Reggio di Calabria, commonly known as Reggio Calabria or Reggio, is the biggest city and the most populated comune of Calabria,
southern Italy, and is the capital of the Province of Reggio Calabria and seat of the Council of Calabrian government.
Reggio is located on the "toe" of the Italian peninsula and is separated from the island of Sicily by the Strait of Messina.
It is situated on the slopes of the Aspromonte, a long, craggy mountain range that runs up through the center of the region.
The region is subject to earthquakes and tsunami. It is the largest and oldest city in the region and is the second oldest city in Italy overall.
The third economic center of mainland Southern Italy and is well known as a port and university city.
The city has a population of 186,547 spread over 236 km², while the fast-growing urban area numbers 260,000 inhabitants.
Another 370,429 people live in the metropolitan area (the 10th metropolitan city of the Italian nation).
Catalogue according literature
| REGGIO (CALABRO) | |  |
| not mentioned in Ornaghi | |
| Points according to Vaccari | 6 |
Summary
| Text | Type |
First use (Literature) |
First use (bollatrice.de) |
Last use (literature) |
Last use (bollatrice.de) |
| REGGIO (CALABRO) |
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1881 |
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1890 |
