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Cumae

Southern Europe

Cumae was the first ancient Greek colony of Magna Graecia on the Italian mainland, founded by settlers from Euboea in the 8th century BC. It later became a wealthy Roman city, and its remains lie in and around the modern area of Cuma, divided between the municipalities of Pozzuoli and Bacoli in the Metropolitan City of Naples. Many finds from the site are held in the archaeological museum of the Phlegraean Fields in the nearby Aragonese Castle.

Facts
Founding Year
800 BCE to 701 BCE 1
Latitude
40.848611 degrees north 2
Longitude
14.053611 degrees east 2
Elevation Band
Lowland 3
Climate Zone
Temperate 4
Time Zone
UTC+01:00 5
Sources
1. Cumae (Wikipedia)
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    Cumae ( KEW-mee; Ancient Greek: Κύμη, romanized: Kúmē, or Κύμαι, Kúmai, or Κύμα, Kúma; Italian: Cuma) was the first ancient Greek colony of Magna Graecia on the mainland of Italy and was founded by settlers from Euboea in the 8th century BCE.
  • In Group: Cities of Southern Europe (World), Wikipedia; part-of country and UN M49 subregion
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2. Cumae (Wikidata)
P625 (coordinate location)
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latitude 40.848611, longitude 14.053611
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3. OpenTopoData (SRTM 90 m): SRTM 90 m elevation at 40.8486,14.0536
OpenTopoData (SRTM 90 m)results elevation
Quote, results elevation
"elevation": 39.0
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4. Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna): World Map of the Koeppen-Geiger Climate Classification, present climate data
Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna)Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 40.75, 14.25
Quote, Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 40.75, 14.25
40.75 14.25 Csa
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5. IANA Time Zone Database: IANA Time Zone Database, europe zone file
IANA Time Zone DatabaseZone Europe/Rome; IT has this one zone in zone1970.tab
Quote, Zone Europe/Rome; IT has this one zone in zone1970.tab
Zone Europe/Rome 0:49:56 - LMT 1866 Dec 12 ... 1:00 Italy CE%sT 1980 1:00 EU CE%sT
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Wikidata: Cumae
Wikidata Q243456, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)View the Source
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