Naples
Naplesis a southernItaliancity with a port. It faces theMediterranean Seaand is nearMount Vesuvius.Its name inItalianisNapoliwhich came from itsGreeknameNeapolis,meaningnew city.It has a population of about 1 million.[1]About 3 million live in the area around Naples (including Naples itself).
There is one airport in the city,Naples International AirportatCapodichino.
History[change|change source]
Ancient Greeks settled Naples in the 6th Century B.C. There were so many Greeks there, the Romans called itMagna Graecia,which means "Greater Greece."[2]Later the Romans conquered southern Italy and took Naples. When the Roman Empire fell to invaders in the west, Naples came under the rule of theByzantine Empire,the Greek-speaking Eastern Roman Empire.
Naples became independent later and but was combined with the Kingdom of Sicily during the Middle Ages. By 1500 it was ruled byAragón,which was a kingdom in eastern Spain. Later Naples became part of Spain when Aragon and the other kingdom in Spain called Castile became one country. Naples was part of this Kingdom of Spain until theAustrian Empiregot it in theWar of the Spanish Successionin 1714.
In the 19th century it was the capital of theKingdom of the Two Sicilies.TheDuchy of Savoy,or kingdom of Sardinia-Piedmont, conquered Naples in 1861. That kingdom became the Kingdom of Italy. Naples was heavily bombed when Italy fought in World War Two and British/American armies tried to capture it.
Today Naples is the capital ofCampaniaand the largest city in southern Italy.
Climate[change|change source]
The average temperature in thesummeris 24°C.In thewinter,the average can be as low as 8°C.There is usually around 1000 mm (40 inches) of rain in the city every year.
| Climate data for Naples | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Average high °C (°F) | 13.0 (55.4) |
13.5 (56.3) |
15.7 (60.3) |
18.1 (64.6) |
23.0 (73.4) |
26.7 (80.1) |
29.9 (85.8) |
30.3 (86.5) |
26.9 (80.4) |
22.1 (71.8) |
17.1 (62.8) |
14.1 (57.4) |
20.8 (69.4) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 8.1 (46.6) |
8.7 (47.7) |
10.5 (50.9) |
13.2 (55.8) |
17.3 (63.1) |
20.9 (69.6) |
23.6 (74.5) |
23.7 (74.7) |
21.5 (70.7) |
16.7 (62.1) |
12.3 (54.1) |
9.3 (48.7) |
15.9 (60.6) |
| Average low °C (°F) | 4.4 (39.9) |
4.5 (40.1) |
6.3 (43.3) |
8.4 (47.1) |
12.6 (54.7) |
16.2 (61.2) |
18.8 (65.8) |
19.1 (66.4) |
16.0 (60.8) |
12.1 (53.8) |
7.8 (46.0) |
5.6 (42.1) |
11.0 (51.8) |
| Averageprecipitationmm (inches) | 104.4 (4.11) |
97.9 (3.85) |
85.7 (3.37) |
75.5 (2.97) |
49.6 (1.95) |
34.1 (1.34) |
24.3 (0.96) |
41.6 (1.64) |
80.3 (3.16) |
129.7 (5.11) |
162.1 (6.38) |
121.4 (4.78) |
1,006.6 (39.63) |
| Average precipitation days(≥ 1.0 mm) | 9.9 | 9.8 | 9.5 | 8.8 | 5.7 | 4.0 | 2.3 | 3.8 | 5.8 | 8.1 | 10.8 | 10.7 | 89.2 |
| Mean monthlysunshine hours | 114.7 | 127.6 | 158.1 | 189.0 | 244.9 | 279.0 | 313.1 | 294.5 | 234.0 | 189.1 | 126.0 | 105.4 | 2,375.4 |
| Source:World Meteorological Organization[3] | |||||||||||||
Economy[change|change source]
Naples is Italy's fourth-largest economy, with a 2011GDPof US$83.6 billion.[4]ThePort of Naplesis one of the most important and busy ports in the Mediterranean. The city, however, still has a lot oforganized crimeand political corruption, but it is also famous for its musical, theatrical and cinematographic culture.
Naples is a popular city for tourists. It was rated the 166th-most-visited city in the world in 2008.[5]
Recently, more people work in theservice industrythan inagriculture.In 2003, 31% of people worked inpublic services,18% in manufacturing, 14% incommerce,10% inconstruction,8% intransportation,7% infinancial services,5% in agriculture, 4% in thehotel businessand 3% work in other fields.[6]
Related pages[change|change source]
References[change|change source]
- ↑Principal Agglomerations of the World.Citypopulation.de. 1 October 2011. Retrieved 1 April 2012.
- ↑The Oxford Companion to Classical Literature, Paul Harvey, 1927,1955, p258
- ↑"Weather Information for Naples".World Meteorological Organization. June 2011.Retrieved7 September2012.
- ↑"Global city GDP 2011".Brookings Institution. Archived fromthe originalon 9 April 2013.Retrieved5 March2013.
- ↑"Euromonitor Internationals Top City Destinations Ranking Euromonitor archive".Euromonitor. 12 December 2008. Archived fromthe originalon 11 January 2010.Retrieved28 March2010.
- ↑"Rapporto sullo stato dell'economia della Provincia di Napoli".Istituto ISSM. 8 January 2008. Archived fromthe originalon 27 September 2011.Retrieved25 September2017.
Other websites[change|change source]
- official website(in Italian)
- TrekEarth Gallery of Photos
- Time Out Tourist Guide to NaplesArchived2007-03-24 at theWayback Machine
- Naples-Wikivoyage
