Caraffa del Bianco is a ''
comune
The (; plural: ) is a local administrative division of Italy, roughly equivalent to a township or municipality. It is the third-level administrative division of Italy, after regions ('' regioni'') and provinces (''province''). The can also ...
'' (municipality) in the
Province of Reggio Calabria
The Province of Reggio Calabria ( it, Provincia di Reggio Calabria) was a province in the Calabria region of Italy. It was the southernmost province in mainland Italy and is separated from the island of Sicily by the Strait of Messina. The capital ...
in the
Italian region
Calabria
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, located about southwest of
Catanzaro and about east of
Reggio Calabria
Reggio di Calabria ( scn, label= Southern Calabrian, Riggiu; el, label= Calabrian Greek, Ρήγι, Rìji), usually referred to as Reggio Calabria, or simply Reggio by its inhabitants, is the largest city in Calabria. It has an estimated popul ...
. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 605 and an area of .
Caraffa del Bianco borders the following municipalities:
Bianco,
Casignana,
Ferruzzano,
Sant'Agata del Bianco
Sant'Agata del Bianco is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Reggio Calabria in the Italian region Calabria, located about southwest of Catanzaro and about east of Reggio Calabria.
The great writer Saverio Strati Saverio is a given na ...
.
The revolutionary
Rocco Verduci
Rocco Verduci (3 August 1824, Caraffa del Bianco – 2 October 1847, Gerace) was an Italian revolutionary, and martyr of the Insurrection of 1847 in the Two Sicilies.
In September 1847 Verduci led a rebellion in the district of Gerace, as par ...
(1824-1847) was born at Caraffa del Bianco.
Demographic evolution
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References
Cities and towns in Calabria
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