๐ฎ๐น Taranto is a coastal city in Apulia, Southern Italy. It is the capital of the Province of Taranto, serving as an important commercial port as well as the main Italian naval base. Founded by Spartans in the 8th century BC during the period of Greek colonisation, Taranto was among the most important in Magna Graecia, becoming a cultural, economic and military power that gave birth to philosophers, strategists, writers and athletes such as Archytas, Aristoxenus, Livius Andronicus, Heracleides, Iccus, Cleinias, Leonidas, Lysis and Sosibius. By 500 BC, the city was among the largest in the world, with a population estimated up to 300,000 people. The seven-year rule of Archytas marked the apex of its development and recognition of its hegemony over other Greek colonies of southern Italy. Taranto is now the third-largest continental city in southern Italy (south of Rome, roughly the southern half of the Italian peninsula), with well-developed steel and iron foundries, oil refineries, chemical works, naval shipyards and food-processing factories. Taranto railway station connects the city with Rome, Naples, Milan, Bologna, Bari, Reggio di Calabria and Brindisi.
Taranto has a population of over 195,227 people. Taranto also forms the centre of the wider Taranto Province which has a population of over 581,092 people. Taranto is the #400 hipster city in the world, with a hipster score of 1.6281 according to the Hipster Index which evaluates and ranks the major cities of the world according to the number of vegan eateries, coffee shops, tattoo studios, vintage boutiques, and record stores.
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Twin Towns, Sister Cities Taranto has links with:
๐ช๐ธ Alicante, Spain ๐ซ๐ท Brest, France ๐บ๐ฆ Donetsk, Ukraine ๐ต๐ฐ Islamabad, Pakistan ๐บ๐ธ Pittsburgh, USA ๐จ๐ณ Siming District, China ๐ฌ๐ท Sparta, Greece ๐จ๐ณ Xiamen, China๐ช๐ธ Majadahonda 40.467
๐ช๐ธ Alcalรก de Henares 40.481
๐บ๐ธ Bloomington 40.483
๐ช๐ธ Las Rozas de Madrid 40.492
๐บ๐ธ New Brunswick 40.494
๐ช๐ธ Torrejรณn de Ardoz 40.459
๐ช๐ธ Pozuelo de Alarcรณn 40.441
๐ช๐ธ Gaztambide 40.433
๐บ๐ธ Pittsburgh 40.433
๐บ๐ธ West Lafayette 40.433
๐จ๐ฟ Kromฤลรญลพ 17.383
๐ญ๐ท Virovitica 17.383
๐จ๐ฟ Uherskรฉ Hradiลกtฤ 17.45
๐ต๐ฑ Wฤ growiec 17.2
๐ง๐ฆ Banja Luka 17.192
๐ธ๐ฐ Bratislava 17.1
๐จ๐ฟ Prostฤjov 17.1
Locations Near: Taranto 17.2505,40.4654
๐ฎ๐น Ostuni 17.583,40.733 d: 40.9
๐ฎ๐น Matera 16.6,40.667 d: 59.3
๐ฎ๐น Bari 16.867,41.117 d: 79.3
๐ฎ๐น Altamura 16.55,40.817 d: 70.8
๐ฎ๐น Bitonto 16.683,41.117 d: 86.7
๐ฎ๐น Lecce 18.174,40.355 d: 79.2
๐ฎ๐น Molfetta 16.599,41.201 d: 98.5
๐ฎ๐น Bisceglie 16.5,41.233 d: 106.2
๐ฎ๐น Martano 18.3,40.2 d: 93.7
๐ฎ๐น Corigliano-Rossano 16.633,39.567 d: 112.9
Antipodal to: Taranto -162.75,-40.465
๐น๐ด Nuku'alofa -175.216,-21.136 d: 17564
๐ต๐ซ Papeete -149.566,-17.537 d: 17169.1
๐ฆ๐ธ Pago Pago -170.701,-14.279 d: 17002.6
๐ผ๐ธ Apia -171.76,-13.833 d: 16926.6
๐บ๐ธ Hilo -155.089,19.725 d: 13275.4
๐บ๐ธ Maui -156.446,20.72 d: 13180.3
๐บ๐ธ Maui County -156.617,20.868 d: 13165.7
๐บ๐ธ Wailuku -156.505,20.894 d: 13161.7