Pompei
city in Campania, southern Italy
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Summary
Pompei is a comune of Italy[1]. Pompei ranks in the top 1% of comune of italy entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,989 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Located in the administrative territorial entity: Metropolitan City of Naples[3]
- Country: Italy[4]
- Capital: Pompei[5]
- Shares border with: Boscoreale[6], Castellammare di Stabia[7], Sant'Antonio Abate[8], Santa Maria la Carità[9], Scafati[10], Torre Annunziata[11]
- Follows: Pompeii[12]
- Twinned administrative body: Xi'an[13], Noto[14], Tarragona[15], Gyeongju[16], Latiano[17]
- Postal code: 80045[18]
- Commons category: Pompei[19]
- Licence plate code: NA[20]
- Patron saint: Our Lady of the Rosary[21]
- Located in time zone: UTC+01:00[22], UTC+02:00[23]
- Local dialing code: 081[24]
- Inception: January 1, 1891[25]
- Official website: http://www.comune.pompei.na.it/[26]
- Topic's main category: Category:Pompei[27]
- Commons gallery: Pompei[28]
- Population: 25,358[29], 25,207[30], 23,910[31]
- Official name: Pumpeje[32], Pompei[33]
- Category for people born here: Q9226499[34]
- Category for people who died here: Category:Deaths in Pompei[35]
- Demonym: pompeani[36], pompeiani[37]
- Category of associated people: Category:People from Pompei[38]
- Different from: Pompeii[39]
- Elevation above sea level: 14 m[40]
- Area: 12 km²[41], 12.42 km²[42]
Why It Matters
Pompei has Wikipedia articles in 26 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[43] Pompei is known by 20 alternative names across languages and contexts.[44]