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Kaukana
36.7882° N, 14.5069° E
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Kaukana, also spelled Caucana, is a hamlet (frazione) of Santa Croce Camerina, a municipality in the Province of Ragusa, Sicily, Italy. It is located a few hundred metres from Punta Secca and a few km from Marina di Ragusa. It lies near Kaukanai (Ancient Greek: Καυκάναι), an ancient Greek port city.
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Refugees from Camarina
258 BC
Destruction by Saracens
around 827
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