Nearby, Monte Tuoro is covered with dense forest, where asparagus and a variety of mushrooms such as porcini, black truffles, ovuli and chiodini abound.

The comune is bordered by Castelvetere sul Calore, Chiusano di San Domenico, Lapio, Luogosano, Paternopoli and Taurasi.

Ellis Island records indicate that the United States received immigrants from San Mango as early as in 1896 many of them settled in Stamford, Conneticut.

The first migrants to arrive at Pier 21 in Halifax, Nova Scotia was during 1950-1951: Emilio Palermo, Achille Cella, Teodoro Maria, Giovanni Palermo, Arcangelo Prizio, Giovanni Taddeo, Mario Taddio, Luigi Catino, Giuseppe Pierni, Tommaso Vito Gerardo Uva who eventually settled in Montreal, Quebec.

It was named after the fund-raising efforts from Italo-Canadians who established an SOS campaign led by the Canadian Red Cross and the National Congress of Italian-Canadians.