Aquara is a town and comune in the province of Salerno in the Campania region of south-western Italy.

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Aquara
Comune
Comune di Aquara
View of Aquara from the valley
Aquara within the Province of Salerno
Location of Aquara
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Coordinates: 40°26′36.85″N 15°15′16.16″E
Country	Italy
Region	Campania
Province	Salerno (SA)
Frazioni	Mainardi
Government
• Mayor	Antonio Marino
Area [1]
• Total	32.73 km2 (12.64 sq mi)
Elevation	500 m (1,600 ft)
Population  (31 December 2017)[2]
• Total	1,476
• Density	45/km2 (120/sq mi)
Demonym	Aquaresi
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	84020
Dialing code	0828
Patron saint	Saint Lucidus[3]
Saint day	28 July
Website	Official website

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The town, located on a hill in the middle of Cilento and part of its national park, lies below the Alburni mountains. It is 9 km far from Ottati and Castel San Lorenzo, 13 from Roccadaspide, 14 from Castelcivita and 17 from its caves, and 78 from Salerno.

The municipality borders with Bellosguardo, Castel San Lorenzo, Castelcivita, Felitto, Ottati and Roccadaspide. It counts the hamlet (frazione) of Mainardi^[4] and the localities of Casalicchio, Madonna del Piano and Ponte Calore. The last one is administratively shared with Castel San Lorenzo and located by the river Calore Lucano, that constitutes the western boundary of Aquara's municipal territory.

Aquara has Roman origins, such as testified by some ruins of a Roman villa in Madonna del Piano.^[5] It was first mentioned in the 11th century, and counts among his vassals, Guglielmo Sanseverino and Ettore Fieramosca.^[6]

• Saint Lucidus of Aquara (10th Century-1038), Benedectine monk and patron saint^[3]
• Ettore Fieramosca (1476–1515), condottiero and vassal of Aquara

• Cilentan dialect
• Castelcivita Caves