Procida
| Procida | |
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| Comune | |
| Metropolitan City of Naples | |
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| Coordinates: 40°45′30″N 14°01′00″E / 40.75833°N 14.01667°E | |
| Country | Italy |
| Region | Campania |
| Frazioni | Vivara |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Raimondo Ambrosino |
| Elevation | 15 m (49 ft) |
| Population (31 December 2010) | |
| • Total | 10,596 |
| Demonym(s) | Procidani |
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) |
| • Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) |
| Postal code | 80079 |
| Dialing code | 081 |
| Patron saint | St. Michael |
| Saint day | September 29 |
| Website | Official website |
Procida (Neapolitan: Proceta) (Italian pronunciation: [ˈprɔːtʃida]) is one of the Flegrean Islands off the coast of Naples in southern Italy. The island is between Cape Miseno and the island of Ischia. With its tiny satellite island of Vivara, it is a comune of the Metropolitan City of Naples, in the region of Campania.
The island derives its name from the Latin name Prochyta. Προχύτη/Prochýtē means 'poured out' in Greek . According to another theory, Prochyta comes from the Greek verb prokeitai, meaning 'it lies forth', because of the appearance of the island seen from the sea.
Procida is located between Capo Miseno and the island of Ischia. It is less than 4.1 square kilometres (1.6 sq mi). Its coastlines, very jagged, are 16 km (9.9 mi). The Terra Murata hill is the highest point on the island (91 metres (299 ft)).
Geologically, Procida was created by the eruption of four volcanoes, now dormant and submerged.
Some 16th-15th c BCE Achaean objects have been found on Procida. Traces have also been found on Vivara, an islet off the southwest coast of Procida. The first historically attested Greek settlers arrive from the Aegean to this island during the 8th c BCE, followed by other Greeks coming from nearby Cuma.
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