Reggio Calabria
commune of Italy
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Summary
Reggio Calabria is a comune of Italy[1]. It ranks in the top 0.41% of comune of italy entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (8,295 views/month, #29 of 7,096).[2]
Key Facts
- Located in the administrative territorial entity: Metropolitan City of Reggio Calabria[3]
- Country: Italy[4]
- Instance of: big city[5]
- Official language: Italian[6]
- Shares border with: Calanna[7], Campo Calabro[8], Fiumara[9], Laganadi[10], Roccaforte del Greco[11], Santo Stefano in Aspromonte[12], Bagaladi[13], Cardeto[14], Motta San Giovanni[15], Sant'Alessio in Aspromonte[16], Villa San Giovanni[17], Chorio[18]
- Twinned administrative body: Gualeguaychú[19], Athens[20], Egaleo[21], Patras[22], Montesilvano[23], Białystok[24], Portsmouth[25]
- Postal code: 89121–89135[26]
- Part of: Calabria[27]
- Commons category: Reggio Calabria[28]
- Licence plate code: RC[29]
- Located in time zone: UTC+01:00[30], UTC+02:00[31]
- Local dialing code: 0965[32]
- Inception: 800 BC[33]
- Significant event: Siege of Rhegium[34]
- Official website: http://www.reggiocal.it[35]
- Topic's main category: Category:Reggio Calabria[36]
- Commons gallery: Reggio Calabria[37]
- Population: 200,330[38], 182,703[39], 186,807[40], 181,447[41], 170,951[42]
- Time of earliest written record: 720[43]
- Depicted by: View of Reggio Calabria on the Strait of Messina[44]
- Office held by head of government: mayor of Reggio Calabria[45]
- Described by source: Russian translation of Lübker's Antiquity Lexicon[46], Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[47], Jewish Encyclopedia of Brockhaus and Efron[48], The Nuttall Encyclopædia[49], Pauly–Wissowa[50], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[51]
- Replaces: Rhegion[52]
- Capital of: province of Calabria Ultra I[53], Metropolitan City of Reggio Calabria[54], Calabria Ulteriore Prima[55]
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Cultural Significance
Things named for Reggio Calabria include Reggio Calabria Airport[56], an airport[57], in Italy[58], founded in 1947[59].
Why It Matters
Reggio Calabria has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[60] It is known by 28 alternative names across languages and contexts.[61]
Entities named for it include Reggio Calabria Airport[56], an airport[57], in Italy[58], founded in 1947[59].