Genoa

Genoa
Genoa; Genova
	Comune
	Comune di Genova
	A collage o Genoa, Clockwise frae top left: Torre della Lanterna, Piazza de Ferrari, Galleria Mazzini, Brigata Liguria Street, View o San Teodoro frae Genoa Port
	Banner Coat airms
	Genoa Location o Genoa in Italy
	Coordinates: 44°24′40″N 8°55′58″E / 44.41111°N 8.93278°ECoordinates: 44°24′40″N 8°55′58″E / 44.41111°N 8.93278°E
Kintra	Italy
Region	Ligurie
Province	Genoa (GE)
Govrenment
• Mayor	Marco Doria (Independent – Centre-left)
Area
• Total	243.60 km2 (94.05 sq mi)
Elevation	20 m (70 ft)
Population (31 August 2011)
• Total	608,154
• Density	2,500/km2 (6,500/sq mi)
Demonym(s)	Genovesi
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	16121-16167
Diallin code	010
Patron saunt	John the Baptist
Saunt day	June 24
Website	Offeecial wabsteid

Genoa (Italian: Genova listen (help·info), pronounced [ˈdʒɛːnova]; in Genoese an Ligurian: Zena, pronounced [ˈzeːna]; in Laitin an, archaically, in Inglis: Genua) is a ceety an an impairtant seaport in nairthren Italy, the caipital o the Province o Genoa an o the region o Ligurie.

The ceety haes a population o aboot 610,000 an the urban aurie haes a population o aboot 900,000. Genoa's Metropolitan Aurie haes a population o aboot 1,400,000. It is an aa creit la Superba ("the Superb ane") due tae its glarious past.^[2] Pairt o the auld ceety o Genoa wis inscribit on the Warld Heritage Leet (UNESCO) in 2006. The ceety's rich airt, muisic, gastronomie, airchitectur an historie, made it 2004's EU Caipital o cultur.

References

↑ Total population referred to to the comune (or municipality), rather than the extended urban area. Notiziario statistico del Comune di Genova – Andamento della popolazione al 31 dicembre 2009 (Statistical report of Genoa Municipality at december 31, 2009) Archived 2012-01-11 at the Wayback Machine
↑ "Genoa: a bloody history, a beguiling present | Italy". London: Times Online. 25 Apryle 2004. Archived frae the original on 29 Mey 2021. Retrieved 11 Apryle 2009.

[1] Total population referred to to the comune (or municipality), rather than the extended urban area. Notiziario statistico del Comune di Genova – Andamento della popolazione al 31 dicembre 2009 (Statistical report of Genoa Municipality at december 31, 2009) Archived 2012-01-11 at the Wayback Machine

[2] "Genoa: a bloody history, a beguiling present | Italy". London: Times Online. 25 Apryle 2004. Archived frae the original on 29 Mey 2021. Retrieved 11 Apryle 2009.

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