Bari
Bare (Neapolitan) | |
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| Comune di Bari | |
 Flag  Coat of arms | |
Location of Bari  | |
  Bari Location of Bari in Italy  Bari Bari (Apulia) | |
| Coordinates: 41°07′31″N 16°52′0″E / 41.12528°N 16.86667°E | |
| Country | Italy |
| Region | Apulia |
| Metropolitan city | Bari (BA) |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Vito Leccese (PD) |
| Area | |
• Total | 117 km2 (45 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 5 m (16 ft) |
| Population (1 January 2019)[2] | |
• Total | 316,491 |
| • Density | 2,700/km2 (7,000/sq mi) |
| Demonym | Barese |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Postal code | 70121-70132 |
| Dialing code | 080 |
| ISTAT code | 072006 |
| Patron saint | St. Nicholas |
| Saint day | 8 May |
| Website | www |
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Bari (/ˈbɑːri/ BAR-ee; Italian: [ˈbaːri] ; Barese: Bare [ˈbæːrə]; Latin: Barium) is the capital city of the Metropolitan City of Bari and of the Apulia region, on the Adriatic Sea, southern Italy. It is the second most important economic centre of mainland Southern Italy after Naples. It is a port and university city as well as the city of Saint Nicholas. The city itself has a population of 315,284 inhabitants, and an area of over 116 square kilometres (45 sq mi), while the urban area has 750,000 inhabitants. The metropolitan area has 1.3 million inhabitants.[3]
Bari is made up of four different urban sections. To the north is the closely built old town on the peninsula between two modern harbours, with the Basilica of Saint Nicholas, the Cathedral of San Sabino (1035–1171) and the Norman-Swabian Castle, which is now also a major nightlife district. To the south is the Murat quarter (erected by Joachim Murat), the modern heart of the city, which is laid out on a rectangular grid-plan with a promenade on the sea and the major shopping district (the via Sparano and via Argiro).
Modern residential zones surrounding the centre of Bari were built during the 1960s and 1970s replacing the old suburbs that had developed along roads splaying outwards from gates in the city walls. In addition, the outer suburbs developed rapidly during the 1990s.[4]
- ^ "Superficie di Comuni Province e Regioni italiane al 9 ottobre 2011". Italian National Institute of Statistics. Retrieved 16 March 2019.
- ^ 'City' population (i.e. that of the comune or municipality) from [1], ISTAT.
- ^ "Bari - Place Explorer - Data Commons". datacommons.org. Retrieved 2024-03-10.
- ^ "Bari". Università degli Studi di Bari Aldo Moro. Retrieved 2024-03-01.