coast of Sicily, Italy, and capital of the province of Agrigento. It is renowned as the site of the ancient Greek city of Akragas , one of the leading cities of Magna Graecia during the golden...

.

Lucca Sicula borders the following municipalities: Bivona
Bivona
Bivona is an Italian comune in the Province of Agrigento, Sicily.-Geography:Bivona is located at the feet of the Monti Sicani, in the mainland of Agrigento, on the boundary with the province of Palermo...

, Burgio
Burgio
Burgio is a comune in the Province of Agrigento in the Italian region Sicily, located about 60 km south of Palermo and about 40 km northwest of Agrigento...

, Calamonaci
Calamonaci
Calamonaci is a comune in the Province of Agrigento in the Italian region Sicily, located about 70 km south of Palermo and about 35 km northwest of Agrigento....

, Palazzo Adriano
Palazzo Adriano
Palazzo Adriano is a town and comune in the province of Palermo, Sicily, southern Italy.-History:The first mentions of one casale Arianum date from before 1060 under the reign of the Norman Roger I of Sicily. More reliable are the data on the hamlet of Palazzo Adriano reported in a document 1243...

, Villafranca Sicula
Villafranca Sicula
Villafranca Sicula is a comune in the Province of Agrigento in the Italian region Sicily, located about 60 km south of Palermo and about 40 km northwest of Agrigento...

. It is located in the lower Verdura
Verdura
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 river valley, and is connected only through a twisting, poor provincial road.

The main activity is agriculture, with production of olive oil and oranges.

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, United States
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  Lucca
Lucca
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, Italy
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