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.[3]

San Giorgio Ionico
Comune
Comune di San Giorgio Ionico
Coat of arms
Location of San Giorgio Ionico
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Coordinates: 40°27′N 17°22′E
Country	Italy
Region	Apulia
Province	Taranto
Frazioni	Contrada San Giovanni
Government
• Mayor	Cosimo Fabbiano
Area [1]
• Total	23.56 km2 (9.10 sq mi)
Elevation	75 m (246 ft)
Population  (28 February 2017)[2]
• Total	15,191
• Density	640/km2 (1,700/sq mi)
Demonym(s)	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

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.^{[citation needed]}

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.^{[citation needed]}

Population increased in the 1970s when, aside from the traditional agricultural economy, the services and industrial sectors started to expand.

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[es] San Giorgio Ionico

[ru] Сан-Джорджо-Йонико