Aquila (It. Provincia dell'Aquila) is a province in the Abruzzo region of Italy. Its capital is the city of L'Aquila. In Italy, the province (in Italian: provincia) is an administrative division of an intermediate level, between municipality (comune) and region (Regione). ... Abruzzo, (also known as Abruzzi, an older obsolete plural denomination) is a region of southern Italy, formerly a part of the Abruzzi e Molise region (with Molise). ... LAquila, 42°21 13°24E, at 710 m (2329 feet) above sea-level, is a city and comune of central Italy, on the Aterno river, with 69,131 inhabitants according to 2003 census figures. ...

It has an area of 5,034 km², and a total population of 297,424 (2001). Notable comuni include Avezzano, Celano, Roccaraso, and Sulmona; there are 108 comuni in all (source: Italian institute of statistics (Istat), see this link). In Italy, the commune (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. ... Avezzano is a modern town in the Abruzzo region, Province of LAquila, 60 km from Rome and is the main commercial, industrial and agricultural centre of the Marsica area. ... Sulmona, a city and comune of the province of LAquila in the Abruzzo, Italy, 42°02 13°56E, with 25,276 inhabitants according to official 2003 census figures. ...

External link

• Provincia dell'Aquila homepage (in Italian)