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Taranto

a port in SE Italy, in Apulia on the Gulf of Taranto (an inlet of the Ionian Sea): the chief city of Magna Graecia; taken by the Romans in 272 bc. Pop.: 202 033 (2001)

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Taranto

a port city in the Apulia Region of southern Italy. Situated on the Gulf of Taranto of the Ionian Sea. Capital of Taranto Province. Population, 234,600 (1973). Taranto is a major commercial port, with a freight turnover of 20.3 million tons (1972). A major industrial center of southern Italy, it is the site of the largest ferrous metallurgy plant in the country. It has oil-refining and by-product coke industries, shipbuilding, food processing, and the production of machine tools, electric motors, agricultural machinery, and cement. There is extensive fishing and oyster farming. Taranto has a seawater purification plant. The ancient city of Tarentum was located on the site of the modern city.

Taranto

a gulf of the Ionian Sea in southern Italy; situated between the Salentina and Calabria peninsulas. The gulf is 138 km long and 133 km wide at the entrance, with a maximum depth of 2,657 m. Tides measure 0.3 m and are semidiurnal. The major port of Taranto is located at the head of the gulf.

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