Cagliari

Cagliari
Comune
Comune di Cagliari
Cathedral of Cagliari
Flag Coat of arms
Location of Cagliari
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Coordinates: 39°13′40″N 09°06′40″E / 39.22778°N 9.11111°E / 39.22778; 9.11111
Country	Italy
Region	Sardinia
Province	Cagliari (CA)
Frazioni	Pirri, Poetto, Giorgino
Government
• Mayor	Paolo Truzzu (Brothers of Italy)
Area [1]
• Total	85.45 km2 (32.99 sq mi)
Elevation	23 m (75 ft)
Population  (31 December 2012)[2]
• Total	149,575
• Density	1,800/km2 (4,500/sq mi)
Demonym	Cagliaritani
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	09100
Dialing code	070
Patron saint	St. Saturninus
Saint day	October 30
Website	www.comune.cagliari.it

Cagliari (Sardinian: Casteddu) is a city in the region of Sardinia in Italy. It is also the capital of the Province of Cagliari. Cagliari has one of the biggest ports in the Mediterranean Sea and an international airport.

There are 149,575 people living in the city.^[2] With an area of 85.45 km² (32.99 sq mi), its population density is of 1,750.4 inhabitants/km². It is bordered by the comuni of Assemini, Capoterra, Elmas, Monserrato, Quartu Sant'Elena, Quartucciu, Selargius and Sestu.

It is also the seat of the University of Cagliari^[3] from 1607 and the Primate Roman Catholic archdiocese of Sardinia,^[4][5] from the 5th century AD.

Cagliari has a hot-summer Mediterranean climate (Csa in the Koeppen climate classification).

1. ↑ "Superficie di Comuni Province e Regioni italiane al 9 ottobre 2011". Italian National Institute of Statistics. Retrieved 16 March 2019.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} "Bilancio demografico Anno 2012 Dicembre" (in Italian). Istat - Istituto Nazionale di Statistica. Archived from the original on 22 May 2013. Retrieved 11 May 2013.
3. ↑ "Università degli studi di Cagliari". Retrieved 18 May 2014.
4. ↑ "Chiesa di Cagliari". Retrieved 18 May 2014.
5. ↑ David M. Cheney. "Cagliari (Archdiocese)". Retrieved 18 May 2014.