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{{About|the place in Sicily||Marsala (disambiguation)|and|Masala (disambiguation){{!}}Masala}} {{Use dmy dates|date=August 2021}} {{Expand Italian|date=January 2022|topic=geo}} {{Infobox Italian comune | name = Marsala | official_name = City of Marsala | native_name = | image_skyline = Marsala, Sicily. Saline.jpg | imagesize = | image_alt = | image_caption = View of the city's harbour and part of the Saline di Marsala in the background | image_flag = Marsala-Gonfalone.svg | flag_alt = Banner | flag_size = 100px | image_shield = Marsala-Stemma.svg | shield_alt = | image_map = | map_alt = | map_caption = | pushpin_label_position = | pushpin_map_alt = | coordinates = {{coord|37|47|53|N|12|26|03|E|region:IT_type:city|display=inline,title}} | coordinates_footnotes = | region = [[Sicily]] | province = [[Province of Trapani|Trapani]] (TP) | frazioni = | mayor_party = | established_date = 396 BC<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.enchantingitaly.com/regions/sicilia/trapani/marsala.htm|title=Marsala, Sicily, Italy|website=enchantingitaly.com|access-date=2018-07-07}}</ref> | mayor = Massimo Grillo | area_footnotes = | area_total_km2 = 243.26 | population_footnotes = | population_total = 80158<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://dati.istat.it/Index.aspx?QueryId=18566|title=Popolazione residente al 31 Marzo 2020 : Sicilia|date=2020|website=I.Stat|access-date=2018-07-07}}</ref> | population_as_of = 30 September 2021 | pop_density_footnotes = | population_demonym = Marsalese<br>Lilibetano | telephone = 0923 | elevation_footnotes = | elevation_m = 3 | twin1 = | twin1_country = | postalcode = 91025 | istat = 081011 | saint = Our Lady of the Cave (Madonna della Cava) and Saint John the Baptist | day = respectively 19 January and 24 June | postal_code = 91025 | area_code = 0923 | website = {{URL|http://www.comune.marsala.tp.it|comune.marsala.tp.it}} | footnotes = }} '''Marsala''' ({{IPA|it|marˈsaːla|lang}}, {{IPA|scn|maɪsˈsaːla|label=local Sicilian:}}; {{langx|la|Lilybaeum}}) is an Italian comune located in the [[Province of Trapani]] in the westernmost part of [[Sicily]]. Marsala is the most populated town in its province and the fifth largest in Sicily.{{Historical populations|1861|29012|1871|31384|1881|36903|1901|53173|1911|63803|1921|70442|1931|52804|1936|57171|1951|68886|1961|74786|1971|73492|1981|79175|1991|80177|2001|77784|2011|80218|2021|80474|type=|footnote=Source: [[National Institute of Statistics (Italy)|ISTAT]]}}The town is famous for the docking of [[Giuseppe Garibaldi]] on 11 May 1860 (the ''[[Expedition of the Thousand]]'') and for its [[Marsala wine]]. A feature of the area is the [[Stagnone Lagoon]] Natural Reserve – a marine area with salt ponds. Marsala is built on the ruins of the ancient [[Ancient Carthage|Carthaginian]] city of Lilybaeum, and includes in its territory the archaeological site of the island of [[Motya]], an ancient Phoenician town. The modern name likely derived from the Arabic {{lang|ar|مَرْسَى عَلِيّ}} (''marsā ʿaliyy'', "Ali's harbor"), or possibly {{lang|ar|مَرْسَى اللّٰه}} (''marsā llāh'', "God's harbor").<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.etymonline.com/word/marsala|title=marsala {{!}} Origin and meaning of the name marsala by Online Etymology Dictionary|website=etymonline.com|language=en|access-date=2018-01-03}}</ref>
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