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Pula is a comune in the Metropolitan City of Cagliari in the Italian region of Sardinia, located about 25km southwest of Cagliari. As of November 30, 2015, it had a population of 7.422, and an area of 138.7km2.Pula is a popular holiday resort, with many famous hotels and beaches. The ruins of the ancient city of Nora are among the most important archaeological sites of the island.The Municipality of Pula contains the frazione Santa Margherita di Pula.HistoryPula is located near the ancient city of Nora. Nora was built by Phoenicians around the eighth century B.C. There is evidence that Pula was built on a pre-existing Nuragic settlement or according, to legend, by Iberians brought to Sardinia by Norax.In the following centuries, the city was ruled by the Punics, and then by the Romans. The Romans made Nora the capital of Corsica and Sardinia for a short time, then gave the title to nearby Caralis (modern Cagliari). After the end of the Roman Empire, Nora, like many other Sardinian coastal cities, suffered continuous raids from the Vandals and the Saracens, and eventually ceased to exist from about the eighth century AD.