Africo
Sign in to saveAfrico (Calabrian: ; ) is a comune in the province of Reggio Calabria, in the Southern Italian region of Calabria located from Reggio Calabria.
Key facts
- Italian comune.name
- Africo
- Italian comune.official_name
- Comune di Africo
- Italian comune.image_skyline
- Capo Bruzzano, Africo, Calabria.jpg
- Italian comune.image_caption
- View of Africo Nuovo
- Italian comune.image_shield
- Africo-Stemma.svg
- Italian comune.region
- Calabria
- Italian comune.metropolitan_city
- Reggio Calabria (RC)
- Italian comune.mayor
- Domenico Versaci
- Italian comune.area_total_km2
- 51
- Italian comune.population_total
- 3339
- Italian comune.population_as_of
- January 1, 2009
- Italian comune.population_demonym
- Africesi
- Italian comune.elevation_m
- 15
- Italian comune.saint
- Saint Leo
- Italian comune.day
- May 12
- Italian comune.postal_code
- 89030
- Italian comune.area_code
- 0964
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Article
8 sectionsContents
- History
- Africo Vecchio
- Africo Nuovo
- Economy
- Demographic evolution
- Notable people
- References
- External links
Africo (Calabrian: ; ) is a comune in the province of Reggio Calabria, in the Southern Italian region of Calabria located from Reggio Calabria.
Africo consists of two main centers. The first, Africo Vecchio (Old Africo), is located some in the mainland at the feet of the Aspromonte. The old town was destroyed by disastrous floods and landslides in October 1951 and abandoned. The second, Africo Nuovo (New Africo), was reconstructed around away, on the Ionian coast near Bianco. The remnants of the old town are situated in the Aspromonte National Park.