Naples, Italy
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Naples Napoli |
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| 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
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| Nickname(s): Partenope | |||
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 Naples
Naples
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| Coordinates: 40°50′N 14°15′E / 40.833°N 14.250°E | |||
| Country | Italy | ||
| Region | Campania | ||
| Government | |||
| • Mayor | Luigi de Magistris (MA) (PDL) | ||
| 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) |
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| Demonym(s) | Neapolitan(s), Napolitan(s) (English) Napoletano, Napoletani or Partenopeo, Partenopei (Italian) Napulitano, Napulitani (Neapolitan) |
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| 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 | ||
| Historic Centre of Naples | |
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| Name as inscribed on the World Heritage List | |
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| Location | Italy |
| Type | Cultural |
| Criteria | ii, iv |
| Reference | 726 |
| UNESCO region | Europe |
| Inscription history | |
| Inscription | 1995 (19th Session) |
| 2014 largest resident foreign-born groups | |
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| Country of birth | Population |
 Sri Lanka
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12,313 |
 Ukraine
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8,208 |
 China
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4,947 |
 Romania
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2,172 |
 Philippines
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1,917 |
 Pakistan
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1,370 |
Naples (/ˈneɪpəlz/; 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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