Milan - Geography, Climate and Administration
Channel: The Storyteller
Date: 2020-05-19

Milan - Geography, Climate and Administration
Milan is located in the north-western section of the Po Valley, approximately halfway between the river Po to the south and the foothills of the Alps with the great lakes  to the north, the Ticino river to the west and the Adda to the east. The city's land is flat, the highest point being at 122 m  above sea level. The administrative comune covers an area of about 181 square kilometres , with a population, in 2013, of 1,324,169 and a population density of 7,315 inhabitants per square kilometre . The Metropolitan City of Milan covers 1,575 square kilometres  and in 2015 had a population estimated at 3,196,825, with a resulting density of 2,029 inhabitants per square kilometre . A larger urban area, comprising parts of the provinces of Milan, Monza e Brianza, Como, Lecco and Varese is 1,891 square kilometres  wide and has a population of 5,270,000 with a density of 2,783 inhabitants per square kilometre .


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