Genoa

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Genoa

Genova
Comune di Genova
A collage o Genoa, Clockwise frae top left: Torre della Lanterna, Piazza de Ferrari, Galleria Mazzini, Brigata Liguria Street, View o San Teodoro frae Genoa Port
A collage o Genoa, Clockwise frae top left: Torre della Lanterna, Piazza de Ferrari, Galleria Mazzini, Brigata Liguria Street, View o San Teodoro frae Genoa Port
Banner o Genoa
Banner
Coat of airms o Genoa
Coat airms
Genoa is located in Italy
Genoa
Genoa
Location o Genoa in Italy
Coordinates: 44°24′40″N 8°55′58″E / 44.41111°N 8.93278°E / 44.41111; 8.93278Coordinates: 44°24′40″N 8°55′58″E / 44.41111°N 8.93278°E / 44.41111; 8.93278
KintraItaly
RegionLigurie
ProvinceGenoa (GE)
Govrenment
 • MayorMarco Doria (Independent – Centre-left)
Area
 • Total243.60 km2 (94.05 sq mi)
Elevation
20 m (70 ft)
Population
 (31 August 2011)[1]
 • Total608,154
 • Density2,500/km2 (6,500/sq mi)
Demonym(s)Genovesi
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code
16121-16167
Diallin code010
Patron sauntJohn the Baptist
Saunt dayJune 24
WebsiteOffeecial wabsteid

Genoa (Italian: Genova Aboot this soondlisten , pronounced [ˈdʒɛːnova]; in Genoese an Ligurian: Zena, pronounced [ˈzeːna]; in Laitin an, archaically, in Inglis: Genua) is a ceety an an impairtant seaport in nairthren Italy, the caipital o the Province o Genoa an o the region o Ligurie.

The ceety haes a population o aboot 610,000 an the urban aurie haes a population o aboot 900,000. Genoa's Metropolitan Aurie haes a population o aboot 1,400,000. It is an aa creit la Superba ("the Superb ane") due tae its glarious past.[2] Pairt o the auld ceety o Genoa wis inscribit on the Warld Heritage Leet (UNESCO) in 2006. The ceety's rich airt, muisic, gastronomie, airchitectur an historie, made it 2004's EU Caipital o cultur.

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  1. Total population referred to to the comune (or municipality), rather than the extended urban area. Notiziario statistico del Comune di Genova – Andamento della popolazione al 31 dicembre 2009 (Statistical report of Genoa Municipality at december 31, 2009) Archived 2012-01-11 at the Wayback Machine
  2. "Genoa: a bloody history, a beguiling present | Italy". London: Times Online. 25 Apryle 2004. Retrieved 11 Apryle 2009.