Melara
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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 Rovigo
Province of Rovigo
The Province of Rovigo is a province in the Veneto region of Italy. Its capital is the city of Rovigo.It borders on the north with the provinces of Verona, Padua and Venice, on the south with the province of Ferrara, on the west with the province of Mantua, and on the eastwith the Adriatic Sea.-...
in the Italian
Italy
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region Veneto
Veneto
Veneto is one of the 20 regions of Italy. Its population is about 5 million, ranking 5th in Italy.Veneto had been for more than a millennium an independent state, the Republic of Venice, until it was eventually annexed by Italy in 1866 after brief Austrian and French rule...
, located about 100 km southwest of Venice
Venice
Venice is a city in northern Italy which is renowned for the beauty of its setting, its architecture and its artworks. It is the capital of the Veneto region...
and about 45 km west of Rovigo
Rovigo
Rovigo is a town and comune in the Veneto region of North-Eastern Italy, the capital of the eponymous province. -Geography:...
. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 1,927 and an area of 17.6 km².
The municipality of Melara contains the frazione
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...
(subdivision) Santo Stefano.
Melara borders the following municipalities: Bergantino
Bergantino
Bergantino is a comune in the Province of Rovigo in the Italian region Veneto, located about 90 km southwest of Venice and about 40 km west of Rovigo....
, Borgofranco sul Po
Borgofranco sul Po
Borgofranco sul Po is a comune in the Province of Mantua in the Italian region Lombardy, located about 170 km southeast of Milan and about 35 km southeast of Mantua....
, Cerea
Cerea
Cerea is a town and comune in the province of Verona, Veneto, northern Italy.-History:From 923 AD until 1223 Cerea was a castrum . On 1223 Cerea it became a "comune" but, a year after, it was plundered because of the war between Mantua and Verona. A period of decadence followed, also because of the...
, Ostiglia
Ostiglia
Ostiglia is a comune in the Province of Mantua in the Italian region Lombardy, located about southeast of Milan and about southeast of Mantua....
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Melara also is a South Indian dish typically cooked by the Havyak community living in the Dakshina Kannada district of Karnataka State / Kasaragod district of Kerala state. It is a gravy made with cooked vegetables, ground coconut and buttermilk and seasoned with black mustard seeds. It is eaten with cooked rice.
Melara is also called Majjige Huli in Kannada language.