Busachi
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Country | Italy | |
region | Sardinia | |
province | Oristano (OR) | |
Local name | Busache | |
Coordinates | 40 ° 2 ′ N , 8 ° 54 ′ E | |
height | 380 m slm | |
surface | 59.30 km² | |
Residents | 1,241 (Dec 31, 2019) | |
Population density | 21 inhabitants / km² | |
Post Code | 09082 | |
prefix | 0783 | |
ISTAT number | 095017 | |
Popular name | Busachesi | |
Patron saint | Sant'Antonio di Padova | |
Website | Busachi | |
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The village of Busachi is located in the province of Oristano , in Sardinia in the historical area of Barigadu . The municipality has 1241 inhabitants (as of December 31, 2019) and an area of 59.31 square kilometers.
Busachi is a hillside village divided in two by the Via Brigata Sassari (SS388). It is 380 m above sea level. The houses in the winding streets are made of red trachyte . The area around the village is densely overgrown with cork oaks .
The older residents wear their colorful costumes with great emphasis . The traditional costumes and their production are just as much a theme in the Museo del Costume e del Uno (museum) as the production of woven fabrics.
Nearby is the former Roman city of Forum Traiani (today Fordongianus ) with its Romana thermal baths and the Domus de Janas of Grugos.
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- ↑ Statistiche demografiche ISTAT. Monthly population statistics of the Istituto Nazionale di Statistica , as of December 31 of 2019.