Melito di Porto Salvo | |
Official Name: | Comune di Melito di Porto Salvo |
Native Name: | |
Coordinates: | 37.9167°N 62°W |
Region: | Calabria |
Metropolitan City: | Reggio Calabria (RC) |
Frazioni: | Annà (Calabrian Greek: Anne), Lacco (Calabrian Greek: Làko), Lembo, Musa (Calabrian Greek: Mùssa), Musupuniti (Calabrian Greek: Mussopunite), Pallica (Calabrian Greek: Pallikè), Pentedattilo (Calabrian Greek: Pentadàktilo), Pilati, Prunella, San Leonardo. |
Mayor: | Giuseppe Meduri |
Area Total Km2: | 35.3 |
Population Footnotes: | [1] |
Population Total: | 11416 |
Population As Of: | 31 December 2013 |
Population Demonym: | Melitesi/Melitoti |
Elevation M: | 28 |
Saint: | Madonna di Porto Salvo |
Day: | 8 December |
Postal Code: | 89063 |
Area Code: | 0965 |
Melito di Porto Salvo (Sicilian: label=[[Central-Southern Calabrian|Calabrian]]|Mèlitu; Greek, Modern (1453-);: Μέλιτος or Μέλιτο (Mèlitos|label=[[Calabrian Greek]]|script=Latn or Greek, Modern (1453-);: Mèlito|script=Latn) is a comune (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Reggio Calabria in the Italian region Calabria, located about 130km (80miles) southwest of Catanzaro and about 25km (16miles) southeast of Reggio Calabria; and is also the southernmost municipality on the Italian Peninsula. It is part of the Bovesia Greek-speaking area of Calabria, occupying a hilly area which descends towards the Ionian Sea.