Scampia

40°54′00″N 14°14′24″E / 40.90000°N 14.24000°E / 40.90000; 14.24000

Scampia within the municipality of Naples

Scampia (Italian: [skamˈpiːa]; Neapolitan: Scampìa) is a modern suburb in the far north of Naples, whose population is about 80,000. To its south are the suburbs of Piscinola, Miano and Secondigliano.

It was built during the second half of the twentieth century, Scampia borders to the south with the Piscinola and Miano suburbs to the south-east with the Secondigliano district, to the east with the municipality of Arzano; to the north with the municipalities of Casandrino and Melito di Napoli, and to the west with the municipality of Mugnano di Napoli.