Scampitella (

Irpino The Irpinian dialect, or Irpino, is the dialect of Neapolitan language spoken in almost all of the comuni in the Province of Avellino in the Italian region of Campania. It differs from other varieties in certain phrases, pronunciation and the us ...

: ) 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 Avellino,

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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 ...

. Located upon the Apennines watershed between the

Ufita The Ufita is a river of Campania, in southern Italy. The source is in the Baronia traditional sub-region of Irpinia, in the province of Avellino, after which the river flows generally north-westwards, entering the province of Benevento before enter ...

Valley and

Daunian Mountains Daunian Mountains (in Italian Monti della Daunia or Monti Dauni, or also improperly Subappennino Dauno) are a mountain range in southern Italy, constituting the eastern appendix of the Campanian Apennines. They occupy the western fringe of Capit ...

, the town is part of the

Roman Catholic Diocese of Ariano Irpino-Lacedonia The Italian Catholic Diocese of Ariano Irpino-Lacedonia ( la, Dioecesis Arianensis Hirpina-Laquedoniensis) is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Benevento. In 1986 the Diocese of Ariano and the Diocese of Lacedonia merged to form the current di ...

. Its territory borders with the municipalities of

Anzano di Puglia Anzano di Puglia is a small town and ''comune'' in the province of Foggia and region of Apulia in southeast Italy. It rises above sea level. The town lies along the Apennines, astride the Daunian Mountains at the intersection of two ancient Roma ...

(in Apulia),

Bisaccia Bisaccia is an Italian town and comune, population 4,382, situated in the province of Avellino. It borders the communes of Andretta, Aquilonia, Calitri, Guardia Lombardi, Lacedonia, Scampitella Scampitella (Irpino: ) is a town and ''comune'' ...

Lacedonia Lacedonia ( Irpinian: ) is a ''comune'' in the province of Avellino, Campania region, southern Italy, overlooking the Osento River which flows into the Lago di San Pietro (Lake of Saint Peter), an artificial lake. The town is part of the Roman ...

Sant'Agata di Puglia Sant'Agata di Puglia ( Pugliese: ) is a town and ''comune'' in the province of Foggia in the Apulia region of southeast Italy. Its territory borders the municipalities of Accadia, Anzano di Puglia, Candela, Deliceto, Lacedonia ( AV), Monteleone ...

(in Apulia),

Trevico Trevico is a town and ''comune'' in the province of Avellino, Campania, southern Italy. Located in the Apennines upon a steep hill at 3,576 feet (1,090 m) altitude, Trevico is the highest inhabited place in Campania. Its main produce are hams, ch ...

, Vallata, and

Vallesaccarda Vallesaccarda is a town and ''comune'' in the province of Avellino, Campania, southern Italy. Located in the Apennines between the Ufita Valley and Daunian Mountains, the town is part of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Ariano Irpino-Lacedonia. It ...

. Scampitella is 67 km from Avellino, the province capital, and 120 km from Naples, the regional capital.

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