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Encyclopedia > Arborea
Comune di Arborea

Municipal coat of arms
Country Flag of Italy Italy
Region Sardinia
Province Oristano (OR)
Mayor Giuseppe Costella (since May 9, 2005)
Area 115 km²
Population
 - Total 3,927
 - Density 34/km²
Time zone CET, UTC+1
Coordinates 39°46′N, 08°35′E
Gentilic Arborensi
Dialing code 0783
Postal code 09092
Frazioni Centro I, Centro II, S'Ungroni, Luri, Linnas, Torrevecchia, Pompongias
Patron St. John Bosco
 - Day January 31

Location of Arborea in Italy
Website: www.comune.arborea.or.it

Arborea is a town in the province of Oristano, Sardinia, Italy, whose economy is largely based on agriculture, with production of vegetables and fruit. Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Italy. ... The Regions of Italy were granted a degree of regional autonomy in the 1948 constitution, which states that the constitutions role is: to recognize, protect and promote local autonomy, to ensure that services at the State level are as decentralized as possible, and to adapt the principles and laws... Sardinia (pronounced ; Italian: ; Sardinian: or Sardinnya) is the second-largest island in the Mediterranean Sea (after Sicily). ... In Italy, a province (in Italian: provincia) is an administrative division of intermediate level between municipality (comune) and region (regione). ... Oristano (It. ... is the 129th day of the year (130th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Time zones of Europe: Light colours indicate countries not observing summer time Central European Time (CET) is one of the names of the time zone that is 1 hour ahead of Coordinated Universal Time. ... Central European Time West Africa Time British Summer Time* Irish Summer Time* Western European Summer Time* Category: ... Map of Earth showing lines of latitude (horizontally) and longitude (vertically), Eckert VI projection; large version (pdf, 1. ... A demonym or gentilic is a word that denotes the members of a people or the inhabitants of a place. ... Here are a list of area codes in Italy. ... A frazione, in Italy, is the name given in administrative law to a type of territorial subdivision of a comune; for other subdivisions, see municipio, circoscrizione, quartiere. ... This article incorporates text from the public domain Catholic Encyclopedia. ... is the 31st day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Image File history File links Italy_Regions_220px_(including_Pelagie_Islands). ... Image File history File links Red_pog. ... Oristano (It. ... Sardinia (pronounced ; Italian: ; Sardinian: or Sardinnya) is the second-largest island in the Mediterranean Sea (after Sicily). ...


Arborea was built by the Fascist government of Italy in the 1920s, after the draining of the marshes which covered the area. The original name was Mussolinia (with which it was inaugurated on October 29, 1928), which was replaced by the current name after World War II. Arborea lies within the historical Giudicato of Arborea but it was never the seat of the giudicato (Oristano and Tharros were). The name Arborea was just taken in honour of the historical region. Fascism (in Italian, fascismo), capitalized, was the authoritarian political movement which ruled Italy from 1922 to 1943 under the leadership of Benito Mussolini. ... is the 302nd day of the year (303rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1928 (MCMXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Combatants Allied powers: China France Great Britain Soviet Union United States and others Axis powers: Germany Italy Japan and others Commanders Chiang Kai-shek Charles de Gaulle Winston Churchill Joseph Stalin Franklin Roosevelt Adolf Hitler Benito Mussolini Hideki Tōjō Casualties Military dead: 17,000,000 Civilian dead: 33,000... The Giudicati of Sardinia. ... Giudicati were Sardinian medieval autochtonous regions which existed from about 900 AD. Originally they were Byzantine districts that became independent during the Arab war against Byzantium. ...


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  • History of Arborea and Mussolinia (Italian)

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