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Reggio di Calabria (Italian pronunciation: [ˈreddʒo di kaˈlaːbrja];[1] Sicilian-Calabrian dialect: Rìggiu, Italic-Greek o Bovesie: Righi, Auncient Greek: Ῥήγιον, Rhḗgion, Laitin: Rhēgium), commonly kent as Reggio Calabria or simply Reggio in Soothren Italy, is the biggest ceety an the maist populatit comune o Calabrie, Soothren Italy.
Reggio Calabria | |
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Reggio di Calabria | |
![]() Collage of Reggio di Calabria. Clockwise from top of left to right: Piazza Italia, Lungomare Falcomatà, Riace bronze statues in Magna Grecia National Museum, View of downtown Reggio, Messina Strait from Rotonda Square, seaside coast in Reggio. | |
Eik-name(s): The city of the Bronzes; The city of Fata Morgana | |
Motto(s): Provinciæ Prima Mater Et Caput Urbs Rhegina Nobilis Insignis Fidelissima | |
Coordinates: 38°06′41″N 15°39′43″E | |
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Govrenment | |
• Teep | Mayor–Cooncil |
• Bodi | Comune di Reggio di Calabria |
• Mayor | Giuseppe Falcomatà (Democratic Pairty) |
Area | |
• City | 239 km2 (92 sq mi) |
• Metro | 3210 km2 (1,240 sq mi) |
Population (May 2014) | |
• City | 184,791 |
• Metro | 559,205 |
Demonym(s) | Reggini |
Time zone | UTC-1 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC-2 (CEST) |
ZIP code(s) | 89100 (generic) from 89121 to 89135 |
Area code(s) | 0965 |
Website | Reggio Calabria |
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