Lama was a hamlet of the Municipality of Taranto, and takes its name from the morphology of the land which forms a pleasant valley planted with vines. It is part of the constituency Talsano-San Vito-Lama and now counts many thousands of people due to increased urban development, so much that nowadays Lama can be considered incorporated into the city of Taranto; the population increases considerably during the summer season also because of numerous houses and villas built on the coast in recent years and the recent construction of residential complexes that have seen many people come from the nearby town of Taranto.