what area is the topic of the article?
Sicily
where is it located?
in the Mediterranean Sea
is it above or below the Italian Peninsula?
below
is it landlocked?
no
what is it's official name?
"Regione Siciliana"
in what era did people start inhabiteding it?
as early as 12,000 BC
what separates it from Italy?
the Strait of Messina
who were it's rulers in the early middle ages?
the Vandals, the Ostrogoths, the Byzantine Empire, and the Emirate of Sicily
what gave them autonomy?
the Italian constitutional referendum of 1946
what is the weather like?
a typical Mediterranean climate