capital city of the Apulia region on the Adriatic coast

Bari is the capital of the province of Bari and of the Apulia (or, in Italian, Puglia) region, on the Adriatic sea, in Italy. It is the second economic centre of southern Italy and is well known as a port and university city, as well as the city of Saint Nicholas of Bari, the original of Santa Claus. The city itself has a decreasing population of 328,458 (2001) over 116 km², while the fast-growing urban area counts 700.000 inhabitants over 203 km².

Sometimes shibari is reduced to the shortened word "bari" as in "ebi-bari".

un-irrigated sloping agricultural land