Petina 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 Salerno

Province of Salerno

The Province of Salerno is a province in the Campania region of Italy.-Geography:The largest towns in the province are: Salerno, the capital, which has a population of 139,579; Cava de' Tirreni with a population of 53,488; Battipaglia with a population of 51,115; and Nocera Inferiore which has a...

 in the 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...

 region of south-western Italy

Italy

Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...

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Geography

The town is located on the Alburni mountain range, close to Basilicata

Basilicata

Basilicata , also known as Lucania, is a region in the south of Italy, bordering on Campania to the west, Apulia to the north and east, and Calabria to the south, having one short southwestern coastline on the Tyrrhenian Sea between Campania in the northwest and Calabria in the southwest, and a...

 region, and borders with the municipalities of Auletta

Auletta

Auletta is a town and comune in the province of Salerno in the Campania region of south-western Italy.-Geography:The bordering municipalities are Buccino, Caggiano, Corleto Monforte, Pertosa, Petina, Polla, Salvitelle and Sicignano degli Alburni....

, Corleto Monforte

Corleto Monforte

Corleto Monforte is a town and comune in the province of Salerno in the Campania region of south-western Italy.-Geography:The town is situated in the middle of Cilento, close to Alburni mountains and in front of Calore River Valley.-External links:...

, Ottati

Ottati

Ottati is a town and comune in the province of Salerno in the Campania region of south-west Italy.-Geography:Ottati is 92 kilometres from Salerno, the provincial capital....

, Sant'Angelo a Fasanella

Sant'Angelo a Fasanella

Sant'Angelo a Fasanella is a town and comune in the province of Salerno in the Campania region of south-western Italy. As of 2010 its population was of 717.-Geography:...

 and Sicignano degli Alburni

Sicignano degli Alburni

Sicignano degli Alburni is a town and comune in the province of Salerno in the Campania region of southern Italy...

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It is served by the A3 motorway (exit "Petina") and counts a railway station on the Sicignano-Lagonegro line, a railway line closed in 1987 due to modernization works.