Back Reggio Calabria AN رية قلورية Arabic ريدجو كالابريا ARZ Reggio Calabria AST Recco Kalabriya Azerbaijani رجو کالابریا AZB Reggio Calabria BCL Рэджа-ды-Калабрыя Byelorussian Реджо ди Калабрия Bulgarian Reggio di Calabria Breton

Reggio Calabria

Reggio Calabria
Reggio Calabria  (Italian)
Ρήγιο/Rìji  (Greek)
Comune
Comune di Reggio di Calabria
Nickname: 
The city of Fata Morgana
Location of Reggio Calabria
Map
Reggio Calabria is located in Italy
Reggio Calabria
Reggio Calabria
Location of Reggio Calabria in Calabria
Reggio Calabria is located in Calabria
Reggio Calabria
Reggio Calabria
Reggio Calabria (Calabria)
Coordinates: 38°06′41″N 15°39′43″E / 38.11139°N 15.66194°E / 38.11139; 15.66194
CountryItaly
RegionCalabria
Metropolitan cityReggio Calabria (RC)
Government
 • MayorGiuseppe Falcomatà (PD)
Area
[3]
 • Total239 km2 (92 sq mi)
Population
 (30 September 2020)[4]
 • Total182,455
 • Density760/km2 (2,000/sq mi)
DemonymReggino
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code
89100 (generic)
from 89121 to 89135
Dialing code0039 0965
ISTAT code080063
Websitewww.comune.reggio-calabria.it

Reggio di Calabria (/ˈrɛdʒioʊ diː kəˈlæbriə/, US also /ˈrɛdʒ(i)oʊ diː kɑːˈlɑːbriɑː/;[5][6][7] Italian: Reggio di Calabria [ˈreddʒo di kaˈlaːbrja] (audio speaker iconlisten))[8] is a city in southern Italy, capital of the Metropolitan City of Reggio Calabria, and the twenty-first most populous city in Italy after Modena. Reggio was the capital of Magna Graecia. It was the first city to take the name of Italy, founder of the ononymous name, formerly populated by Italics. It is the third economic centre of mainland Southern Italy, the city proper has a population of more than 200,000 inhabitants spread over 236 square kilometres (91 sq mi), while the fast-growing urban area numbers 260,000 inhabitants. About 560,000 people live in the metropolitan area, recognised in 2015 by Italian Republic as a metropolitan city[9] and is the 100th most populated city in the EU.

  1. ↑ Spanò Bolani, Domenico (1857). Storia di Reggio da' Tempi Primitivi sino all'anno di Cristo 1797. Stamperia e Cartiere del Fibreno, Napoli, 1857. ISBN 8874481535.
  2. ↑ Spanò Bolani, Domenico (1857). Storia di Reggio da' Tempi Primitivi sino all'anno di Cristo 1797. Stamperia e Cartiere del Fibreno, Napoli, 1857. ISBN 8874481535.
  3. ↑ "Superficie di Comuni Province e Regioni italiane al 9 ottobre 2011". Italian National Institute of Statistics. Retrieved 16 March 2019.
  4. ↑ "Popolazione Residente al 1° Gennaio 2018". Italian National Institute of Statistics. Retrieved 16 March 2019.
  5. ↑ "Reggio di Calabria". The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language (5th ed.). Boston: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. Retrieved February 9, 2019.
  6. ↑ "Reggio di Calabria"[permanent dead link] (US) and "Reggio di Calabria". Oxford Dictionaries UK Dictionary. Oxford University Press. Retrieved February 9, 2019.
  7. ↑ "Reggio". Merriam-Webster Dictionary. Retrieved February 9, 2019.
  8. ↑ "Dizionario d'ortografia e di pronunzia". Archived from the original on 2021-06-06. Retrieved 2021-06-06.
  9. ↑ "E Reggio Calabria diventa "metropoli"". Retrieved 26 March 2015.

Developed by StudentB