Forchia 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 Benevento
The Province of Benevento ( it, Provincia di Benevento) is a province in the Campania region of Italy. Its capital is the city of Benevento.
Geography
The province has an area of 2,071 km2, and, , a total population of 279,308. There are 78 ...
in the
Italian
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* Anything of, from, or related to the people of Italy over the centuries
** Italians, an ethnic group or simply a citizen of the Italian Republic or Italian Kingdom
** Italian language, a Romance language
*** Regional Ita ...
region
Campania
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, located about 35 km northeast of
Naples
Naples (; it, Napoli ; nap, Napule ), from grc, Νεάπολις, Neápolis, lit=new city. is the regional capital of Campania and the third-largest city of Italy, after Rome and Milan, with a population of 909,048 within the city's adminis ...
and about 25 km southwest of
Benevento.
The name ''Forchia'' is the translation of
Latin
Latin (, or , ) is a classical language belonging to the Italic branch of the Indo-European languages. Latin was originally a dialect spoken in the lower Tiber area (then known as Latium) around present-day Rome, but through the power of the ...
''forculae'', meaning "oxbow".
It borders the following municipalities:
Airola,
Arienzo
Arienzo is a town and ''comune'' in the Province of Caserta, Campania, southern Italy. It is located across the Appian Way.
Main sights
On the hill above the town are the ruins of the medieval castle dismantled by Roger II of Sicily in 1135 during ...
,
Arpaia
Arpaia is a town, ''comune'' (municipality) and former (now titular) episcopal see in the Province of Benevento in the southern Italian region Campania, located about 35 km northeast of Naples and about 25 km southwest of Benevento.
Ar ...
,
Moiano
Moiano is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Benevento in the Italian region Campania, located about northeast of Naples and about southwest of Benevento on the western slope of the Monte Taburno
Taburno Camposauro is a massif lo ...
,
Roccarainola.
References
Cities and towns in Campania
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