Caivano is a city

City

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 and comune

Comune

In Italy, the comune is the basic administrative division, and may be properly approximated in casual speech by the English word township or municipality.-Importance and function:...

(municipality) in the Province of Naples

Province of Naples

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 in the Italian

Italy

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 region Campania

Campania

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, located about 14 km northeast of Naples

Naples

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The municipality of Caivano contains the frazioni

Frazione

A frazione , in Italy, is the name given in administrative law to a type of territorial subdivision of a comune; for other administrative divisions, see municipio, circoscrizione, quartiere...

Casolla Valenzano and Pascarola. Pascarola is home to a large industrial area (ranking amongst the top ten in Italy, the third largest in the South). There are remains of an ancient Roman theater

Roman theatre (structure)

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 in Casolla.

Caivano borders the following municipalities: Acerra

Acerra

Acerra is a town and comune of Campania, southern Italy, in the Province of Naples, about 20 km northeast of the provincial capital in Naples. It is part of the Agro Acerrano plain.-History:...

, Afragola

Afragola

Afragola is a city and comune in southern Italy. It is in Campania, in the province of Naples, between the territories corresponding to the ancient cities of Acerra and Atella...

, Cardito

Cardito

Cardito is a comune in the Province of Naples in the Italian region Campania, located about 14 km northeast of Naples. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 20,752 and an area of 3.2 km²....

, Crispano

Crispano

Crispano is a comune in the Province of Naples in the Italian region Campania, located about 13 km north of Naples.Crispano borders the following municipalities: Caivano, Cardito, Frattamaggiore, Frattaminore, Orta di Atella....

, Marcianise

Marcianise

Marcianise is a town and comune in the province of Caserta, Campania, Italy.-History:In the area of the commune of Marcianise numerous tombs of Etruscan and Roman age have been excavated, although Oscan elements should have pre-existed. The origin of the today's city are uncertain...

, Orta di Atella

Orta di Atella

Orta di Atella is a comune in the Province of Caserta in the Italian region Campania, located about 15 km north of Naples and about 12 km southwest of Caserta....

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External links

• www.comunedicaivano.it/