Taranto

Taranto
Taranto
	Comune
	Comune di Taranto
	The Aragon Castle
	Coat airms
	Taranto Location o Taranto in Italy
	Coordinates: 40°28′N 17°14′E / 40.467°N 17.233°ECoordinates: 40°28′N 17°14′E / 40.467°N 17.233°E
Kintra	Italy
Region	Apulia
Province	Taranto (TA)
Frazioni	Talsano, Lido Azzurro, Lama, San Vito, San Donato
Area
• Total	209.64 km2 (80.94 sq mi)
Elevation	15 m (49 ft)
Population (Aprile 2012)
• Total	200,154
• Density	950/km2 (2,500/sq mi)
Demonym(s)	Tarantini or Tarentini
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	74121-74122-74123
Diallin code	(+39)099
Patron saunt	Saunt Catald o Taranto
Saunt day	Mey 10
Website	Offeecial wabsteid

Taranto (Italian pronunciation: [ˈtaːranto] ( listen); early Italian: Tarento frae Laitin: Tarentum;^[1] Auncient Greek: Τάρᾱς Tarās; Modren Greek: Τάραντας Tarantas; Tarantino "Tarde") is a coastal ceety in Apulia, Soothren Italy. It is the caipital o the Province o Taranto an is an important commercial port as well as the main Italian naval base.^[2]

Twin touns[eedit | eedit soorce]

Taranto is twinned wi:

↑ Eric Partridge, Origins: a short etymological dictionary of modern English, p. 695
↑ "Port of Taranto". World Port Source. Retrieved 16 September 2011.
↑ "Day of Twin between Taranto and Sparta". 24 Julie 2015. Retrieved 30 Julie 2015.
↑ "Taranto twinned with Brest". 23 Julie 2009. Archived frae the original on 29 Julie 2012. Retrieved 18 Mairch 2012.
↑ "Twin Cities and city-partners in Donetsk". Retrieved 18 Mairch 2012.