Ottati (
Cilentan: ''Utatte'') is a town and ''
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 ...
'' in the
province of Salerno
The Province of Salerno ( it, Provincia di Salerno) is a province in the Campania region of Italy.
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Geography
The largest towns in the province are: Salerno, the capital, which has a population of 131,950; Cava de' Tirreni, Battipagli ...
in the
Campania
(man), it, Campana (woman)
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Italy
Italy ( it, Italia ), officially the Italian Republic, ) or the Republic of Italy, is a country in Southern Europe. It is located in the middle of the Mediterranean Sea, and its territory largely coincides with the homonymous geographical ...
. As of 2011 its population was of 680.
History
The town was founded in the 12th century, presumably by shepherds who abandoned the ancient village of Fasanella.
Geography
Located in
Cilento and part of
its national park, Ottati lies below Tempa del Prato mountain (1,048 m), part of the
Alburni
The Alburni are an Italian mountain range of the Province of Salerno, Campania, part of the Apennines. Due to their geomorphology, they are popularly known as the "''Dolomites of Campania''" or of Southern Italy. The highest mountain is the P ...
range. It is crossed in the middle by the provincial road SP 179 and the town hall is located in Via 24 Maggio 53. It is
3 km far from
Sant'Angelo a Fasanella
Sant'Angelo a Fasanella is a town and ''comune'' in the province of Salerno in the Campania region of south-western Italy.
Geography
The town is located in the north-east of Cilento, close to the mountain range of the Alburni. Its municipal ter ...
, 7 from
Corleto Monforte, 8 from
Aquara, 9 from
Castelcivita, and 92 km from the city of
Salerno.
The municipality borders with Aquara,
Bellosguardo
Bellosguardo is a town and comune in the province of Salerno in the Campania region of south-western Italy.
The name "Bellosguardo" is made up of two italian words: the first is " bello" that means "beautiful, pretty"; the second is " sguardo ...
, Castelcivita,
Petina, Sant'Angelo a Fasanella and
Sicignano degli Alburni
Sicignano degli Alburni (also known simply as Sicignano) is a town and ''comune'' in the province of Salerno in the Campania region of southern Italy.
History
The Roman war hero Lucius Sicinius Dentatus, of the gens Sicinia, founded Sicignano ...
. It has no hamlets (''
frazioni
A ''frazione'' (plural: ) is a type of subdivision of a ''comune'' (municipality) in Italy, often a small village or hamlet outside the main town. Most ''frazioni'' were created during the Fascist era (1922–1943) as a way to consolidate territ ...
''), but counts the localities of Bivio San Vito and Chiaie, composed by few scattered farmhouses.
Demographics
The municipality of Ottati had a population of 998 inhabitants according to the results of the
National Census conducted in 1991. After the National Census of 2001 the population was officially stated to be 809 inhabitants, thereby showing a reduction of 18.94% between 1991 and 2001.
[Source: ]Istat
The Italian National Institute of Statistics ( it, Istituto nazionale di statistica; Istat) is the main producer of official statistics in Italy. Its activities include the census of population, economic censuses and a number of social, economic ...
1991 and 2001 The inhabitants are distributed in 345 families with an average of 2,34 people per family.
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Economy
There are 6 industrial firms employing 16 people (14.16% of the total of the workers), 21 service firms employing 22 people (19.47% of the total of the workers), 26 firms employing 66 people (58.41% of the total of the workers), 2 administrative offices employing 9 workers (7.96% of the total of the workers). There is a total of 113 workers, that are the 13.97% of the inhabitants of the municipality.
Gallery
See also
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Cilentan dialect
The Cilentan dialect (in it, Cilentano, in Cilentan: or ) is a Neapolitan dialect spoken in the area of Cilento, located in the southern part of the Province of Salerno, Campania, Italy.
Influences
It has been influenced, especially in the ...
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Castelcivita Caves
The Castelcivita Caves (Italian: ''Grotte di Castelcivita'') are a karst cave system located in the municipality of Castelcivita (and partially in Controne), in the province of Salerno, Campania, southern Italy.
Overview
Their second name, "Sp ...
References
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Cities and towns in Campania
Localities of Cilento