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| coordinates_footnotes = | region = SicilyMetropolitan City of Palermo>Palermo (PA)| frazioni = Gibilrossa, Portella di Mare| mayor_party = | mayor = Rosalia Stadarelli| area_footnotes = | area_total_km2 = 69.49| population_footnotes = | population_total = 29375 | population_as_of = 31 December 2017| pop_density_footnotes = | population_demonym = Misilmeresi| elevation_footnotes = | elevation_m = 129| twin1 = | twin1_country = | saint = San Giusto| day = Last Sunday of August| postal_code = 90036| area_code = 091weblink}}| footnotes = }}Misilmeri () is a town and comune in the Metropolitan City of Palermo, Sicily. It is approximately {{convert|15|km|mi|0}} from Palermo and its name means "the resting place or the messuage of the Emir", and dates from the Muslim emirate of Sicily. The village rose around a castle (today known as Castello dell'Emiro, or "Castle of the Emir") founded by emir Jafar II (998–1019). In 1068 the Battle of Misilmeri was fought between the Normans and ArabsMisilmeri is located in the Eleuterio Valley on the southern slopes of Montagna Grande.It is the birthplace of the magistrate Rocco Chinnici.

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