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Foggia

Also known as Foggia (Italy)

Foggia (, ; ; ) is a city and comune (municipality) of Apulia, in Southern Italy, capital of the province of Foggia. In 2013, its population was 153,143. Foggia is the main city of a plain called Tavoliere, also known as the "granary of Italy".

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Foggia is a city in southern Italy and the capital of its province, with a population of about 153,000 people as of 2013. It serves as the main hub of a fertile agricultural plain known as the Tavoliere, which has historically been called the "granary of Italy" because of its importance in grain production.

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Italian comune.name: Foggia
Italian comune.official_name: Comune di Foggia
Italian comune.image_skyline: Piazza Camillo Benso conte di Cavour.jpg
Italian comune.image_flag: Flag of Foggia.svg
Italian comune.image_caption: Piazza Cavour in Foggia
Italian comune.image_shield: Foggia-Stemma.svg
Italian comune.image_map: Map of comune of Foggia (province of Foggia, region Apulia, Italy).svg
Italian comune.map_caption: Foggia within the Province of Foggia
Italian comune.province: Foggia (FG)
Italian comune.frazioni: Arpinova, Incoronata, Cervaro, Tavernola, Segezia, Duanera La Rocca
Italian comune.mayor: Maria Aida Episcopo
Italian comune.area_total_km2: 507
Italian comune.population_total: 153143
Italian comune.population_as_of: 31/12/2013
Italian comune.population_demonym: Foggians
Italian comune.elevation_m: 76
Italian comune.istat: 071024
Italian comune.saint: Madonna dei Sette Veli

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Wikidata facts

Official name: Foggia
Demonym: foggiani
Population: 145348
Area: 509.26
Elevation: 76
Official website: www.comune.foggia.it
Image: Piazza Camillo Benso conte di Cavour.jpg
Dialing code: 0881
Licence plate code: FG

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Commons category: Foggia
postal code: 71121–71122
Commons gallery: Foggia
P8168: Carl Eduard Hammerschmidt
native label: Foggia
P12749: 1991

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Government
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Economy
Transport
Sport
People
International relations
Twin towns – sister cities
In popular culture
See also
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==History== thumb|left|Piazza Cavour in Foggia The name "Foggia" (originally Focis) probably derives from Latin "fovea", meaning "pit", referring to the pits where wheat was stored. The name's etymology remains uncertain however, as it could as well stem from "Phocaea", or possibly probably from the Medieval Greek word for "fire", which is "fotia", as according to legend the original settlers of the 11th century AD were peasants, allegedly after having [miraculously] discovered there a panel portraying the Madonna Nicopeia, on which three flames burnt.