Agrigento: Revizyonlar arasındaki fark

Akragas grew rapidly, becoming one of the richest and most famous of the [[Yunanistan|Greek]] colonies of ''Magna Graecia''. It came to prominence under the 6th-century [[tyrant]]s [[Phalaris]] andve [[Theron of Acragas|Theron]], and became a [[democracy]] after the overthrow of Theron's son [[Thrasydaeus]]. Although the city remained neutral in the conflict between [[Atina]] andve [[Syracuse, Italy|Syracuse]], its democracy was overthrown when the city was sacked by the [[Carthage|Carthaginians]] in [[406 BC]]. Akragas never fully recovered its former status, though it revived to some extent under [[Timoleon]] in the latter part of the 4th century.

Agrigento'nin belediye sınırları içindeki nüfusu (30.11.2010 itibarıyla) 59.136 kişidir. 19. yüzyıl ve 20. yüzyılda Agrigento'nun nüfusunun gelismesigelişmesi şu gösterimde görülebilir:<ref>Kaynak: [http://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agrigento Italyanca Wikipedia "Agrigento" maddesi]</ref>

[[Sulphur]] andve [[potash]] have been mined locally since Minoan times until the 1970s, and were worldwide exported from the nearby harbour of [[Porto Empedocle]] (named after the philosopher [[Empedocles]] who lived in ancient Akragas).