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 south central Italy, formerly a part of the Abruzzi e Molise region (with Molise). ... LAquila is a small city in central Italy, having about 70,000 inhabitants, and is both the regional capital of Abruzzo and capital of the province of LAquila. ...

It has an area of 5,034 sq km, and a total population of 297,424 (2001). Notable communes include Avezzano, Celano, Roccaraso, and Sulmona; there are 108 communes in all (source: Italian institute of statistics (Istat), see this link (http://www.upinet.it/indicatore.asp?id_statistiche=6)).

External link

• Provincia dell'Aquila homepage (in Italian) (http://www.provincia.laquila.it)