The municipalityofIschiaextendsalong thenorth-eastern coastof the island.The cityis the capitalof the islandof Ischiaandthe main centerwith about17,000inhabitants.The surfaceof the townisabout 9 square kilometers.The average altitudeis 70meters.The territoryis dividedinto twomain areas: IschiaPortoand IschiaPonte(whereis locatedthe famousCastelloAragonese). Severalnames aretiedto the island:the Greekscalled itPithecussae,whichcan mean eitherlandof the Apes (according to the mythof the inhabitantstransformed intomonkeysby Heracles)thatmanufacturesclay(Pythos)thatwere realizedon the island.The LatinscalledAenaria, which could beidentifiedeither with"monkeys"thatwithAeneas(wholanded herewith his fleet).The most likely hypothesisis that whichindicates thatthe term derivesfrom the Latininsula,which then becomesIscla...to becomeIschia.