Sestu
Sestu is a comune in the Metropolitan City of Cagliari in the Italian region Sardinia, located about 10 kilometres north of Cagliari. It has 20,747 inhabitants as of 2025.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Cagliari Observatory.
Cagliari Observatory
Building
Photo: Mike Peel, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Cagliari Observatory is an astronomical observatory owned and operated by Italy's Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica. It is located 20 km away from Cagliari in Sardinia. It was founded in 1899 to study the Earth's rotation. Cagliari Observatory is situated 4 km southeast of Sestu.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Elmas and Barracca Manna.
Elmas
Village
Elmas is a comune of the Metropolitan City of Cagliari in the Italian region of Sardinia, located about 8 kilometres northwest of Cagliari. Until 1989 Elmas was a district of Cagliari. Elmas is situated 5 km southwest of Sestu.
Barracca Manna
Quarter
Photo: Sandrino 14, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Barracca Manna is a quarter, which is situated 5 km south of Sestu.
Monserrato
Town
Photo: Discanto, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Monserrato is a comune in the Metropolitan City of Cagliari, southern Sardinia, Italy, located about 5 kilometres northeast of Cagliari. Monserrato borders the following municipalities: Cagliari, Quartu Sant'Elena, Quartucciu, Selargius, Sestu. Monserrato is situated 7 km southeast of Sestu.
Sestu
- Categories: commune of Italy and locality
- Location: Province of Cagliari, Sardinia, Italy, Europe
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Latitude
39.2999° or 39° 17′ 60″ northLongitude
9.0926° or 9° 5′ 33″ eastPopulation
15,200Elevation
43 metres (141 feet)Open location code
8FFF73XV+X2OpenStreetMap ID
node 72991529OpenStreetMap feature
place=townGeoNames ID
6539304Wikidata ID
Q285089
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In Other Languages
From Albanian to Waray—“Sestu” goes by many names.
- Albanian: “Sestu”
- Arabic: “سيستو”
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- Armenian: “Սեստու”
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- Chinese: “塞斯图”
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- Irish: “Sestu”
- Italian: “Comune di Sestu”
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- Russian: “Сесту”
- Sardinian: “Sestu”
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- Serbian: “Сесто Каљари”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Sestu, Cagliari”
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- Waray (Philippines): “Sestu”
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