Bari
Bari (Italian: Bari; Bari dialect: Bare; Latin: Barium; Ancient Greek: Barion) 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).
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Bare (Neapolitan) | |
|---|---|
| Comune di Bari | |
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 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)[1] | |
| • 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 |
During World War II there was an air raid on Bari. It was called the "Little Pearl Harbor".
Geography
Municipalities
Bari is divided into 5 municipalities (Municipi), constituted in 2014.[2] The municipality is also divided into 17 official neighbourhoods ("quartieri").[3]
| 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[4] | |||||||||||||
Twin towns—Sister cities
Bari is twinned with:
Gallery
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Bari Media
Fragment of portrait of Joachim Murat, Prince d’Empire, Grand Duke of Clèves and of Berg, King of Naples under the name of Napoleon in 1808 (1767-1815), Marshal of France in 1804
Panorama di Bari al tramonto
Teatro Margherita visto dall'alto di un appartamento in Corso Cavour
The Teatro Piccinni in Bari
A view of the old port of Bari
- BariBasilicaSanNicola
Swabian Castle, Bari, Apulia, Italy. The campanile of the Cathedral can be seen on the right.
Italy, Bari, castle
The Old Town as seen from the sea
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References
- ↑ 'City' population (i.e. that of the comune or municipality) from Monthly demographic balance: January–April 2009 Archived 2018-05-18 at the Wayback Machine, ISTAT.
- ↑ "I Municipi di Bari" (in italiano).
- ↑ Quartieri. Palapa.it. 8 January 2008. http://www.palapa.it/palapadnn/Quartieri/tabid/23/Default.aspx. Retrieved 31 October 2008.
- ↑ Bari. Servizio Meteorologico. 18 August 2012. http://clima.meteoam.it/viewClino.php?type=File&station=270&name_station=Bari.
- ↑ "Sister Cities of Guangzhou". Guangzhou Foreign Affairs Office. Archived from the original on 2011-10-20. Retrieved 2010-02-10.
Other websites
- Site of AQP S.p.A. - Acquedotto Pugliese S.p.A.
- City of Bari
- Province of Bari Archived 2021-05-08 at the Wayback Machine
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