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Encyclopedia > Province of Ancona
Province of Ancona
Nation Italy
Region Marche
Capital Ancona
Area 1,940 km²
Population (2001) 448,627
Density 231
Municipalities 49
Vehicle Registration AN
Postal Code 60100
Telephone Prefix 071
ISTAT 042
President Enzo Giancarli
Map highlighting the location of Ancona in Italy

The Province of Ancona (Italian: Provincia di Ancona) is a province in the Marche region of central Italy. Its capital is the city of Ancona. Image File history File links Provincia_di_Ancona-Stemma. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Italy. ... This article is about the Italian region. ... Ancona is a city and a seaport in the Marche, a region of northeastern Italy, population 100,507 (2001). ... Area is a physical quantity expressing the size of a part of a surface. ... Square kilometre (US spelling: Square kilometer), symbol km², is an SI unit of surface area. ... Density (symbol: ρ - Greek: rho) is a measure of mass per unit of volume. ... These abbreviations for the names of provinces are extensively used in contexts other than vehicle registration. ... Istituto Nazionale di Statistica (ISTAT) is the Italian national statistical institute, roughly corresponding to the United States Census Bureau. ... Image File history File links Ancona_posizione. ... In Italy, the province (in Italian: provincia) is an administrative division of an intermediate level, between municipality (comune) and region (Regione). ... This article is about the Italian region. ... Ancona is a city and a seaport in the Marche, a region of northeastern Italy, population 100,507 (2001). ...


The province, with an area of 1940 km² and a 2001 population of 448,627 in 49 comuni ([1]), extends from the coast of the Adriatic Sea west to the Apennines, its relief becoming steadily higher and more mountainous. Its population is mostly concentrated near the coast, and the city of Ancona, its capital, accounts for nearly a quarter of it; the other principal towns are Castelfidardo, Chiaravalle, Fabriano, Falconara Marittima, Jesi, Loreto, Osimo, and Senigallia. In Italy, the comune, (plural comuni) is the basic administrative unit of both provinces and regions, and may be properly approximated in casual speech by the English word township or municipality. ... A satellite image of the Adriatic Sea. ... This is about the terrestrial mountain range. ... Ancona is a city and a seaport in the Marche, a region of northeastern Italy, population 100,507 (2001). ... Country Italy Region Marche Province Ancona (AN) Mayor Elevation 215 m Area 32 km² Population  - Total (as of 2004-12-31) 17,947  - Density 562/km² Time zone CET, UTC+1 Coordinates Gentilic Fidardensi Dialing code 071 Postal code 60022 Frazioni Acquaviva, Campanari, Cerretano, Crocette, Figuretta, Fornaci, SantAgostino, San... Fabriano is a town and comune of Ancona province in the Italian region of the Marche, at 43°20′ N 12°54′ E, at 325 m (1066 ft) above sea-level. ... Country Italy Region Marche Province Ancona (AN) Mayor Elevation 5 m Area 25 km² Population  - Total (as of 2001) 28,154  - Density 1,126/km² Time zone CET, UTC+1 Coordinates Gentilic Falconaresi Dialing code 071 Postal code 60015 Frazioni Castelferretti, Falconara Alta, Villanova, Fiumesino, Palombina Vecchia, Rocca a Mare... Country Italy Region Marche Province Ancona (AN) Mayor Fabiano Belcecchi (since May 28, 2002) Elevation 97 m Area 107 km² Population  - Total (as of March 31, 2006) 39,839  - Density 372/km² Time zone CET, UTC+1 Coordinates Gentilic Jesini Dialing code 0731 Postal code 60035 Frazioni Mazzangrugno, Castelrosino, Tabano... Loreto is the Italian word for laurel-wood. ... Osimo (anc. ... Senigallia is a village in Ancona Province, Italy. ...


The coastal strip of the province is given over to sandy beaches popular among Italians rather than foreigners; moving inland, the central portion is an area of rolling farmland, producing red and white wines mainly of the Sangiovese, Montepulciano and Verdicchio grape varieties; the mountain zone is densely forested, and its most famous agricultural product is the black truffle, the main market for which, however, is in Acqualagna just across the border in the province of Pesaro e Urbino. white truffle washed and cut Truffle describes a group of edible mycorrhizal (subterranean) mushrooms (genus Tuber, class Ascomycetes, division Mycota). ... Pesaro e Urbino (It. ...


Famous natives of the province of Ancona include the painter Gentile da Fabriano, born in Fabriano; composer Gaspare Spontini, born in Maiolati, now named after him Maiolati Spontini; Vito Volterra (Ancona); Pope Leo XII (Genga, although a minority opinion holds he was born in the Umbrian town of Spoleto); Pope Pius IX (Senigallia); and Maria Montessori (Chiaravalle). Adoration of the Magi (1423) Tempera on wood, 300 x 282 cm Uffizi, Florence Gentile da Fabriano (born in or near Fabriano, Marche, c. ... Gaspare Spontini (14 November 1774 – 24 January 1851) was an Italian opera composer and conductor. ... Vito Volterra (May 3, 1860 - October 11, 1940) was an Italian mathematician and physicist, best known for his contributions to mathematical biology. ... Leo XII, born Annibale Francesco Clemente Melchiore Girolamo Nicola della Genga (August 22, 1760 – February 10, 1829), was Pope from 1823 to 1829. ... Umbria is a region of central Italy, bordered by Tuscany to the west, the Marche to the east and Lazio to the south. ... Spoleto (Latin: Spoletium), 42°44′ N 12°44′ E, an ancient town in the Italian province of Perugia in east central Umbria, at 385 meters (1391 ft) above sea-level on a foothill of the Apennines. ... Pius IX, born Giovanni Maria Mastai-Ferretti (May 13, 1792 – February 7, 1878), was Pope for a record pontificate (not counting the Apostle St. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ...


See also



The Northern Italian Region of Marche, has four Provinces Ancona, Ascoli Piceno, Macerata, Pesaro e Urbino, with a new province Fermo being created in 2009. ...

Europe | Italy | Marche
Ancona | Ascoli Piceno | Macerata | Pesaro e Urbino

new province in 2009: Fermo World map showing Europe Political map Europe is one of the seven continents of Earth which, in this case, is more a cultural and political distinction than a physiographic one, leading to various perspectives about Europes borders. ... This article is about the Italian region. ... Ascoli Piceno (It. ... Macerata (It. ... Pesaro e Urbino (It. ... Fermo Province was constituted by italian law in 2004 and is the fifth province of Marche Region. ...

Marche · Communes of the province of Ancona
Agugliano | Ancona | Arcevia | Barbara | Belvedere Ostrense | Camerano | Camerata Picena | Castel Colonna | Castelbellino | Castelfidardo | Castelleone di Suasa | Castelplanio | Cerreto d'Esi | Chiaravalle | Corinaldo | Cupramontana | Fabriano | Falconara Marittima | Filottrano | Genga | Jesi | Loreto | Maiolati Spontini | Mergo | Monsano | Monte Roberto | Monte San Vito | Montecarotto | Montemarciano | Monterado | Morro d'Alba | Numana | Offagna | Osimo | Ostra | Ostra Vetere | Poggio San Marcello | Polverigi | Ripe | Rosora | San Marcello | San Paolo di Jesi | Santa Maria Nuova | Sassoferrato | Senigallia | Serra San Quirico | Serra de' Conti | Sirolo | Staffolo

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Ancona - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (981 words)
Ancona is a city and a seaport in the Marche, a region of northeastern Italy, population 101,909 (2005).
Ancona is situated on the Adriatic Sea and is the center of the province of Ancona and the capital of the region.
Ancona was founded from Syracuse about 390 BCE, who gave it its name: Ancona is a very slightly modified transliteration of the Greek Αγκων, meaning "elbow"; the harbor to the east of the town was originally protected only by the promontory on the north, shaped like an elbow.
Ancona (828 words)
Ancona, a province, a town and a port in Marches[?], Italy, on the Adriatic Sea.
It is the capital of the province of Ancona, situated on the northeast coast of Italy, 132 miles northeast of Rome, and 127 miles southeast of Bologna.
It was one of the cities of the Pentapolis under the exarchate of Ravenna, the other four being Fano, Pesaro, Senigallia and Rimini, and eventually became a semi-independent republic under the protection of the popes, until Gonzaga took possession of it for Pope Clement VII in 1532.
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