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Encyclopedia > Policoro
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Country: Italy
Region: Basilicata
Province: Matera
Location: 40°12′ N 16°40′ E (http://kvaleberg.com/extensions/mapsources/index.php?params=40_12_N_16_40_E_region:IT).
Area: 67 km²
Population: 15,247 (2003 data istat.it (http://demo.istat.it/))
Population density: 225 ab./km²
Elevation: 25 metres (a.s.l.)
Postal code: 75025
Auto code:: MT (http://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sigle_automobilistiche_italiane)
Tel. Prefix: 0835
ISTAT code: 017077021
Fiscal code: G786
Name of habitants: Policoresi
Municipality Website: Citta di Policoro (http://www.comune.policoro.mt.it/)

Policoro is a town and comune in the province of Matera, in the Southern Italian region of Basilicata. It is bounded by the comuni (Municipalities) of Rotondella, Scanzano Jonico, Tursi. A country, a land, or a state, is a geographical area that connotes an independent political entity, with its own government, administration, laws, often a constitution, police, military, tax rules, and population, who are one anothers countrymen. ... Regions of Italy Provisions for at least some degree of regional autonomy were made in the 1948 constitution, which states the constitutions role is; recoginize, protect and promote local autonomy, that State level services have the greatest decentralization, and adapt the principles and laws establishing autonomy and decentralization. ... Basilicata is a region in the south of Italy, bordering on Campania to the west, Puglia to the east, Calabria to the south, it has one short coastline on the Tyrrhenian Sea and another of the Gulf of Taranto in the Ionian Sea to the south-east. ... In Italy, the Province (in Italian: provincia) is an administrative division of an intermediate level, between municipality (comune) and region (regione). ... Matera (It. ... This article explains the meaning of area as a physical quantity. ... Elevation has several related meanings: Geography The elevation of a geographic location is its height above mean sea level (or possibly some other fixed point). ... Here are a list of postal codes in Italy: Lazio 00000-00999 00010 - San Gregorio da Sassola, SAN POLO DEI CAVALIERI, GALLICANO NEL LAZIO, POLI, SANTANGELO ROMANO, CASAPE, MARCELLINA, MONTEFLAVIO, MONTELIBRETTI, MONTORIO ROMANO, MORICONE 00012 - GUIDONIA MONTECELIO 00013 - MENTANA 00015 - MONTEROTONDO 00017 - NEROLA 00018 - PALOMBARA SABINA 00019 - TIVOLI 00020... Prior to 1994 and resuming in 1999, Italian automobile license plates bear an alphabetic code which tells in which region the automobile was registered. ... Here are a list of area codes in Italy. ... Istituto Nazionale di Statistica (ISTAT) is the Italian national statistical institute, roughly corresponding to the United States Census Bureau. ... In Italy, the commune (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. ... Matera (It. ... Basilicata is a region in the south of Italy, bordering on Campania to the west, Puglia to the east, Calabria to the south, it has one short coastline on the Tyrrhenian Sea and another of the Gulf of Taranto in the Ionian Sea to the south-east. ... A municipality or general-purpose district (compare with: special-purpose district) is an administrative local area generally composed of a clearly defined territory and commonly referring to a city, town, or village government. ...


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Policoro - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (139 words)
Policoro is a town and comune in the province of Matera, in the Southern Italian region of Basilicata.
Policoro is a relatively small town of approximately 15,000 inhabitants.
Situated on the coast its population swells in the summertime due to an influx of tourists come to enjoy the Lido di Policoro.
Policoro at AllExperts (289 words)
Situated on the coast its population swells in the summertime due to a influx of tourists come to enjoy the Lido di Policoro.
The National Museo della Siritide is situated in Policoro, it has a wealth of information on the Greek settlement of Heraclea, the ruins of which lie on the outskirts of the town and can be viewed daily with a minimal charge.
Policoro has a number of bands all hoping to make it on the national and international music stage.
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