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Napolitania
The term Napolitania is the ultimate development of the substantivation of the adjective Napoletano (or Napolitano, according to the more ancient spelling of the term). The substantivation of Napoletano is widely used in literature prior to the 20th century as historical-geographical term to refer to the neapolitan provinces, as they were still called for long time after the political unification of the peninsula on the 17th of March 1861. The term Napolitania develops at early 20th century as expedient to quickly refer to the land historically inhabited by the Neapolitan people, now that the term Napoli was increasingly getting associated with the city only, unlike in the past. Some of the references already cited in the Napolitania page demonstrates that it has been used by foreign authors exactly to indicate that land. At the best of my knowledge, the first appearance of the term Napolitania dates back to 1911, Società Africana d'Italia Anno XIX, fasc. IX-X, XI-XII, 1911 e Anno XXXI, fasc. V-VI. Going back to my initial point, Napolitania is the ultimate development of the substantivation of the adjective Napoletano, which was used in a geographic meaning too. It is composed of Napoli, the Italian name of the city Naples, and the suffix -tania, developed during the Roman times, and which stands for "land", "country". Napolitania is then the land or country of of Neapolitans. Neapolitans is indeed the historical name of the people who lived in the Kingdom of Naples (and in the continental part of the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies from 1816 to 1861) and the appellation survived long after the fall of the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies. Napolitania is then just a linguistic expedient to refer to the country of Naples, which is an entity officially existed from 1285 and 1815 and officially recognised within the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies from 1816 to 1860. The same linguistic development has occurred throughout history to name other lands/nations, like Occitania, Mauritania, Aquitania, etc. The geographical use of the term Napolitania develops pretty much at the same time with the other geographical terms, like Padania and Appenninia. The asteroid 1876 Napolitania is named after Naples, by following the same pattern. The historical geographical definition for Napolitania coincedes withe the territories that between 1285 and 1815 were part of the Kingdom of Naples including the ancient papal enclaves of Benevento and Pontecorvo. In the historical definition of Napolitania the administrative divisions of the ancient Kingdom of Naples were, from south to north, the following: Calabria Ultra, Calabria Citra, Terra d'Otranto, Basilicata, Terra di Bari, Principato Citra, Principato Ultra, Province of Naples, Capitanata, Contado di Molise, Terra di Lavoro, Abruzzo Citra, Abruzzo Ultra I and Abruzzo Ultra II. Napolitania has also a modern definition according to some southern Italy autonomist movements,[4] which define Napolitania as an autonomous macro-region in an eventually federal Italy. In this definition Napolitania will be composed of existing Italian regions that will be merged to a macro-region, following regions will compose Napolitania: Calabria, Basilicata, Apulia, Campania, Molise, Abruzzo, far eastern part and southern part of Lazio (included in the provinces of Latina, Frosinone and Rieti.[5] Indipendentists see Napolitania as the motherland of Neapolitans.
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Geographical features
Area: 76,991 km²
Religions: Roman Catholic
Population: 14,554,112 inhabitants
Coastline: 2,259 km
Most populous cities:
| Name | People |
|---|---|
| Naples | 962,447 |
| Bari | 320,160 |
| Reggio Calabria | 260,000 |
| Taranto | 200,000 |
| Foggia | 153,469 |
| Salerno | 140,045 |
| Pescara | 124,130 |
| Giugliano in Campania | 114,036 |
Major rivers:
| Name | Length |
|---|---|
| Volturno | 175 km |
| Liri-Garigliano | 158 km |
| Aterno-Pescara | 145 km |
| Ofanto | 134 km |
Lakes:
- Varano
- Lesina
- Conza
- Occhito
- Guardalfiera
- Bomba
- San Giuliano
- Serra del Corvo
- Capaciotti
Mountain ranges:
- Abruzzi Apennines
- Neapolitan Apennines
- Lucano Apennines
- Calabrian Apennines
Highest mountains:
| Name | Height |
|---|---|
| Gran Sasso | 2,914 m (9,560 ft) |
| La Maiella | 2,795 m (9,170 ft) |
| Serra Dolcedorme | 2,267 m (7,438 ft) |
| Mount Miletto | 2,050 m (6,730 ft) |
| Montalto | 1,955 m (6,414 ft) |
| Cervati | 1,898 m (6,227 ft) |
Active volcanoes: Vesuvius and Campi Flegrei (near Naples)
Extinct volcanoes: Vulture (Basilicata)
National parks:
| Name | Hectares |
|---|---|
| Abruzzo | 50,683 |
| Aspromonte | 76,000 |
| Cilento and Vallo di Diano | 181,048 |
| Gargano | 121,118 |
| Gran Sasso and Monti della Laga | 150,000 |
| Majella | 74,095 |
| Pollino | 182,180 |
| Sila | 73,695 |
| Vesuvius | 8,482 |
Regional parks:
| Name | Hectares |
|---|---|
| Matese | 33.326 |
| Partenio | 14.870 |
| Roccamonfina e Foce Garigliano | 11.000 |
| Monti Lattari | 16.000 |
| Fiume Sarno | 3.436 |
| Monti Picentini | 62.200 |
| Parco del Sirente - Velino | 50.288 |
| Lama Balice | 502 |
| Dune costiere da Torre Canne a Torre San Leonardo | 1.069 |
| Salina di Punta della Contessa | 1.697 |
| Bosco Incoronata | 1.060 |
| Bosco e paludi di Rauccio | 1.593 |
| Costa Otranto - Santa Maria di Leuca e Bosco di Tricase | 3.227 |
| Litorale di Punta Pizzo e Isola di Sant'Andrea | 685 |
| Porto Selvaggio e Palude del Capitano | 1.120 |
| Litorale di Ugento | 1.600 |
| Terra delle Gravine | 19.775 |
| Chiese rupestri del Materano (Murgia Materana) | 10.856 |
| Gallipoli Cognato e Piccole Dolomiti Lucane | 27.027 |
| Parco Naturale delle Serre | ---- |
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