Ploaghe
Ploaghe
Piaghe | |
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Comune di Ploaghe | |
Coordinates: 40°40′N 8°45′E / 40.667°N 8.750°E | |
Country | Italy |
Region | Sardinia |
Province | Sassari (SS) |
Government | |
• Mayor | Carlo Sotgiu |
Area | |
• Total | 96.27 km2 (37.17 sq mi) |
Elevation | 427 m (1,401 ft) |
Population (30 September 2015)[2] | |
• Total | 4,565 |
• Density | 47/km2 (120/sq mi) |
Demonym | Ploaghesi |
Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
Postal code | 07017 |
Dialing code | 079 |
Website | Official website |
Ploaghe (Sardinian: Piàghe) is a comune (municipality) in the Province of Sassari in the Italian region Sardinia, located about 160 kilometres (99 mi) north of Cagliari and about 20 kilometres (12 mi) southeast of Sassari.
Ploaghe borders the following municipalities: Ardara, Chiaramonti, Codrongianos, Nulvi, Osilo, Siligo.
People
- Giovanni Spano (1803-1878), scholar of archaeology, linguist, and politician.[3]
References
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Ploaghe.
- ^ "Superficie di Comuni Province e Regioni italiane al 9 ottobre 2011". Italian National Institute of Statistics. Retrieved 16 March 2019.
- ^ All demographics and other statistics: Italian statistical institute Istat.
- ^ Brief biography of Giovanni Spano (in Italian).