Tufo 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 Avellino

Province of Avellino

The Province of Avellino is a province in the Campania region of Italy. The area is typified by many small towns and villages scattered across the province; in fact only two towns have a population over 20,000; its capital city Avellino and Ariano Irpino....

, 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...

, southern Italy

Italy

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. As of 2009 its population was of 938.

History

The name of the town derives from the tuff

Tuff

Tuff is a type of rock consisting of consolidated volcanic ash ejected from vents during a volcanic eruption. Tuff is sometimes called tufa, particularly when used as construction material, although tufa also refers to a quite different rock. Rock that contains greater than 50% tuff is considered...

 , the volcanic rock

Volcanic rock

Volcanic rock is a rock formed from magma erupted from a volcano. In other words, it is an igneous rock of volcanic origin...

 that is widely present in the subsoil of the whole area of the country.

Geography

Situated in the geographical region of Irpinia

Irpinia

Irpinia is a region of the Apennine Mountains around Avellino, a town in Campania, South Italy about 40 km east of Naples...

, it has an area of approximately five square kilometers and a population density of 190 people per square kilometer. Tufo is bordered by the municipalities Altavilla Irpina

Altavilla Irpina

Altavilla Irpina is a town and comune in the province of Avellino, Campania, southern Italy.-History:According to some scholars, it would coincide with the Poetilia mentioned by Vergil in his Aeneid...

, Petruro Irpino

Petruro Irpino

Petruro Irpino is a town and comune in the province of Avellino, Campania, Italy....

, Prata di Principato Ultra

Prata di Principato Ultra

Prata di Principato Ultra is a town and comune of the province of Avellino in the Campania region of southern Italy. The town spread along a hill on the left shore of the Sabato river....

, Santa Paolina

Santa Paolina

Santa Paolina is a town and comune in the province of Avellino, Campania, Italy....

 and Torrioni

Torrioni

Torrioni is a town and comune in the province of Avellino, Campania, Italy....

. The Sabato river flows south of the town.

Gastronomy

The town has given its name to the pouplar white wine known as "Greco di Tufo" (Greek of Tufo).