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Maschito

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Maschito (; Lucano: ) is a town and comune of the province of Potenza, in the Basilicata region of southern Italy. Like other towns in the Vulture area, Maschito was repopulated by Albanian refugees after the occupation of Albania by the Ottoman Empire.

Key facts

Italian comune.name
Maschito
Italian comune.official_name
Comune di Maschito
Italian comune.image_skyline
Scorciopaese.jpg
Italian comune.image_caption
View of Maschito
Italian comune.image_shield
Stemmamas.gif
Italian comune.province
(PZ)
Italian comune.frazioni
Caggiano, Cancada, Cantarella, Casano, Cerentino, Cerentino-Settanni, Cesina, Fontana d'Argento, Manes, Monte Calvello, Oreficicchio, Piano del Moro, Piano della Trinità, Serra della Nocelle, Sterpara
Italian comune.mayor
Antonio Mastrodonato
Italian comune.area_total_km2
45
Italian comune.population_total
1834
Italian comune.population_as_of
2007
Italian comune.population_demonym
Maschitani
Italian comune.elevation_m
594
Italian comune.istat
076047
Italian comune.saint
Prophet Elijah
Italian comune.day
20 July
Italian comune.postal_code
85020
Italian comune.area_code
0972

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
comune of Italy
Official name
Maschito
Country
Italy
Population
1465
Area
45.82
Elevation
594
Time zone
UTC+02:00
Shares border with
Palazzo San Gervasio
Image
Scorciopaese.jpg
Dialing code
0972
Licence plate code
PZ
Patron saint
Elijah
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Commons category
Maschito
postal code
85020
P11012
Tarim
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Encyclopedic overview

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  • Geography
  • History
  • Economy
  • Notes and references

Maschito (; Lucano: ) is a town and comune of the province of Potenza, in the Basilicata region of southern Italy. Like other towns in the Vulture area, Maschito was repopulated by Albanian refugees after the occupation of Albania by the Ottoman Empire.

==Geography== Located Northeast of Basilicata, it is a small town covering a hill named Mustafà, about above sea level. It is bounded by the comuni (Municipalities), of Forenza, Ginestra, Palazzo San Gervasio, Venosa.

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

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