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Cagliari (Sardinian Casteddu / ka'steVÐu /) is an Italian town of 157,222 inhabitants, capital of the province of Cagliari and the Autonomous Region of Sardinia. Cagliari is one of 15 Italian cities of metropolitan rank. Its metropolitan area (including the towns conurbation of Cagliari, Monserrato, Selangor, Quarryville, Quartu S. Elena, Capoterra, Elmas, and Assemini Sestu) exceeds 369,000 inhabitants, 465,000 that become popular with the urban agglomeration. Cagliari, the ancient history that has left its mark throughout the city, is home to the university and the archbishop. It is the administrative center of the island as it was historic, under the name of Caralis, the provincial capital of Corsica et Sardinia during the Roman period and later capital of the Kingdom of Sardinia, which later became the Kingdom of Italy, from 1324 to 1861. Its port is classified as "international" because of its importance in the national and supra duties in commercial, industrial, tourist and service for passengers.

Etymology

In the past Cagliari was called from the Phoenician-Punic Krly while Latin was Caralis or plural or Calares Karales. During the time Giudicale the center of the city became what is now the neighborhood of Santa Gilla and medieval Sardo was therefore called "Santa Igia. With the arrival of Pisa Pisani was identified in documents as Kastrum Karalis and later by the Aragonese as Castel de Caller old Catalan. Then the affirmation of Castilian Spanish rule during the name became Callari and finally during the Savoy name was simply transliterated in getting the current Italian Cagliari. In the Sardinian language Casteddu is the actual name of the city from the identification with the city's fortified castle built during the rule of Pisa.

Around the sixteenth century Roderigo Hunn Baeza, a humanist Sardinian Karalis said that derive from the greek º ¬ Á ± which means head, as Cagliari was the main center of the island. The Semitic William Gesenius derives the name made by Kar Baalis, which in Phoenician means "city of God." This was offset, though with some differences, which was accepted by John Spano, indeed, he argued that Cagliari is derived from the Phoenician name Kar-El, which also means "city of God."

Max Leopold Wagner said the deadline back to proto-Karalis, are reflected by the names of Carale Austis, Carallai of Sorradile, or Karhalis Karhallis Pamphylia and the Karhalleia Pisfidia. Karalis is also the name to be connected with such names cacarallai, criallei, crielle, chirelle, Ghirelli (wild chrysanthemum Macerone) and garuleu, galureu, Galileu (pollen stored in honey, which is yellow gold), which have affinities with 'Etruscan garouleou (wild chrysanthemum). All these terms can be traced to travelers of the nineteenth century that defined Cagliari "yellow" because of his rock fortress was this color.

Francesco Artizzu noticed that the root "kar" in the language of the Mediterranean peoples meant "stone / rock" and the suffix "al / ar" gave collective value, and would thus Karali format, which means "place of community on the rock" or simply "rocky place". As for the plural Kalares, Artizzu explained by the fact that, from an initial nucleus, would join other neighboring nuclei, thus increasing the extension of the city. In conclusion, most likely originally Karalis / Caralis had the meaning of 'place on the rock community / yellow or white rock. "

Geography

The city of Cagliari is situated in the south of Sardinia. It is located in the middle of the Golfo degli Angeli, one of the most beautiful in the Mediterranean, and spread around the Sella del Diavolo, and the mountains to the east of the Seven Brothers, west of the mountains and south of the plain Capoterra Campidano. He also shared with Rome, Lisbon and Istanbul being built on seven hills identify as many districts "historic" Castle, Tuvu Mannu, Tuvixeddu, Monte Claro, Monte Urpinu Bonaria Colle, Colle di San Michele.

The city is typically Mediterranean climate with mild winters and summers hot and dry. The extreme values in summer sometimes slightly exceed 40 ° C (sometimes with a moisture content), while the winter, only under specific conditions and rare drop slightly below freezing. Slightly more continental climate of the plains of Campidano, highlighted the findings of the weather station of Decimomannu.

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