Monteiasi
Monteiasi (Tarantino: Mundejase; Brindisino: Muntiasi; locally Muntiase) is a town and comune in the Taranto province in the Apulia region of southeast Italy.
Monteiasi | |
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| Comune di Monteiasi | |
Location of Monteiasi 
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  Monteiasi Location of Monteiasi in Italy  Monteiasi Monteiasi (Apulia) | |
| Coordinates: 40°30′N 17°23′E | |
| Country | Italy |
| Region | Apulia |
| Province | Taranto (TA) |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Cosimo Ciura |
| Area | |
| • Total | 9.81 km2 (3.79 sq mi) |
| Population (28 February 2017)[2] | |
| • Total | 5,605 |
| • Density | 570/km2 (1,500/sq mi) |
| Demonym(s) | Monteiasini |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Postal code | 74020 |
| Dialing code | 099 |
| Website | Official website |
Monteiasi is located in north of the Salento peninsula. The name "Monteiasi" derives from Ancient Greek 'monos tiasos' (literally "sacred area"), which has been inhabited since the 8th century BC.
Physical geography
Monteiasi is located within a landscape of Mediterranean, with olive trees and vineyards.
History
Around the 16th century, a large group of Albanian refugees coming from the Balkans during the conquest of the latter by the Ottoman Empire settled in Monteiasi. At the end of same century, it was forced to leave their houses, because the archbishops of Taranto abandoned the Greek rite.
Dialect
Monteiasi dialect is similar to Salentino dialect, but it is also similar to Tarantino dialect.
References
- "Superficie di Comuni Province e Regioni italiane al 9 ottobre 2011". Istat. Retrieved 16 March 2019.
- Population from ISTAT
