Metropolitan City of Bari

The **Metropolitan City of Bari** () is a metropolitan city in the Apulia region of Southern Italy. Its capital, and of the Apulia region, is the city of Bari.

It replaced the Province of Bari and includes the city of Bari and some forty other municipalities (_comuni_). It was first created by the reform of local authorities (Law 142/1990) and then established by the Law 56/2014. It has been operative since January 1, 2015.

## Geography

The Metropolitan City of Bari is in the central part of Apulia and has an area of .

The Metropolitan City is bordered on the east by the Adriatic Sea, to the northwest by Basilicata (province of Potenza), to the north by the province of province of Barletta-Andria-Trani, to the west with Basilicata (province of Matera), to the southeast by the province of province of Brindisi and to the south with the province of Taranto.

## Population

, there are 1,263,820 persons living in the province, for a population density of  inhabitants/km².

## Administration

The province has 41 _comuni_. The _comuni_ with more people living in them (more than 30,000) areː

|_Comune_|Population.|Area (km²) !! Altitude (m)|||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|align=left|Bari|326,344|117.39|5|
|align=left|Altamura|70,396|431.38|467|
|align=left|Molfetta|59,874|58.97|15|
|align=left|Bitonto|55,540|174.34|118|
|align=left|Monopoli|49,133|157.89|9|
|align=left|Corato|48,312|169.35|232|
|align=left|Gravina in Puglia|43,872|384.74|338|
|align=left|Modugno|38,515|32.24|79|

The largest _comune_ is Altamura, with  and the smallest is Cellamare, with . The _comune_ with fewest inhabitants is Poggiorsini, with 1,450 inhabitants.

## Related pages

- List of comuni of the Metropolitan City of Bari

## Other websites

- Official website

## Infobox (settlement)

- **name**: Metropolitan City of Bari
- **native name**: <small>_Città metropolitana di Bari_</small>
- **native name lang**: it
- **settlement type**: Metropolitan cities of Italy, Metropolitan City
- **image skyline**: Bari_harbour,_theater.jpg
- **image alt**: Harbour of Bari
- **image caption**: Harbor, Harbour of Bari
- **image flag**: Flag of Metropolitan City of Bari.svg
- **image shield**: Città metropolitana di Bari-Stemma.svg
- **image map**: Bari in Italy.svg
- **map alt**: Map with the Metropolitan City of Bari in Italy
- **map caption**: Map with the Metropolitan City of Bari, in red, in Italy
- **subdivision type**: Country
- **subdivision type1**: Regions of Italy, Region
- **subdivision name1**: Apulia
- **seat type**: Capital
- **seat**: Bari
- **parts type**: Comune, Comuni
- **parts style**: para
- **p1**: 41
- **leader title**: President
- **leader name**: Decaro Antonio
- **unit pref**: Metric
- **area total km2**: 3862.88
- **population total**: 1263820
- **population as of**: 31 December 2015
- **population density km2**: auto
- **timezone1**: Central European Time, CET
- **utc offset1**: +1
- **timezone1 dst**: Central European Summer Time, CEST
- **utc offset1 dst**: +2
- **postal code type**: Postal code
- **postal code**: 70001–70100
- **area code type**: Telephone prefix
- **area code**: 080, 0883
- **registration plate**: Italian car number plates, BA
- **blank name sec1**: Istituto Nazionale di Statistica, ISTAT
- **blank info sec1**: 072
- **website**: [http://www.cittametropolitana.ba.it/provinciaba/s2magazine/index1.jsp?idPagina=2 Official website]