Bari

Bari (; Bari dialect: Bare; ; ) is a city in southern Italy. Bari is the capital of Bari Provence and of the Apulia Region. The city itself has a population of about 320,475, as of 2011, over 116 km2, while the fast-growing urban area counts 653,028 inhabitants over 203 km2. The metropolitan area has a million inhabitants. It is the second biggest city in southern Italy (after Naples).

During World War II there was an air raid on Bari. It was called the "Little Pearl Harbor".

Geography
Municipalities
300px|center|Municipi of Bari
Bari is divided into 5 municipalities (Municipi), constituted in 2014. The municipality is also divided into 17 official neighbourhoods ("quartieri").

 Codice Nome Area Abitanti 1 Municipio 1  km²  2 Municipio 2  km²  3 Municipio 3  km²  4 Municipio 4  km²  5 Municipio 5  km² 

Climate
Bari has a hot-summer Mediterranean climate (Csa in the Koeppen climate classification) with mild winters and hot, dry summers. Snowfall is rare.
During the summer of 2008 temperatures reached as high as .

Twin towns—Sister cities
Bari is twinned with:
  Baalbek, Lebanon
  Batumi, Georgia
  Guangzhou, People's Republic of China
  Mar del Plata, Argentina
  Durrës, Albania  Corfu, Greece
  Banja Luka, Bosnia and Herzegovina
  Patras, Greece
  Bandung, Indonesia
  Sumqayıt, Azerbaijan

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References

Other websites

 Site of AQP S.p.A. - Acquedotto Pugliese S.p.A.
 City of Bari 
 Province of Bari