Mandamento (Sicilian Mafia)
Within the Cosa Nostra, a mandamento is traditionally a district of three geographically contiguous Mafia cosche, which are families controlling a single land feud, or a city ward, in Sicily. A capomandamento represents the head of a territory, the mandamento, and is usually entitled to be part of the provincial Mafia Commission.[1]
List of mandamenti
[edit | edit source]Palermo – The city of Palermo is divided into 8 local mandamenti: Porta Nuova, Brancaccio, Boccadifalco, Passo di Rigano, Santa Maria di Gesù, Noce, Pagliarelli, Resuttana and San Lorenzo.
Province of Palermo – The province of Palermo is divided into 7 mandamenti: Camporeale (born from the merger of the mandamenti of Partinico and San Giuseppe Jato), Corleone, Cinisi, Bagheria, Trabia, Belmonte Mezzagno, San Mauro Castelverde.
Province of Agrigento – The province of Agrigento consists of 10 mandamenti: Agrigento, Santa Elisabetta, Porto Empedocle, Canicattì, Cianciana, Ribera, Sambuca di Sicilia, Casteltermini, Palma di Montechiaro and Campobello di Licata.
Province of Trapani – The province of Trapani consists of 4 mandamenti: Castelvetrano, Trapani, Mazara del Vallo and Alcamo.
Province of Caltanissetta – The province of Caltanissetta consists of 4 mandamenti: Gela, Vallelunga Pratameno, Riesi and Mussomeli.
Other provinces
[edit | edit source]Province of Catania – The province of Catania has no mandamenti, but is instead controlled by 3 mafia families: Catania, Caltagirone and Ramacca.
Province of Enna – The province of Enna has no mandamenti, but is instead controlled by 5 mafia families: Barrafranca, Calascibetta, Enna, Pietraperzia and Villarosa.[2]
See also
[edit | edit source]References
[edit | edit source]- Dickie, John (2004). Cosa Nostra. A history of the Sicilian Mafia, London: Coronet, Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
- Paoli, Letizia (2003). Mafia Brotherhoods: Organized Crime, Italian Style, New York: Oxford University Press Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value). (Review by Klaus Von Lampe) (Review by Alexandra V. Orlova)
