Quiliano is a 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 Savona

Province of Savona

The Province of Savona is a province in the Liguria region of Italy. Its capital is the city of Savona.-Overview:...

 in the Italian

Italy

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 region Liguria

Liguria

Liguria is a coastal region of north-western Italy, the third smallest of the Italian regions. Its capital is Genoa. It is a popular region with tourists for its beautiful beaches, picturesque little towns, and good food.-Geography:...

, located about 45 km southwest of Genoa

Genoa

Genoa |Ligurian]] Zena ; Latin and, archaically, English Genua) is a city and an important seaport in northern Italy, the capital of the Province of Genoa and of the region of Liguria....

 and about 5 km west of Savona

Savona

Savona is a seaport and comune in the northern Italian region of Liguria, capital of the Province of Savona, in the Riviera di Ponente on the Mediterranean Sea....

. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 7,225 and an area of 49.5 km².

The municipality of Quiliano contains these 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...

(subdivisions, mainly villages and hamlets) : Cadibona, astride the watershed between the Alps

Alps

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 and Appennines, Valleggia, Montagna, Roviasca, Faia and Tiassano.

In the environs of Quiliano remain several Roman archaeological sites: a Roman bridge still functions in the valley of Quazzola and remains of a Roman villa may be seen at San Pietro in Carpignano.

Quiliano borders the following municipalities: Altare, Mallare

Mallare

Mallare is a comune in the Province of Savona in the Italian region Liguria, located about 50 km southwest of Genoa and about 15 km west of Savona...

, Orco Feglino

Orco Feglino

Orco Feglino is a comune in the Province of Savona in the Italian region Liguria, located about 50 km southwest of Genoa and about 30 km southwest of Savona in the upper valley of the Aquila stream...

, Savona

Savona

Savona is a seaport and comune in the northern Italian region of Liguria, capital of the Province of Savona, in the Riviera di Ponente on the Mediterranean Sea....

, Vado Ligure

Vado Ligure

Vado Ligure, in antiquity Vado Sabatia, is a town and comune in the province of Savona, Liguria, in northern Italy.- Economy :Vado has a large industrial and commercial port....

, and Vezzi Portio

Vezzi Portio

Vezzi Portio is a comune in the Province of Savona in the Italian region Liguria, located about 50 km southwest of Genoa and about 13 km southwest of Savona. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 729 and an area of 9.7 km².Vezzi Portio borders the following municipalities:...

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