Sant'Antioco

Also known as Santu Antiogu

'''Sant'Antioco''' (; ) is a town and municipality on the island of the same name in southwestern Sardinia, in the Province of Sulcis Iglesiente, in the Sulcis subregion. With a population of 10,451, the municipality of Sant'Antioco is the island's largest settlement. It is also the site of ancient Sulci, considered the second city of Sardinia in antiquity.

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Sant'Antioco is a town in southwestern Sardinia with about 10,000 residents, located on an island of the same name in the Province of Sulcis Iglesiente. It is notable as the largest settlement on its island and as the site of the ancient city of Sulci, which was one of Sardinia's most important cities in antiquity.

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Italian comune.name: Sant'Antioco
Italian comune.official_name: Comune di Sant'Antioco
Italian comune.native_name: Santu Antiogu
Italian comune.image_skyline: Sant'Antioco.jpg
Italian comune.image_caption: Seafront
Italian comune.image_shield: sant'Antioco-Stemma.png
Italian comune.pushpin_map: Italy Sardinia
Italian comune.region: Sardinia
Italian comune.province: Sulcis Iglesiente
Italian comune.frazioni: Maladroxia
Italian comune.mayor_party: civic Party
Italian comune.mayor: Ignazio Locci (2017)
Italian comune.area_total_km2: 87.90
Italian comune.population_total: 10451
Italian comune.population_as_of: 2025
Italian comune.population_demonym: Antiochensi
Italian comune.elevation_m: 10
Italian comune.saint: Saint Antiochus (Sant'Antioco)

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Official name: Sant'Antioco
Demonym: antiochensi
Population: 10645
Area: 87.9
Elevation: 10
Official website: comune.santantioco.su.it
Image: Panorama Sant'Antioco.jpg
Dialing code: 0781
Licence plate code: SU

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Commons category: Sant'Antioco (comune, Italy)
postal code: 09017
native label: Santu Antiogu
P11012: London South Bank University

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Island of Sant'Antioco
History
Climate
Demographics
Main sights
Events
Gallery
See also
References
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==Island of Sant'Antioco== thumb|left|The island of Sant'Antioco as seen from Monte Sirai Sant'Antioco is the second largest island of the Sardinian region, after Sardinia itself, with a surface of ; it is also the fourth largest in Italy after Sicily, Sardinia and Elba. It is located some from Cagliari, to which is connected through the SS126 state road, using a modern bridge. The island is divided between the two municipalities of Sant'Antioco and Calasetta. Other settlements are the small tourist resort of Maladroxia (a frazione of Sant'Antioco municipality) and Cussorgia, part of Calasetta. The coast of the island is in part sandy and in part rocky. The main beaches in the island are Maladroxia and Coaquaddus, in the municipality of Sant'Antioco, and Sotto Torre, Le Saline and Spiaggia Grande in the municipality of Calasetta.