Sibari is an Italian ''

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'' of the ''

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'' (municipality) of

Cassano allo Ionio Cassano all'Ionio, also named Cassano allo Ionio, is a town and '' comune'' in province of Cosenza of Calabria, southern Italy, known in Roman times as ''Cassanum''. It lies in a fertile region in the concave recess of a steep mountain, 60 k ...

. It lies in the

province of Cosenza The province of Cosenza ( it, provincia di Cosenza) is a Provinces of Italy, province in the Calabria region of southern Italy. Its capital is the city of Cosenza. It contains 150 ''comuni'', listed at list of communes of the Province of Cosenza ...

which is part of the region

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Geography

It is located close to the Gulf of Taranto and the archaeological sites of the

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cities of

Sybaris Sybaris ( grc, Σύβαρις; it, Sibari) was an important city of Magna Graecia. It was situated in modern Calabria, in southern Italy, between two rivers, the Crathis (Crati) and the Sybaris (Coscile). The city was founded in 720 BC ...

and

Thurii Thurii (; grc-gre, Θούριοι, Thoúrioi), called also by some Latin writers Thurium (compare grc-gre, Θούριον in Ptolemy), for a time also Copia and Copiae, was a city of Magna Graecia, situated on the Gulf of Taranto, Tarentine gul ...

which can be found a few kilometers to the southeast of the town. It also has a train station.

History

It was founded in the 1960s. The town has grown after a program of

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. In the 1980s and 1990s beach tourism developed in the town. The local agriculture produces citrus fruits, olives and rice. In recent years there have been numerous attempts to gain autonomy, which have failed.

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Frazioni of the Province of Cosenza Cassano all'Ionio Railway towns in Italy {{calabria-geo-stub