Podargoni
Sign in to savePodargoni (; ) is a fraction in the Reggio Calabria, in the southern Italian region of Calabria. Together with Ortì and Terreti it forms the 11th district of the municipality of Reggio Calabria. It is a small town close to the Aspromonte mountains, and is above sea level, at the foot of Mount Marrapà and on the left bank of the river Gallico. The town is inhabited by the Griko people who formerly spoke their ancestral Calabrian Greek dialect.
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Within Vinony's link graph, Podargoni is referenced by 4 other articles, and connects out to Calabrian Greek, United States and Italy.
The entry is geolocated on the map, across 2 mapped points.
It is catalogued under topics including Cities and towns in Calabria and Frazioni of the Metropolitan City of Reggio Calabria.
Its subject is documented across 9 Wikipedia language editions.
Key facts
- Italian comune.name
- Podargoni
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- Reggio calabria circoscrizioni.jpg
- Italian comune.image_caption
- Districts and neighborhoods of Reggio
- Italian comune.coordinates
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- Italian comune.region
- Calabria
- Italian comune.province
- Reggio Calabria (RC)
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human settlement
- Country
- Italy
- Located in
- Reggio Calabria
- Elevation
- 580
- Time zone
- UTC+01:00
- Image
- Reggio calabria circoscrizioni.jpg
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Encyclopedic overview
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Podargoni (; ) is a fraction in the Reggio Calabria, in the southern Italian region of Calabria. Together with Ortì and Terreti it forms the 11th district of the municipality of Reggio Calabria. It is a small town close to the Aspromonte mountains, and is above sea level, at the foot of Mount Marrapà and on the left bank of the river Gallico. The town is inhabited by the Griko people who formerly spoke their ancestral Calabrian Greek dialect.
==Etymology== The name Podargoni is Greek in origin deriving from the Greek dialect formerly spoken in southern Calabria and originates from the Greek expression Podargos (πόδαργος) which means 'slow-footed'.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Podargoni” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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2 mapped locations