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Naples

Naples
Napoli
Comune
Comune di Napoli
Top:Panorama view of Mergellina Port, Mergellina, Chiaia area, over view of Mount Vesuvius, Second left:Naples Directional Center (Centro Direzionale di Napoli) and Spaccanapoli Street, Second right:Via Toledo Street, Third left:Naples Media Center, Third right:Castel Nuovo (Maschio Angioino), Bottom:View of Centro Direzionale di Napoli, from Naples Railroad Station
Top:Panorama view of Mergellina Port, Mergellina, Chiaia area, over view of Mount Vesuvius, Second left:Naples Directional Center (Centro Direzionale di Napoli) and Spaccanapoli Street, Second right:Via Toledo Street, Third left:Naples Media Center, Third right:Castel Nuovo (Maschio Angioino), Bottom:View of Centro Direzionale di Napoli, from Naples Railroad Station
Flag of Naples
Flag
Coat of arms of Naples
Coat of arms
Nickname(s): Partenope
Map of comune of Naples (Metropolitan city of Naples, region Campania, Italy).svg
Naples is located in Italy
Naples
Naples
Naples is located in Europe
Naples
Naples
Location of Naples in Italy
Coordinates: 40°50′N 14°15′E / 40.833°N 14.250°E / 40.833; 14.250
Country Italy
Region Campania
Government
 • Mayor Luigi de Magistris (MA)
Area
 • Total 117.27 km2 (45.28 sq mi)
Elevation 17 m (56 ft)
Population (30 September 2015)
 • Total 975,260 (municipality)
3,115,320 (metropolitan city)
Demonym(s) Neapolitan(s), Napolitan(s) (English)
Napoletano, Napoletani or Partenopeo, Partenopei (Italian)
Napulitano, Napulitani (Neapolitan)
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
 • Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)
Postal code 80100, 80121-80147
Dialing code 081
Patron saint Januarius
Saint day 19 September
Website Official website
UNESCO World Heritage Site
Historic Centre of Naples
Name as inscribed on the World Heritage List
Via Toledo1.jpg
Location Italy
Type Cultural
Criteria ii, iv
Reference 726
UNESCO region Europe
Inscription history
Inscription 1995 (19th Session)
2014 largest resident foreign-born groups
Country of birth Population
Sri Lanka Sri Lanka 12,313
Ukraine Ukraine 8,208
China China 4,947
Romania Romania 2,172
Philippines Philippines 1,917
Pakistan Pakistan 1,370

Naples (/ˈnpəlz/; Italian: Napoli [ˈnaːpoli], Neapolitan: Napule [ˈnɑːpələ] or [ˈnɑːpulə]; Latin: Neapolis; Ancient Greek: Νεάπολις, meaning "new city") is the capital of the Italian region Campania and the third-largest municipality in Italy, after Rome and Milan. In 2015, around 975,260 people lived within the city's administrative limits. The Metropolitan City of Naples had a population of 3,115,320. Naples is the 9th-most populous urban area in the European Union with a population of between 3 million and 3.7 million. About 4.4 million people live in the Naples metropolitan area, one of the largest metropolises on the Mediterranean Sea.

Naples is one of the oldest continuously inhabited cities in the world. Bronze Age Greek settlements were established in the Naples area in the second millennium BC. A larger colony – initially known as Parthenope, Παρθενόπη – developed on the Island of Megaride around the ninth century BC, at the end of the Greek Dark Ages. The city was refounded as Neápolis in the sixth century BC and became a lynchpin of Magna Graecia, playing a key role in the merging of Greek culture into Roman society and eventually becoming a cultural centre of the Roman Republic. Naples remained influential after the fall of the Western Roman Empire, serving as the capital city of the Kingdom of Naples between 1282 and 1816. Thereafter, in union with Sicily, it became the capital of the Two Sicilies until the unification of Italy in 1861.


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