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Portocannone (Arbërisht: Portkanuni) (gate of the law) is an Arbëreshë comune in the Province of Campobasso, in the Italian region Molise, located about northeast of Campobasso.

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Portocannone is a small Italian town in the Molise region that is home to an Arbëreshë community, a descendant group of Albanian migrants. The town's name, meaning "gate of the law," reflects its Albanian heritage and cultural identity within southern Italy.

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Key facts

Italian comune.name
Portocannone
Italian comune.official_name
Comune di Portocannone
Italian comune.native_name
Portkanuni
Italian comune.image_shield
Portocannone-Stemma.gif
Italian comune.region
Molise
Italian comune.province
Campobasso (CB)
Italian comune.mayor
Francesco Gallo
Italian comune.area_total_km2
13.11
Italian comune.population_total
2488
Italian comune.population_as_of
30 November 2017
Italian comune.population_demonym
Portocannonesi
Italian comune.elevation_m
148
Italian comune.postal_code
86045
Italian comune.area_code
0875

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
comune of Italy
Official name
Portocannone
Country
Italy
Population
2335
Area
13.11
Elevation
148
Time zone
UTC+01:00
Shares border with
Campomarino
Dialing code
0875
Licence plate code
CB
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Commons category
Portocannone
postal code
86045
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Encyclopedic overview

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Portocannone (Arbërisht: Portkanuni) (gate of the law) is an Arbëreshë comune in the Province of Campobasso, in the Italian region Molise, located about northeast of Campobasso.

== Transportation == Portocannone was served by a railway station, the Guglionesi-Portocannone railway station.on the Termoli-Campobasso and Termoli–Venafro line, but the station has been closed for a few years and does not have passenger service.

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

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