Bari

Barecode: nap is deprecated   (Neapolitan)
Comunecode: it is deprecated
Comune di Bari
Flag Coat of arms
Country	Italy
Region	Apulia
Government
• Mayor	Antonio Decaro ([[List of political parties in Italy|PD]])
Area
• Total	117 km2 (45 sq mi)
Elevation	5 m (16 ft)
Population  (31 December 2015)
• Total	326,799
• Density	2,793/km2 (7,234/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	70121-70132
Patron saint	Saint Nicholas
Saint day	December 6
Website	Official website

Bari (Italian: Baricode: it is deprecated ; Bari dialect: Bare; Latin: Bariumcode: la is deprecated ; Ancient Greek: Barioncode: grc is deprecated ) is a city in southern Italy. Bari is the capital of Bari Provence and of the Apulia Region. The city itself has a population of about 320,475, as of 2011, over 116 km², while the fast-growing urban area counts 653,028 inhabitants over 203 km². The metropolitan area has a million inhabitants. It is the second biggest city in southern Italy (after Naples).

During World War II there was an air raid on Bari. It was called the "Little Pearl Harbor".

Municipalities

Bari is divided into 5 municipalities (Municipi), constituted in 2014. The municipality is also divided into 17 official neighbourhoods ("quartieri").

Codice	Nome	Area	Abitanti
1	Municipio 1	24.07 km²	113,378
2	Municipio 2	15.44 km²	91,303
3	Municipio 3	22.51 km²	50,742
4	Municipio 4	33.16 km²	38,566
5	Municipio 5	21.56 km²	30,209

Climate

Bari has a hot-summer Mediterranean climate (Csa in the Koeppen climate classification) with mild winters and hot, dry summers. Snowfall is rare. During the summer of 2008 temperatures reached as high as 42 °C (108 °F).

Climate data for Bari
Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Year
Average high °C (°F)	12.1 (53.8)	12.7 (54.9)	14.7 (58.5)	17.9 (64.2)	22.2 (72)	25.8 (78.4)	28.4 (83.1)	28.3 (82.9)	25.4 (77.7)	21.0 (69.8)	17.1 (62.8)	13.5 (56.3)	19.93 (67.87)
Average low °C (°F)	5.0 (41)	5.3 (41.5)	6.7 (44.1)	9.0 (48.2)	12.9 (55.2)	16.6 (61.9)	19.1 (66.4)	19.1 (66.4)	16.5 (61.7)	12.8 (55)	9.1 (48.4)	6.4 (43.5)	11.54 (52.78)
Precipitation mm (inches)	50.8 (2)	57.2 (2.252)	52.1 (2.051)	47.4 (1.866)	36.7 (1.445)	32.0 (1.26)	27.0 (1.063)	39.3 (1.547)	62.0 (2.441)	64.6 (2.543)	54.1 (2.13)	63.0 (2.48)	586.2 (23.079)
% Humidity	77	74	72	68	68	65	64	65	68	72	76	78	70.6
Avg. precipitation days (≥ 1.0 mm)	7.3	7.9	7.3	6.5	5.1	4.5	2.6	3.7	5.1	6.4	6.7	8.2	71.3
Source: Servizio Meteorologico

Twin towns—Sister cities

Bari is twinned with:

Baalbek, Lebanon Batumi, Georgia Guangzhou, People's Republic of China Mar del Plata, Argentina Durrës, Albania

Corfu, Greece Banja Luka, Bosnia and Herzegovina Patras, Greece Bandung, Indonesia Sumqayıt, Azerbaijan

Gallery

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Bari Media

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  19th-century image of the port of Bari

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  The SS John Harvey on fireon 2 December 1943, at Bari

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  Orecchiette, italian pasta from Puglia.

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  Stadio San Nicola di Bari

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  Bari Central Station, Piazza Aldo Moro,*Bari, Puglia, Italy

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  9 April 1945 – view from the barracks. Photo by WOJG Hubert Platt Henderson who was stationed at Bari as the Director of the 773rd Band.

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  9 April 1945 – photo by WOJG Hubert Platt Henderson who was stationed at Bari as the Director of the 773rd Band

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  9 April 1945 – photo by WOJG Hubert Platt Henderson who was stationed at Bari as the Director of the 773rd Band

Other websites

• Site of AQP S.p.A. - Acquedotto Pugliese S.p.A.
• City of Bari Archived 2008-09-05 at the Wayback Machine
• Province of Bari Archived 2021-05-08 at the Wayback Machine