Title: Chieti Content: Chieti is a city and comune in Southern Italy, east by northeast of Rome. It is the capital of the province of Chieti in the Abruzzo region. Chieti is on a hill between the Aterno-Pescara and the Alento rivers and is near the coast of the Adriatic Sea and the mountains. ==Geography== Chieti is in the central eastern part of the Abruzzo, at an average altitude of above sea level. It is on a hill that separates the watersheds of the Aterno-Pescara river (to the north) and of the Alentro stream (to the south). The comune has an area of . The city is formed by two main parts: * Chieti alta is the oldest part of the city and includes the historical centre that is on the hill. * Chieti Scalo is the newest part of the city and is in the valley to the north of the hill, on the right side of the Aterno-Pescara river. The comune is surrounded by the comuni Bucchianico, Casalincontrada, Cepagatti (PE), Francavilla al Mare, Manoppello (PE), Pescara (PE), Ripa Teatina, Rosciano (PE), San Giovanni Teatino and Torrevecchia Teatina. ===Frazioni=== The following frazioni (hamlets) are part of Chietiː Bascelli, Brecciarola, Buonconsiglio-Fontanella, Carabba, Chieti Scalo, Colle Marcone, Crocifisso, De Laurentis Vallelunga, Fonte Cruciani, Iachini, La Torre, San Martino, San Salvatore, Levante, Tricalle, Sant'Anna, Santa Barbara, Santa Filomena, Selvaiezzi, Vacrone Cascini, Vacrone Colle San Paolo, Vacrone Villa Cisterna, Vallepara, Villa Obletter, Villa Reale. ==Population== The people from Chieti are called Chietini but also Teatini after the old name of the city . , there are 51,330 persons living in the comune, for a population density of inhabitants/km². Evolution of the population Colors= id:lightgrey value:gray(0.9) id:darkgrey value:gray(0.7) id:sfondo value:rgb(1,1,1) id:barra value:rgb(0.6,0.7,0.8) ImageSize = width:500 height:373 PlotArea = left:50 bottom:30 top:30 right:30 DateFormat = x.y Period = from:0 till:60000 TimeAxis = orientation:vertical AlignBars = justify ScaleMajor = gridcolor:darkgrey increment:5000 start:0 ScaleMinor = gridcolor:lightgrey increment:2500 start:0 BackgroundColors = canvas:sfondo BarData= bar:1961 text:1961 bar:1971 text:1971 bar:1981 text:1981 bar:1991 text:1991 bar:2001 text:2001 bar:2011 text:2011 bar:2016 text:2016 PlotData= color:barra width:30 align:left bar:1961 from:0 till: 47792 bar:1971 from:0 till: 51436 bar:1981 from:0 till: 54927 bar:1991 from:0 till: 55876 bar:2001 from:0 till: 52486 bar:2011 from:0 till: 51484 bar:2016 from:0 till: 51330 PlotData= bar:1961 at: 47792 fontsize:S text: 47,792 shift:(-13,1) bar:1971 at: 51436 fontsize:S text: 51,436 shift:(-18,5) bar:1981 at: 54927 fontsize:S text: 54,927 shift:(-18,5) bar:1991 at: 55876 fontsize:S text: 55,876 shift:(-18,5) bar:2001 at: 52486 fontsize:S text: 52,486 shift:(-18,4) bar:2011 at: 51484 fontsize:S text: 51,484 shift:(-18,8) bar:2016 at: 51330 fontsize:S text: 51,330 shift:(-18,8) == Gallery == File:Palazzo del Tribunale Chieti.jpg|Justice Palace. File:Palazzo Fasoli Chieti.jpg|Palazzo Fasoli. File:Museo archeologico nazionale d'Abruzzo 01.jpg|The National Archaeological Museum of Abruzzo. File:Teatro Marrucino-palco II (Chieti).jpg|Teatro Marrucino. File:Corso Marrucino, Chieti.JPG|Corso Marrucino, the main street of the old town.