Forio (Italy)
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Information for Authority record
Name (Hebrew)
פוריו (איטליה)
Name (Latin)
Forio (Italy)
Other forms of name
Forio d'Ischia (Italy)
Coordinates
13.86003 13.86003 40.73757 40.73757 (gooearth )
E0135153 E0135153 N0404403 N0404403 (geonames )
Associated country
Italy
MARC
MARC
Sources of Information
- GeoNames, algorithmically matched, 2009(ppl; 40°44ʹ03ʺN 013°51ʹ53ʺE)
- Gerardi, G. Gerardo Gerardi, c1991:p. 5 (Forio d'Ischia); p. 9 (Comune di Forio)
- Nuovo diz. dei comuni e frazioni di comune, 1984(Forio; Isola d'Ischia; prov.: Napoli)
Wikipedia description:
Forio (known also as Forio of Ischia) is a town and comune (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Naples in the region of Campania in southern Italy, situated on the island of Ischia. It has 17,464 inhabitants. Its territory includes the town of Panza, the only frazione of Forio and of the island of Ischia. Panza has always been an independent village since the 16th century when a first governmental organization was introduced on the island. In the 1975 the inhabitants of Panza tried to become an independent comune but the referendum, claimed by the inhabitants of Forio, was denied by the Campania's Regional Government.
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