San Giorgio Ionico
San Giorgio Ionico | |
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| Comune di San Giorgio Ionico | |
Location of San Giorgio Ionico | |
| Coordinates: 40°27′N 17°22′E / 40.450°N 17.367°E | |
| Country | Italy |
| Region | Apulia |
| Province | Taranto |
| Frazioni | Contrada San Giovanni |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Cosimo Fabbiano |
| Area | |
• Total | 23.56 km2 (9.10 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 75 m (246 ft) |
| Population (28 February 2017) | |
• Total | 15,191 |
| • Density | 640/km2 (1,700/sq mi) |
| Demonym | Sangiorgesi |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Postal code | 74027 |
| Dialing code | 099 |
| Patron saint | San Giorgio |
| Saint day | 23 April |
| Website | Official website |
San Giorgio Ionico is a town and comune in the province of Taranto, in the northern Salento, part of the Apulia region of southeast Italy. San Giorgio Ionico was historically an Arbëreshë settlement. After the inhabitants abandoned the Albanian Greek Orthodox faith they assimilated into the local population.