Greek birth and Roman acquisition
Naples has been inhabited since the Neolithic period. The earliest Greek settlements were established in the Naples area in the first millennium BC. Sailors from the Greek

The city is situated on the Gulf of Naples, on the western coast of southern Italy; it rises from sea level to an elevation of 450 metres (1,480 ft). The small rivers which formerly crossed the

Naples is noted for its numerous higher education institutes and research centres. Naples hosts what is thought to be the oldest state university in

Naples is Italy's fourth-largest economy after Milan, Rome and Turin, and is the world's 103rd-largest urban economy by purchasing power,

UNESCO World Heritage Site
Naples' 2,800-year history has left it with a wealth of historical buildings and monuments, from

As of 2012 , the population of the comune di Napoli totals around 960,000. Naples' wider metropolitan area, sometimes known as Greater Naples, has a

Governance
Each of the 7,904 comune in Italy is today represented locally by a city council headed by an elected mayor,