Giffoni Sei Casali
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Giffoni Sei Casali is a town 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:...

in the province of Salerno
Province of Salerno
The Province of Salerno is a province in the Campania region of Italy.-Geography:The largest towns in the province are: Salerno, the capital, which has a population of 139,579; Cava de' Tirreni with a population of 53,488; Battipaglia with a population of 51,115; and Nocera Inferiore which has a...

 in the Campania
Campania
Campania is a region in southern Italy. The region has a population of around 5.8 million people, making it the second-most-populous region of Italy; its total area of 13,590 km² makes it the most densely populated region in the country...

 region of south-western Italy
Italy
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Geography

The municipality is situated in an hill zone by the Picentini
Monti Picentini
thumb|300px|Rocky limestone landscape in the monti Picentini.The Monti Picentini is a mountain range and national park in southern Italy, part of the Apennines, traditionally part in the Campanian Apennines...

 mountain range. It borders with the municipalities of Calvanico
Calvanico
Calvanico is a town and comune in the province of Salerno in the Campania region of south-western Italy....

, Castiglione del Genovesi
Castiglione del Genovesi
Castigloine del Genovesi is a town and comune in the province of Salerno in the Campania region of south-western Italy.Until 1862 it was known simply as Castiglione. It takes its current name from the philosopher and economist Antonio Genovesi, who was born here in 1713.-Notes and references:...

, Fisciano
Fisciano
Fisciano is a town and comune in the province of Salerno in the Campania region of south-western Italy. It is dominated by the University of Salerno, which built a new campus in the town in 1988.-University:...

, Giffoni Valle Piana
Giffoni Valle Piana
Giffoni Valle Piana is a town and comune in the province of Salerno in the Campania region of south-west Italy.Economy is mostly based on agriculture, with the presence of a small number of light industries and services firms.-History:...

 and San Cipriano Picentino
San Cipriano Picentino
San Cipriano Picentino is a town and comune in the province of Salerno in the Campania region of southern Italy....

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Giffoni is divided into 4 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...

, Capitignano being the administrative seat. The other parisehs are Malche, Prepezzano and Sieti.

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