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Ottaviano (; known until 1933 as Ottaiano in Italian) is a (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Naples in the Italian region of Campania, located about east of Naples and is located in the Vesuvian Area. Ottaviano was in Roman times a hamlet of houses within a vast estate () belonging to the gens Octavia, Augustus' family.

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Ottaviano is a town in the Naples area of southern Italy, located in the volcanic region near Mount Vesuvius. It has historical significance dating back to Roman times, when it was part of a large estate owned by the family of the Emperor Augustus.

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Key facts

Italian comune.name
Ottaviano
Italian comune.image_skyline
Ottaviano01.jpg
Italian comune.image_shield
A shower of Vesuvius ashes over Ottaviano, by Charles Caryl Coleman.
Italian comune.region
Campania
Italian comune.metropolitan_city
Naples (NA)
Italian comune.frazioni
Giacobbi, Iervolini, Furchi, Raggi, San Gennarello, Zabatta, San Leonardo
Italian comune.mayor
Biagio Simonetti
Italian comune.area_total_km2
19.8
Italian comune.population_total
23934
Italian comune.population_as_of
31 July 2015
Italian comune.population_demonym
Ottavianesi
Italian comune.elevation_m
220
Italian comune.saint
St. Michael
Italian comune.day
8 May
Italian comune.postal_code
80044
Italian comune.area_code
081

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
comune of Italy
Official name
Ottaviano
Demonym
ottavianesi
Country
Italy
Population
23115
Area
20.02
Elevation
210
Time zone
UTC+02:00
Shares border with
Palma Campania
Image
Ottaviano.JPG
Dialing code
081
Licence plate code
NA
Patron saint
Archangel Michael
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Commons category
Ottaviano
postal code
80044
category for people born here
Category:Births in Ottaviano
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Ottaviano (; known until 1933 as Ottaiano in Italian) is a (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Naples in the Italian region of Campania, located about east of Naples and is located in the Vesuvian Area. Ottaviano was in Roman times a hamlet of houses within a vast estate () belonging to the gens Octavia, Augustus' family.

The territory of the municipality includes most of the crater of Mount Vesuvius, and suffered significant destruction during the 1944 eruption. The Medici Castle in Ottaviano houses the headquarters of the Vesuvius National Park.

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

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