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Canepina is a (municipality) in the Province of Viterbo in the Italian region of Latium, located about northwest of Rome and about southeast of Viterbo. The town derives its name from the once locally widespread cultivation of hemp (i.e. canapa), which was particularly renowned for its pure white color.

Key facts

Italian comune.name
Canepina
Italian comune.official_name
Comune di Canepina
Italian comune.image_shield
Canepina-Stemma.gif
Italian comune.region
Lazio
Italian comune.province
Viterbo (VT)
Italian comune.mayor
Maurizio Palozzi
Italian comune.area_total_km2
21.0
Italian comune.population_total
3211
Italian comune.population_as_of
2008
Italian comune.population_demonym
Canepinesi
Italian comune.elevation_m
501
Italian comune.saint
Santa Corona
Italian comune.day
14 May
Italian comune.postal_code
01030
Italian comune.area_code
0761

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
comune of Italy
Official name
Canepina
Country
Italy
Population
2913
Area
20.85
Elevation
501
Time zone
UTC+02:00
Shares border with
Viterbo
Official website
www.comunedicanepina.it
Image
Castello Anguillara (Canepina).jpg
Dialing code
0761
Licence plate code
VT
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Commons category
Canepina
postal code
01030
twinned administrative body
Laragne-Montéglin
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Canepina is a (municipality) in the Province of Viterbo in the Italian region of Latium, located about northwest of Rome and about southeast of Viterbo. The town derives its name from the once locally widespread cultivation of hemp (i.e. canapa), which was particularly renowned for its pure white color.

==References==

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Canepina” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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