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Avetrana is a town and comune in the Taranto province in the Apulia region of southeast Italy. In Italy, the comune, (plural comuni) is the basic administrative unit of both provinces and regions, and may be properly approximated in casual speech by the English word township or municipality. ... Founded 706 BC as Taras () Region Apulia Mayor Rossana Di Bello Area  - City Proper  217 km² Population  - City (2001)  - Density (city proper) 201,349 973/km² Time zone CET, UTC+1 Latitude Longitude 40°28 N 17°14 E www. ... Apulia (official Italian name: Puglia) is a region in southeastern Italy bordering the Adriatic Sea in the east, the Ionian Sea to the southeast, and the Strait of Otranto and Gulf of Taranto in the south. ...


Apulia is a region of Italy (called Puglia in Italian), bordering on Molise to the north-west, Campania to the south-west, Basilicata to the south, the Adriatic Sea to the east and the Ionian Sea to the south-east. ... Taranto (It. ... Castellaneta is a city of the province of Taranto (formerly in the province of Lecce), in Puglia region, in Southern Italy, about twenty-four miles from Taranto (Tarentum) and a suffragan diocese (Castellanetenis) of the archbishop of Taranto. ... Grottaglie is a town in Taranto, Puglia, southern Italy. ... Manduria is a city of Apulia, Italy, in the province of Taranto. ... Martina Franca is a town in the province of Taranto, Apulia, Italy. ... Founded 706 BC as Taras () Region Apulia Mayor Rossana Di Bello Area  - City Proper  217 km² Population  - City (2001)  - Density (city proper) 201,349 973/km² Time zone CET, UTC+1 Latitude Longitude 40°28 N 17°14 E www. ...

Europe | Italy | Apulia (Puglia)
Bari | Brindisi | Foggia | Lecce | Taranto

new province: Barletta-Andria-Trani World map showing Europe Political map Europe is one of the seven traditional continents of Earth; the term continent here referring to a cultural and political distinction, rather than a physiographic one, thus leading to various perspectives about Europes precise borders. ... Apulia (official Italian name: Puglia) is a region in southeastern Italy bordering the Adriatic Sea in the east, the Ionian Sea to the southeast, and the Strait of Otranto and Gulf of Taranto in the south. ... The stemma of Provincia di Bari Bari (It. ... Brindisi (It. ... Foggia (It. ... Lecce (It. ... Taranto (It. ... Barletta-Andria-Trani in Apulia is not yet a province of Italy but will be in 2009. ...

Coordinates: 40°21′N 17°43′E Map of Earth showing lines of latitude (horizontally) and longitude (vertically), Eckert VI projection; large version (pdf, 1. ...



 
 

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