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Somma Vesuviana
Italy, officially the Italian Republic or Repubblica Italiana, is a Southern European country comprising of the Po River valley, the Italian Peninsula and the two largest islands in the Mediterranean Sea, Sicily and Sardinia. It is shaped like a boot and for this reason Italians commonly call it lo Stivale, the boot or, due to its prevalent peninsular geographical nature, la Penisola, the Peninsula.
Somma Vesuviana is a city in the province of Napoli, Campania, Italy. Somma Vesuviana is 23 kilometers far from Napoli that is the chief town of the homonymous province. Somma Vesuviana has a population of 33,261 inhabitants and a surface area of 30.7 square kilometers thus showing a population density of 1.083,42 inhabitants per square kilometer. It rises 165 meters above the sea level.
Before the Roman colonization, the area of Somma Vesuviana was possibly inhabited by Italics populations like Samnites and Oscans. Later it became a vacation place for the rich patricians of Rome, who built there wonderful villas. A villa of Emperor Augustus was discovered in the 1930s in the subdivision of Starza Della Regina, where he probably passed his last days of life. There are 304 industrial firms employing 1.375 people that are the 28.50 percent of the total of the workers.
A city known for its historic myths and traditions, scenic beauty, cooperative people and luxurious hotels and cottages, Somma Vesuviana is one of the favorite holiday destinations for most of the vacation lovers.
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