Palermo shahr va bandarest dar janubi Italiya, dar sohili shimolii jazirai Sitsiliya. Markazi mamurii viloyati Sitsiliya va muzofoti Palermo. Aholiash 666 hazor nafar (1975). Palermo az jihati ahamiyati iqtisodi badi Neapol duyumin shahri janubi Italiya ast. Korkhonahoi sanoati kishtisozi va tamiri kishti, samolyotsozi, elektrotekhnikayu elektronika, moshinsozii khojagii qishloq, va asbobhoi daqiq, sanoati sement, khimiya, bofandagi, duzandagi, poyafzol, mebel, chubgari, khurokvori, tamoku va poligrafiya dorad.
Mahalhoi atrofi shahr bo bordorii subtropiki, aflesunzor va plyajhoi khud mashhurand. Palermo— markazi turizm va kurorti zimistona. Dar Palermo universitet (az 1777), Akademiyai sanoei nafisa, konservatoriya, muzeyu nigoristonho, teatrhoi opera va drama mavjudand. Dar shahr har sol yarmarkai davlathoi atrofi bahri Miyonazamin guzaronida meshavad.
Shahr pet az milod bunyod yoftaast.