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Within the [[Sicilian Mafia|Cosa Nostra]], a '''mandamento''' is traditionally a district of three geographically contiguous [[Sicilian Mafia|Mafia]] [[Cosca|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 [[Sicilian Mafia Commission|Mafia Commission]].<ref name=paoli53>Paoli, ''Mafia Brotherhoods'', p. 53</ref>
==List of mandamenti==
[[Palermo]] – The city of Palermo is divided into 8 local mandamenti: [[Porta Nuova, Palermo|Porta Nuova]], [[Brancaccio]], Boccadifalco, Passo di Rigano, [[Santa Maria di Gesù family|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, Agrigento|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]].
==See also==
*[[List of Sicilian Mafia clans]]
==References==
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*Dickie, John (2004). ''Cosa Nostra. A history of the Sicilian Mafia'', London: Coronet, {{ISBN|0-340-82435-2}}
*Paoli, Letizia (2003). ''[https://books.google.com/books?id=qX5NfHTWzS0C&dq Mafia Brotherhoods: Organized Crime, Italian Style]'', New York: Oxford University Press {{ISBN|0-19-515724-9}} ([http://www.organized-crime.de/revpao01mafiandrangheta.htm Review] by Klaus Von Lampe) ([https://web.archive.org/web/20071026131902/https://www.ccja-acjp.ca/en/cjcr/cjcr68.html Review] by Alexandra V. Orlova)
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