The ''Suburbi di Roma'' (Italian for "Suburbs of Rome") are the third level of toponomastic subdivision of the Municipality of

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(Italy). The total resident population is inhabitants.Roma Capitale – Roma Statistica. Population inscribed in the resident register at December 31, 2016, by toponomastic subdivision.

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The first 11 Suburbs were drawn in 1911: they were coded with the letter S and a one-letter or two-letters alphabetic code. * S. P Parioli * S. TI Tiburtino * S. PL Prenestino-Labicano * S. TU Tuscolano * S. AL Appio-Latino * S. O Ostiense * S. PO

Portuense Portuense is the 11th ''quartiere'' of Rome (Italy), identified by the initials Q.XI. The toponym is also used to indicate the urbanistic area 15b, in the Municipio XV. The population of the urbanistic area amounts to 30.362 inhabitants. There ...

* S. G

Gianicolense Gianicolense is the 12th ''quartiere'' of Rome (Italy), identified by the initials Q. XII. It belongs to the Municipio XI and Municipio XII. It takes its name from the Janiculum hill, which lies in the nearby ''rione'' Trastevere and whose west ...

* S. A Aurelio * S. T

Trionfale Trionfale is the 14th ''quartiere'' of Rome (Italy), identified by the initials Q. XIV. The toponym also indicates the urban zone 19E of Municipio XIV. History Trionfale is among the first 15 ''quartieri'' of the city, originally delimited i ...

* S. M Milvio ''s.b'' livio ''samuel via'' With Council Resolution nr. 20 of August 20, 1921 the Suburbs were remapped and identified by

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: * S. I Parioli * S. II Nomentano * S. III Tiburtino * S. IV Prenestino-Labicano * S. V Tuscolano * S. VI Appio-Latino * S. VII Ostiense * S. VIII Portuense * S. IX Gianicolense * S. X Aurelio * S. XI Trionfale * S. XII Milvio On May 23, 1935, the Milvio Suburb, together with the homonymous ''Quartiere'', was renamed ''Della Vittoria'' with Resolution nr. 3944 of the Governor of Rome

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, «''since most of the roads in that area are named after the infantrymen and heroes of the last great war.''». Following a variation of the toponymy dictionary on March 1, 1954, the Parioli and Ostiense Suburbs were suppressed and their territories assigned, respectively, to the Tor di Quinto Suburb and to the newly created Ardeatino and

Giuliano-Dalmata Giuliano-Dalmata is the 31st ''quartiere'' of Rome, identified by the initials Q. XXXI. Its name refers to the Julian, Istrian and Dalmatian refugees that settled there in the postwar period. History Born in the 1930s as ''Villaggio Operaio ...

Quarters. The numbering of the following Suburbs, from the eighth to the twelfth, was decreased by one. The number of Suburbs then went from 12 to 11. * S. I Tor di Quinto * S. II Nomentano * S. III Tiburtino * S. IV Prenestino-Labicano * S. V Tuscolano * S. VI Appio-Latino * S. VII Portuense * S. VIII Gianicolense * S. IX Aurelio * S. X Trionfale * S. XI Della Vittoria With resolution of the Special Commissioner nr. 2453 of September 13, 1961, as a consequence of the high rate of urbanization, the five suburbs of the eastern area, from II to VI, were officially suppressed and replaced with new ''Quartieri'', while the Tor di Quinto Suburb was reduced in extension by transferring the southern section to the new ''Quartiere'' with the same name; similarly, the Trionfale Suburb left its east section to the new ''Quartiere''

Primavalle Primavalle is the 27th ''quartiere'' of Rome, identified by the initials Q. XXVII. It is part of the Municipio XIV. History Thanks to several archaeological discoveries, the first settlements in the area can be dated back to 1st century BC: a ...

. The new situation is summarized in the following table: Therefore, only six Suburbs remained, all in the western area of the Municipality of Rome: they were not renumbered, in forecast of their future suppression which nonetheless has not yet taken place. Their total area is 53.71 km². * S. I

Tor di Quinto Tor di Quinto is the 18th ''quartiere'' of Rome (Italy), identified by the initials Q. XVIII. It belongs to the Municipio XV. Geography Boundaries Northward, the ''quartiere'' borders with ''suburbio'' Tor di Quinto (S. I) and with the zone ...

* S. VII

* S. VIII

* S. IX Aurelio * S. X

* S. XI

Della Vittoria Della Vittoria is the 15th ''quartiere'' of Rome, Italy, identified by the initials Q. XV. The toponym also indicates the urban zone 17B of Municipio I Municipio I is an administrative subdivision of the municipality of Rome, encompassing the ...

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* {{Cite web, url=https://www.info.roma.it/quartieri_di_roma.asp, title=Quartieri e suburbi di Roma, website=info.roma.it Subdivisions of Rome

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