Genoa

Genoa Genova
Comune
Comune di Genova
A collage o Genoa, Clockwise frae top left: Torre della Lanterna, Piazza de Ferrari, Galleria Mazzini, Brigata Liguria Street, View o San Teodoro frae Genoa Port
Banner Coat o airms
Genoa Location of Genoa in Italy
Coordinates: 44°24′40″N 8°55′58″E
Country	Italy
Region	Ligurie
Province / Metropolitan ceety	Genoa (GE)
Govrenment
• Mayor	Marco Doria (Independent – Centre-left)
Aurie
• Tot	243.60 km2 (94.05 sq mi)
Elevation	20 m (70 ft)
Population (31 August 2011)
• Tot	608,154
• Density	2,500/km2 (6,500/sq mi)
Demonym(s)	Genovesi
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
• Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
Postal code	16121-16167
Dialin code	010
Patron saint	John the Baptist
Saint day	June 24
Wabsteid	Offeecial wabsteid

Genoa (Italian: Genova  listen , pronounced [ˈdʒɛːnova]; in Genoese an Ligurian: Zena, pronounced [ˈzeːna]; in Laitin an, archaically, in Inglis: Genua) is a ceety an an impairtant seaport in nairthren Italy, the caipital o the Province o Genoa an o the region o Ligurie.

The ceety haes a population o aboot 610,000 an the urban aurie haes a population o aboot 900,000. Genoa's Metropolitan Aurie haes a population o aboot 1,400,000. It is an aa creit la Superba ("the Superb ane") due tae its glarious past. Pairt o the auld ceety o Genoa wis inscribit on the Warld Heritage Leet (UNESCO) in 2006. The ceety's rich airt, muisic, gastronomie, airchitectur an historie, made it 2004's EU Caipital o cultur.