Sant'Andrea Apostolo dello lonio (), locally referred to as simply Sant'Andrea, is a and

town A town is a type of a human settlement, generally larger than a village but smaller than a city. The criteria for distinguishing a town vary globally, often depending on factors such as population size, economic character, administrative stat ...

in the province of Catanzaro in the region of

Calabria Calabria is a Regions of Italy, region in Southern Italy. It is a peninsula bordered by the region Basilicata to the north, the Ionian Sea to the east, the Strait of Messina to the southwest, which separates it from Sicily, and the Tyrrhenian S ...

, Italy.

Geography

The town is bordered by the river Alaca to the north, the

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to the east, the river Salùbro in the south, and the foothills of the Calabrian

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in the west. The village lies in the hills of La Maddalena and Lipantana Cerasia. The municipal hall sits at an elevation of 330 meters above sea level.

References

Cities and towns in Calabria {{Calabria-geo-stub