The Province of Syracuse (; Sicilian: Pruvincia di Sarausa) is a province in the autonomous island region of Sicily in Italy. Its capital is the city of Syracuse, a town which was established by Greek colonists arriving from Corinth in the eighth century B.C. It has an area of and a total population of 404,847 (2013). Syracuse has 8% of the Sicilian population and 8.2% of Sicily's area.