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Spina

Southern Europe

Spina was an Etruscan port city located in the province of Ferrara in the Emilia-Romagna region of Italy. It was established by the end of the sixth century BCE on the Adriatic coast at the ancient mouth of the Po river.

Facts
Population
723 1
Founding Year
550 BCE to 501 BCE 2
Latitude
44.693056 degrees north 3
Longitude
12.101111 degrees east 3
Elevation Band
Sea Level 4
Climate Zone
Temperate 5
Time Zone
UTC+01:00 6
Sources
1. GeoNames: Spina
cities500.txt bulk dump, 2026-09-27
Quote, cities500.txt bulk dump, 2026-09-27
GeoNames cities500 dump: name match Spina, country IT, population 723
2. Wikipedia (Italian): Spina (città antica)
Wikipedia (Italian)Article text: founding statement
Quote, Article text: founding statement
Spina fu fondata nella seconda metà del VI secolo a.C.
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3. Spina (Wikidata)
P625 (coordinate location)
Quote, P625 (coordinate location)
latitude 44.693056, longitude 12.101111
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4. OpenTopoData (SRTM 90 m): SRTM 90 m elevation at 44.6931,12.1011
OpenTopoData (SRTM 90 m)results elevation
Quote, results elevation
"elevation": -3.0
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5. 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 44.75, 12.25
Quote, Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 44.75, 12.25
44.75 12.25 Cfa
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6. 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: Spina
Wikidata Q2065939, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)View the Source
Spina (Wikipedia)
In Group: Cities of Southern Europe (World), Wikipedia; part-of country and UN M49 subregionView the Source
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