The municipality has 5.480 inhabitants and its area is 6.380 hectares for a density of population of 86 inhabitants per square kilometre. It rises on an inside hill zone and is 465 metres above sea-level.
The Town Hall is in Piazza Libertà, tel. ++39 924 992111 fax. ++39 924 62100.
Agricultural centre produces vegetables, corn, olives, grapes and fruit.
Santa Ninfa was dounded in 1605 by Luigi Arrias Giardina and was destroyed a lot of it (about 80%) by the earthq
uake of Belice of 1968. It has been entirely rebuilt in the same place, near the mount Calvario.
It is possible still now to see some ruins of buildings destroyed by the earthquake such as the war memorial in Libertà square and some remains of churches as well as the St. Anna Convent.
Near the town there is interesting mountain called Finestrelle (little windows) because there are many tombs which are such as small caves, so that it appears full of holes. It dates back to prehistoric age.
