Bari

Bari (Italian: Bari; Bari dialect: Bare; Latin: Barium; Ancient Greek: Barion) is a city in southern Italy. Bari is the capital of Bari Provence and of the Apulia Region. The city itself has a population of about 320,475, as of 2011, over 116 km², while the fast-growing urban area counts 653,028 inhabitants over 203 km². The metropolitan area has a million inhabitants. It is the second biggest city in southern Italy (after Naples).

Bari Bare  (Neapolitan)
Comune
Comune di Bari
A collage of Bari, Top left: Swabian Castle, Top right: Night in Pane e Pomodoro Beach, Bottom left: Ferrarese Square, Bottom upper right: Bari University in Andrea da Bari street, Bottom lower right: View of Punta Perotti seaside area
Flag Coat of arms
Location of Bari
Bari Location of Bari in Italy Show map of Italy Bari Bari (Apulia) Show map of Apulia
Coordinates: 41°07′31″N 16°52′0″E
Country	Italy
Region	Apulia
Metropolitan city	Bari (BA)
Government
• Mayor	Antonio Decaro (PD)
Area [1]
• Total	117 km2 (45 sq mi)
Elevation	5 m (16 ft)
Population  (31 December 2015)[2]
• Total	326,799
• Density	2,800/km2 (7,200/sq mi)
Demonym	Barese
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	70121-70132
Dialing code	080
ISTAT code	072006
Patron saint	Saint Nicholas
Saint day	December 6
Website	Official website

During World War II there was an air raid on Bari. It was called the "Little Pearl Harbor".

Geography

Municipalities

Municipi of Bari

Bari is divided into 5 municipalities (Municipi), constituted in 2014.^[3] The municipality is also divided into 17 official neighbourhoods ("quartieri").^[4]

Codice	Nome	Area	Abitanti
1	Municipio 1	24.07 km²	113,378
2	Municipio 2	15.44 km²	91,303
3	Municipio 3	22.51 km²	50,742
4	Municipio 4	33.16 km²	38,566
5	Municipio 5	21.56 km²	30,209

Climate

Bari has a hot-summer Mediterranean climate (Csa in the Koeppen climate classification) with mild winters and hot, dry summers. Snowfall is rare. During the summer of 2008 temperatures reached as high as 42 °C (108 °F).

Climate data for Bari
Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Year
Average high °C (°F)	12.1 (53.8)	12.7 (54.9)	14.7 (58.5)	17.9 (64.2)	22.2 (72.0)	25.8 (78.4)	28.4 (83.1)	28.3 (82.9)	25.4 (77.7)	21.0 (69.8)	17.1 (62.8)	13.5 (56.3)	19.9 (67.9)
Average low °C (°F)	5.0 (41.0)	5.3 (41.5)	6.7 (44.1)	9.0 (48.2)	12.9 (55.2)	16.6 (61.9)	19.1 (66.4)	19.1 (66.4)	16.5 (61.7)	12.8 (55.0)	9.1 (48.4)	6.4 (43.5)	11.5 (52.8)
Average precipitation mm (inches)	50.8 (2.00)	57.2 (2.25)	52.1 (2.05)	47.4 (1.87)	36.7 (1.44)	32.0 (1.26)	27.0 (1.06)	39.3 (1.55)	62.0 (2.44)	64.6 (2.54)	54.1 (2.13)	63.0 (2.48)	586.2 (23.07)
Average precipitation days (≥ 1.0 mm)	7.3	7.9	7.3	6.5	5.1	4.5	2.6	3.7	5.1	6.4	6.7	8.2	71.3
Average relative humidity (%)	77	74	72	68	68	65	64	65	68	72	76	78	71
Source: Servizio Meteorologico[5]

Twin towns—Sister cities

Bari is twinned with:

Baalbek, Lebanon Batumi, Georgia Guangzhou, People's Republic of China[6] Mar del Plata, Argentina Durrës, Albania

Corfu, Greece Banja Luka, Bosnia and Herzegovina Patras, Greece Bandung, Indonesia Sumqayıt, Azerbaijan

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