Rovito ( Calabrian: ) is a town and ''

comune A (; : , ) is an administrative division of Italy, roughly equivalent to a township or municipality. It is the third-level administrative division of Italy, after regions () and provinces (). The can also have the City status in Italy, titl ...

'' in the

province of Cosenza The province of Cosenza () is a province in the Calabria region of Italy. Its capital is the city of Cosenza. It contains 150 ''comuni'' (: ''comune''), listed at list of ''comuni'' of the province of Cosenza. The province of Cosenza contains ...

in the

Calabria Calabria is a Regions of Italy, region in Southern Italy. It is a peninsula bordered by the region Basilicata to the north, the Ionian Sea to the east, the Strait of Messina to the southwest, which separates it from Sicily, and the Tyrrhenian S ...

region of southern

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Geography

The town is located in the western suburb of

Cosenza Cosenza (; Languages of Calabria#Northern Calabrian (Cosentian), Cosentian: ''Cusenza'', ) is a city located in Calabria, Italy. The city centre has a population of approximately 70,000, while the urban area counts more than 200,000 inhabitants. ...

, near the

Sila Sila may refer to : Places * Sila Region, Chad ** Sila Department, Chad, part of Sila Region * La Sila, a mountainous area of Calabria, Italy ** Sila National Park * Sila, Numidia, a former ancient city and bishopric, now Bordj-El-Ksar in Alge ...

mountain range. It borders with the municipalities of

Casali del Manco Casali del Manco is a town and ''comune'' of the province of Cosenza in the Calabria region of southern Italy, located east of Cosenza. It was formed in May 2017 from the union of five previous municipalities, Casole Bruzio, Pedace, Serra Pedace ...

Celico Celico () is a town and ''comune'' in the province of Cosenza in the Calabria region of southern Italy. People *Joachim of Fiore (c.1135 – 1202), mystic, theologian and esoterist * Gioachino Greco Gioachino Greco ( – ), surnamed Cuse ...

, Lappano,

San Pietro in Guarano San Pietro in Guarano is a town and ''comune'' in the province of Cosenza in the Calabria region of southern Italy. Geography The town is bordered by Castiglione Cosentino, Celico, Lappano, Rende, Rose, Rovito and Zumpano Zumpano was a Can ...

and

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. It counts the hamlet (''

frazione A ''frazione'' (: ''frazioni'') is a type of subdivision of a ''comune'' ('municipality') in Italy, often a small village or hamlet outside the main town. Most ''frazioni'' were created during the Fascist era (1922–1943) as a way to consolidat ...

'') of Bosco, a little village south of Cosenza.

References

External links

Official website
Cities and towns in Calabria {{Calabria-geo-stub