Key facts
- Country
- Italy
- Region
- Apulia
- Province
- Foggia (FG)
- Mayor
- Domenico di Vito
- Total
- 103 km (40 sq mi)
- Elevation
- 70 m (230 ft)
- Density
- 173/km (447/sq mi)
- Demonym
- Ortesi
- Time zone
- UTC+1 ( CET )
- Summer dst
- UTC+2 ( CEST )
- Dialing code
- 0885
- Patron saint
- St. Anthony of Padua
- Saint day
- June 13
- Website
- Official website
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
Orta Nova is a town and comune about 25.4 kilometres (15.8 mi) from Foggia, in the region of Apulia, in southern Italy. It stretches to the southern part of the Tavoliere (Foggia's plain) on the right bank of the river Carapelle.
The origins of the name "Orta" are rather uncertain, as it the word may indicate: "crooked born", from the Latin ortus, or "garden" from the Latin word hortus, or also simply "East".
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Orta Nova” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.