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ALCAMO, province of Trapani, Sicily, 24m. W.S.W. of Palermo direct (51-1-m. by rail). Population (1931) 51,194. The Saracenic chief Al-Kamuk erected the castle (A.D. 828), consider ably altered since. Frederick II. removed the site lower down (1233). The surrounding district is very fertile.