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Cagliari
Comune
Comune di Cagliari
Cathedral of Cagliari
Cathedral of Cagliari
Flag of Cagliari
Flag
 Coat of arms of Cagliari
Coat of arms
Country Italy
Region Sardinia
Province Cagliari (CA)
Frazioni Pirri, Poetto, Giorgino
Area
 • Total 85.45 km2 (32.99 sq mi)
Elevation
23 m (75 ft)
Population
 (31 December 2012)
 • Total 149,575
 • Density 1,750.44/km2 (4,533.62/sq mi)
Demonym(s) Cagliaritani
Time zone UTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST) UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code
09100
Dialing code 070
Patron saint St. Saturninus
Saint day October 30
Website www.comune.cagliari.it

Cagliari (Sardinian: Casteddu) is a city in the region of Sardinia in Italy. It is also the capital of the Province of Cagliari. Cagliari has one of the biggest ports in the Mediterranea Sea and an international airport.

There are 149,575 people living in the city. With an area of 85.45 km2 (32.99 sq mi), its population density is of 1,750.4 inhabitants/km². It is bordered by the comuni of Assemini, Capoterra, Elmas, Monserrato, Quartu Sant'Elena, Quartucciu, Selargius and Sestu.

It is also the seat of the University of Cagliari from 1607 and the Primate Roman Catholic archdiocese of Sardinia, from the 5th century AD.

Cagliari has a hot-summer Mediterranean climate (Csa in the Koeppen climate classification).

The metropolitan area of Cagliari

The urban area of Cagliari, with a total area of 1,113 km2 (429.73 sq mi), has a total population of about 420,000 inhabitants, of which 36.57% of them are in the city of Cagliari.

The metropolitan area of Cagliari is formed by the city of Cagliari and by 15 comuni.

Cagliari Metropolitan area map
Cagliari Metropolitan area map
Cagliari-Molentargius-Poetto-Quartu
Aerial view
Comune Area
(in km²)		 Population Distance from
city centre(km)
Cagliari 85.45 153,394 0
Assemini 117.50 26,703 14
Capoterra 68.25 23,995 20
Decimomannu 28.05 8,051 19
Elmas 13.70 9,270 10
Maracalagonis 101.60 7,808 18
Monserrato 6.50 20,278 7
Pula 138.79 7,249 33
Quartu Sant'Elena 96.20 69,245 9
Quartucciu 27.87 13,109 9
Sarroch 67.88 5,289 25
Selargius 26.71 28,978 9
Sestu 48.32 20,384 11
Settimo San Pietro 23.21 6,677 13
Sinnai 223.38 16,971 15
Villa San Pietro 39.61 2,065 29

Twin cities

The city of Cagliari has, as twin cities, the following cities:



Images for kids

  • MONTE CLARO

    Monte Claro culture pottery

  • Mosaico Karalitani Ostia

    Karalitan ship owners and traders, mosaic in Ostia Antica

  • PUNIC ERA INSCRIPTION

    The Giardino Birocchi inscription, a Punic era inscription from the National Archeological Museum

  • Necropoli di Tuvixeddu

    Necropolis of Tuvixeddu

  • Roman Amphitheatre of Cagliari

    Is Centu Scalas ("a hundred steps"), the Roman amphitheatre of Cagliari

  • SanpietroCA

    Saint Peter of the Fishermen church, 12th century. One of the few survived buildings of Santa Igia

  • Pluteo di età mediobizantina con grifo e pegaso. Museo Archeologico nazionale di Cagliari

    Griffin and Pegasus pluteo, Byzantine Middle Ages. National Archaeological Museum of Cagliari

  • TorreElefanteCagliari-pjt2

    Torre dell'Elefante (1307)

  • Braun hogenberg Cagliari 1572

    View of Cagliari from Civitates orbis terrarium (1572) by Georg Braun

  • PalazzoRegio3

    Interior view of the Royal Palace of Cagliari

  • CagliariBastioneRemy

    Triumphal arch King Umberto I, better known as Bastione Saint Remy

  • Cagliari11

    The so-called Sella del Diavolo

  • Castello San Michele (CA)

    San Michele hill with the castle on the top

  • Cagliari panorama

    View over the historical district of Villanova

  • Cagliari

    Fonsarda

  • Cagliari Giardini pubblici

    Old public gardens

  • Monte Urpinu Cagliari

    Cagliari, panorama from Monti Urpinu Park

  • Parco di Monte Claro (CA)

    Park of Monte Claro

  • Poetto spiaggia

    Aerial view of Poetto Beach

  • Unusual snowy Cagliari, 1910

    Snow in Cagliari, 1910

  • Cagliari plane

    Aeral view of part of the Cagliari Metropolitan Area

  • Cagliari - Sella del Diavolo - Capo Sant'Elia

    The crystal clear sea in the Sella del Diavolo locality

  • Cagliari Via Roma La Rinascente

    Cagliari Via Roma La Rinascente

  • Lungomare Poetto - Cagliari

    Poetto Beach

  • Basilica di S.Saturnino

    San Saturnino Basilica, 5th century

  • Cagliari02

    Eastern walls of Castello

  • Facciata 1 - ridotta

    Church of San Michele

  • Cattedrale Cagliari

    The cathedral (left) and the old city hall (right)

  • Basilica di Bonaria

    The Basilica of Our Lady of Bonaria

  • Sant'Anna (Cagliari)

    Collegiata di Sant'Anna

  • Liberty Cagliari

    Art Nouveau architecture in Cagliari

  • OldUniversityLibraryCagliari

    18th-century University Library

  • Lirico Cagliari

    The new Teatro Lirico (opera house)

  • Cittadella dei Musei CA

    Cittadella dei Musei

  • Galleria d'arte (CA)

    Galleria comunale d'Arte

  • Orto Botanico di Cagliari

    Orto Botanico di Cagliari

  • Mazziere del Comune di Cagliari

    Municipal mace bearer

  • Costumi sardi

    Traditional folk costume of Cagliari during the Feast of St. Ephysius

  • Sea food Cagliari

    Seafood offered in a Cagliari restaurant

  • SardegnaArena

    Internal view of the Sardegna Arena, home of Serie A football club Cagliari Calcio since 2017

  • UniversitàCA

    "Aula Magna" of the University of Cagliari

  • Cagliari - Statua Carlo Felice

    The statue of King Carlo Felice in Piazza Yenne, the starting point for all of Sardinia's main roads

  • Area Check Cagliari

    Check-in area of Cagliari-Elmas International Airport

  • Cable-stayed bridge of the Monserrato University Campus interchange

    Cable-stayed bridge of the Monserrato University Campus interchange SS 554

  • D2.08 Bf Genneruxi, ET 06

    MetroCagliari

  • Stemma di Cagliari pisana

    13th century

  • STEMMA DI CAGLIARI NELLA CORONA D'ARAGONA dal gonfalone dell'università, 1606

    From the 14th to 17th century

  • Cagliari-Stemma sabaudo da L'archivio comunale di Cagliari

    From the 18th century to the present

See also

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