Frazioni Contrada San Giovanni Demonym(s) Sangiorgesi Area 23 km² Postal code 74027 | Province / Metropolitan city Bari (TA) Elevation 75 m (246 ft) Time zone CET (UTC+1) Local time Monday 10:10 PM Dialling code 099 | |
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Diretta lu fucarazzo di san giuseppe san giorgio ionico 18 3 2017 giornale armonia
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.
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- Diretta lu fucarazzo di san giuseppe san giorgio ionico 18 3 2017 giornale armonia
- Map of 74027 San Giorgio Jonico Province of Taranto Italy
- Inaugurazione isola ecologica san giorgio ionico 14 1 2017
- History
- References
Map of 74027 San Giorgio Jonico Province of Taranto, Italy
Inaugurazione isola ecologica san giorgio ionico 14 1 2017
History
Human settlements in the area date to as early as the 3rd century BC, as shown by the findings of remains of Iron Age, Hellenistic and Roman structures, and a 4th–3rd century BC necropolis.
The town itself developed starting from the 10th century AD, when refugees from Taranto, then being under the Saracen assault, established near the current Chiesa Madre (Mother Church). New migrants came in the 15th century after the arrival of the Albanian leader Skanderbeg. The town is first mentioned, however, only in 1522.
Population increased in the 1970s when, aside from the traditional agricultural economy, the services and industrial sectors started to expand.