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Naples Napoli | |
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| Comune di Napoli | |
 Clockwise frae top left: the interior o Naples Cathedral, the Castello Nuovo, the Teatro San Carlo, the Ryal Palace an a view o the ceety harbour. | |
 Coat airms | |
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  Naples Location o Naples in Italy | |
| Coordinates: 40°50′N 14°15′E / 40.833°N 14.250°E | |
| Kintra | Italy |
| Region | Campanie |
| Province | Naples (NA) |
| Govrenment | |
| • Mayor | Luigi de Magistris (Italy o Values) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 117.27 km2 (45.28 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 17 m (56 ft) |
| Population | |
| • Total | 967,068 |
| • Density | 8,200/km2 (21,000/sq mi) |
| Demonym(s) | Neapolitan (Inglis/Scots) Nnapulitano (Neapolitan) Napoletano (Italian) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Postal code | 80100, 80121-80147 |
| Dialin code | 081 |
| Patron saunt | Januarius |
| Saunt day | September 19 |
| Website | Offeecial wabsteid |
Naples (Italian: Napoli 
listen (help·info), pronounced [ˈnaːpoli], Neapolitan: Napule) is a ceety in Italy; it is the caipital o the region o Campanie an o the province o Naples. Kent for its rich history, airt, cultur, airchitecture, muisic, an gastronomy, Naples haes played an important role in the Italian peninsula an ayont[3] for muckle o its existence, which began mair nor 2,800 year ago. Situatit on the wast coast o Italy bi the Gulf o Naples, the ceety is locatit haufway atween twa volcanic auries, Munt Vesuvius an the Phlegraean Fields.
Twin touns — sister ceeties[eedit | eedit soorce]
Naples is involved in toun twinnin (kent as gemellaggio in Italian), a mutual pairtnership wi several ceeties. Belaw are pairtner ceeties leetit on the offeecial wabsteid o the ceety o Naples;[4]
Kagoshima, Japan[5]
Lunnon, Unitit Kinrick
Miami, Unitit States
Baku, Azerbaijan
Athens, Greece
Budapest, Hungary[6][7]
Călăraşi, Romanie
Gafsa, Tunisie
Kolkata, Indie
Nablus, Palestine
Nosy Be, Madagascar
Palma de Mallorca, Spain
Santiago de Cuba, Cuba- Santiago de Cuba Province, Cuba
Valencia, Carabobo, Venezuela
Sarajevo, Bosnie an Herzegovinae, syne 1964[8]
References[eedit | eedit soorce]
- ↑ ‘Cety’ population (i.e. that o the comune or municipality). City of Naples Archived 2 Julie 2015 at the Wayback Machine. Comuni-italiani.it. 2012. Retrieved 11 Apryle 2012.
- ↑ Principal Agglomerations of the World Archived 4 Julie 2010 at the Wayback Machine. Citypopulation.de. 1 October 2011. Retrieved 1 April 2012.
- ↑ Gleijeses, Vittorio (1977). The History of Naples, since Origins to Modern Times. Naples.
- ↑ "Gemellaggi". Comune di Napoli. 8 Januar 2008.
- ↑ Kagoshimais the main sister-twin ceety o Naples. Naples haes entitled ane of its streets tae the Japanese ceety.
- ↑ "Sister City – Budapest". Official website of New York City. Retrieved 14 Mey 2008.
- ↑ "Sister cities of Budapest" (in Hungarian). Official Website of Budapest. Retrieved 31 Januar 2008.
- ↑ "Fraternity cities on Sarajevo Official Web Site". © City of Sarajevo 2001–2008. Retrieved 9 November 2008.
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