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Province of Oristano

Coordinates: 39°54′N 8°35′E / 39.900°N 8.583°E / 39.900; 8.583
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Province of Oristano
Province
Coat of arms of Province of Oristano
Coat of arms
Map highlighting the location of the province of Oristano in Italy
Map highlighting the location of the province of Oristano in Italy
Country Italy
RegionSardinia
Capital(s)Oristano
Comuni88
Government
 • PresidentMassimiliano de Seneen
Area
 • Total
3,040 km2 (1,170 sq mi)
Population
 (2016)
 • Total
160 746[1]
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code
09020, 09070-09086, 09088-09099, 09170
Telephone prefix0758, 0783, 0785, 0885
Vehicle registrationOR
ISTAT095

The province of Oristano (Template:Lang-it, Template:Lang-sc) is a province in the autonomous island region of Sardinia in Italy. Its capital is the city of Oristano. It has an area of 3,040 square kilometres (1,170 sq mi), a total population of 160,746 (2016), and a population density of 53.7 people per square kilometer. There are 78 municipalities (comuni) in the province).[2]

History

The province of Oristano is the smallest province in Sardinia and was formed from sections of the provinces of Cagliari and Nuoro. It occupies roughly the same area as the Giudicato of Arborea of the High Middle Ages.[3] It borders Nuoro, Cagliari and the Sea of Sardinia.[4] A large area of the province's coastline is part of the gulf of Oristano, and the land in the province is mainly flat and there is some marshland. The province contains Santa Giusta (commune) and Tharros (former city), which both date from the Carthaginian Republic's rule of the area.[4]

The town Arborea was founded by Benito Mussolini's fascist regime as Mussolinia to be an experimental town, for which, farmers were moved from Emilia Romagna and Veneto. The River Tirso flows through the province of Oristano from the province of Nuoro,[4] and its mouth is located at the Gulf of Oristano. Temo is the only other river to flow through the province. The town of Bosa is located in the region alongside a river and its medieval fortifications remain.[3] The province of Oristano was formed in 1975[3] and had been largely unaffected/undamaged by tourism.[5]

Communes

The province has a total of 78 communes, the largest of which are:[4][6]

Commune Population
Oristano 32,821
Terralba 10,309
Cabras 8,860
Marrubiu 5,023
Ghilarza 4,629
Mogoro 4,623
Santa Giusta 4,622
Arborea 3,992
Samugheo 3,407
Uras 3,081

References

  1. ^ "Provincia Oristano". ISTAT. Retrieved 9 July 2017.
  2. ^ "Oristano". Upinet. Retrieved 1 August 2015.
  3. ^ a b c Ros Belford; Martin Dunford; Celia Woolfrey (2003). Italy. Rough Guides. p. 1080. ISBN 978-1-84353-060-2.
  4. ^ a b c d Roy Palmer Domenico (2002). The Regions of Italy: A Reference Guide to History and Culture. Greenwood Publishing Group. p. 262. ISBN 978-0-313-30733-1.
  5. ^ "Province of Oristano". Charming Sardinia. Retrieved 1 August 2015.
  6. ^ "Oristano" (in Italian). Comuni-Italiani. Retrieved 1 August 2015.
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