Province of Latina

Nation	Italy
Region	Lazio
Capital	Latina
Area	2,251 km²
Population (2005)	519,850
Density	231
Comuni	33
Vehicle Registration	LT
Postal Code	04100
Telephone Prefix	0773, 06, 0771
ISTAT	059
President	Armando Cusani
Map highlighting the location of the province of Latina in Italy

The Province of Latina (Italian: Provincia di Latina) is a province in the Lazio region of Italy. Its capital is the city of Latina. Image File history File links Provincia_di_Latina-Stemma. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Italy. ... Lazio (Latium in Latin) is a regione of central Italy, bordered by Tuscany, Umbria, Abruzzo, Marche, Molise, Campania and the Tyrrhenian Sea. ... Latina is the capital of the province of Latina in the region Latium in Italy. ... Area is a physical quantity expressing the size of a part of a surface. ... In physics, density is mass m per unit volume V. For the common case of a homogeneous substance, it is expressed as: where, in SI units: ρ (rho) is the density of the substance, measured in kg·m-3 m is the mass of the substance, measured in kg V is... 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. ... Present Italian car number plates have black characters on a rectangular white background, with small blue side-fields on the right and left (see European vehicle registration plates). ... Istituto Nazionale di Statistica (ISTAT) is the Italian national statistical institute, roughly corresponding to the United States Census Bureau. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... In Italy, a province (in Italian: provincia) is an administrative division of intermediate level between municipality (comune) and region (regione). ... Lazio (Latium in Latin) is a regione of central Italy, bordered by Tuscany, Umbria, Abruzzo, Marche, Molise, Campania and the Tyrrhenian Sea. ... Latina is the capital of the province of Latina in the region Latium in Italy. ...

It has an area of 2,251 km², and a total population of 519,850 (2005). There are 33 comuni (singular: comune) in the province [1], see Comuni of the Province of Latina. 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. ... 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. ... The following is a list of the 33 comuni of the Province of Latina, Lazio, in Italy. ...

The main comuni by population are:

Latina is the capital of the province of Latina in the region Latium in Italy. ... Aprilia is a town and municipality in the province of Latina, in the Lazio region of central Italy. ... Terracina is a town and comune of the province of Latina - (until 1934 of the province of Rome), Italy, 76 km SE of Rome by rail (56 km by the Via Appia). ... Formia is a small town/city on the Mediterranean Coast of Italy. ... Fondi is a small town in Italy, halfway between Rome and Naples. ... The town of Cisterna in Italy provided the theatre of the Battle of Cisterna in January 1944. ... Sezze is a small town, about 90 km south from Rome. ... Gaeta (ancient Latin name Caieta) is a city in Province of Latina, in Lazio, Italy. ... Minturno is a city in the southern Lazio, Italy, situated on the north west bank of the Liris with a suburb on the opposite bank 11 miles from its mouth, at the point where the Via Appia crossed it by the bridge called Pons Tiretius. ... Sabaudia is a coastal town in the province of Latina, Lazio, Italy. ... Priverno is a town in the province of Latina, Lazio, Italy. ... Pontinia is a comune (municipality) in the Province of Latina in the Italian region Lazio, located about 70 km southeast of Rome and about 15 km southeast of Latina. ... Cori refers to a number of different people, things and places. ... Itri is a small city in the central Italian region of Latium and the Province of Latina. ... Mount Circeo Italian Monte Circeo, Latin Circaeum Promontorium, isolated promontory, Latina provincia, Lazio (Latium) regione, on the southwestern coast of Italy on the Tyrrhenian Sea, just northwest of the Gulf of Gaeta. ... Sermoneta is a small city and commune in the province of Latina (Lazio), Italy. ... Country Italy Region Lazio Province Latina (LT) Mayor Gino Cesare Gasbarrone (since May 2002) Elevation 430 m Area 63 km² Population  - Total (as of 2004-12-31) 7,070  - Density 100/km² Time zone CET, UTC+1 Coordinates Gentilic Sonninesi Dialing code 0773 Postal code 04010 Frazioni Capocroce, Cerreto, Frasso... Santi Cosma e Damiano is a town and commune in the province of Latina, in the Lazio region of central Italy. ... Monte San Biagio is a town and commune in the province of Latina, in southern Lazio (Italy). ...

History

The province of Latina was founded on December 18, 1934, encompassing mainly the dried areas of the Agro Pontino previously part of the province of Rome. Apart the Pontine lands, it includes the Aurunci, Lepini and Ausoni mountain ranges, as well as the Pontine islands archipelago. The port of Gaeta and Formia, in the southernmost part of the province, belonged traditionally and linguistically to Campania. In the Gregorian calendar, December 18 is the 352nd day of the year (353rd in leap years), with 13 days remaining until the end of the year. ... Year 1934 (MCMXXXIV) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display full 1934 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Rome (It. ... Location of the range in Italy. ... The peak of the Semprevisa Mount, with the Monti Ernici on the background. ... The Pontine Islands The Pontine Islands are an archipelago in the Tyrrhenian Sea off the west coast of Italy. ... Gaeta (ancient Latin name Caieta) is a city in Province of Latina, in Lazio, Italy. ... Formia is a small town/city on the Mediterranean Coast of Italy. ... For other uses, see Campania (disambiguation). ...

Geography

Although the smallest of the provinces in the Lazio region, the province of Latina includes a variety of geographical and historical areas.

Hill and mountain areas

The mainland area is, in the south- and north-eastern part, mostly occupied by limestone hills and mountains. Ranges include the Lepini, Aurunci and Ausoni. The highest altitude are the 1,533 m of Monte Petrella (Aurunci). The climate is semi-continental with hot summers and cold winters; temperatures rarely fell under 0°C. The mountains are characterized by small medieval settlements (borghi) and traditionally live of cattle raising and agriculture; however, these activities saw a marked decline in recent times, and today workers usually commute daily to work in Rome or Latina. Tourism is an increasing interesting resource, attracted especially by the uncontamined nature and by artistical traces of the Middle Ages (Abbeys of Valvisciolo and Fossanova, where St. Thomas Aquinas died). The main centres of this area are Cori, Sezze and Priverno. This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ... The peak of the Semprevisa Mount, with the Monti Ernici on the background. ... Location of the range in Italy. ... Monte Petrella is the highest peak in the Aurunci Mountains, in southern Lazio, central Italy. ... Nickname: Motto: SPQR: Senatus Populusque Romanus Location of the city of Rome (yellow) within the Province of Rome (red) and region of Lazio (grey) Coordinates: Region Lazio Province Province of Rome Founded 21 April 753 BC Government  - Mayor Walter Veltroni Area  - City 1,285 km²  (580 sq mi)  - Urban 5... Fossanuova is an Italian abbey, in the province of Rome, near the railway-station of Priverno, 64 miles south-east of Rome. ... Saint Thomas Aquinas (1225 - March 7, 1274) was a Catholic philosopher and theologian in the scholastic tradition, who gave birth to the Thomistic school of philosophy, which was long the primary philosophical approach of the Roman Catholic Church. ... Cori refers to a number of different people, things and places. ... Sezze is a small town, about 90 km south from Rome. ... Priverno is a town in the province of Latina, Lazio, Italy. ...

Agro Pontino

The Agro Pontino occupies the plain extending southwards from Aprilia to Terracina, along the Tyrrhenian Sea. Until the 1930s it was covered by unhealthy marshes, which were dried up under Fascist government; the area as subsequently settled by immigrants coming from north-eastern Italy, in newly built cities like Sabaudia or Latina itself. The sole mountain peak is that of Circeo promontory. The climate is mild. The Agro Pontino is the most economically developed part of the province, housing a flourishing agricultural sector and numerous service firms and industries. It also houses much of the water basins of the province, like the coast Lakes of Fogliano, Caprolace and Paola. An Aprilia RS125, model of 1998. ... Terracina is a town and comune of the province of Latina - (until 1934 of the province of Rome), Italy, 76 km SE of Rome by rail (56 km by the Via Appia). ... Sabaudia is a coastal town in the province of Latina, Lazio, Italy. ...

Apart the capital, the main cities include Cisterna di Latina, Fondi, Terracina and Sabaudia, the latter being an important tourist resort. The town of Cisterna in Italy provided the theatre of the Battle of Cisterna in January 1944. ... Fondi is a small town in Italy, halfway between Rome and Naples. ...

Formia and Gaeta

Cities rich of ancient and medieval history, Gaeta and Formia were traditionally part of the Kingdom of Naples. They belonged to the Campania region until 1934. Traces of the different cultural milieu can be identified in the costumes and, most of all, in the local dialect, a variant of Neapolitan. Formia and Gaeta constitues a single metropolitan area with an important port (with connection to the Pontine Islands), a station on the main railway line Rome-Naples. Other important centres include Sperlonga and Minturno. The Kingdom of Naples was born out of the division of the Kingdom of Sicily after the Sicilian Vespers rebellion of 1282. ... For other uses, see Campania (disambiguation). ... Neapolitan (autonym: napulitano; Italian: ) is a Romance language spoken in the city and region of Naples, Campania (Neapolitan: Nàpule, Italian: Napoli); close dialects are spoken throughout most of southern Italy, including the Gaeta and Sora districts of southern Lazio, parts of Abruzzo, Molise, Basilicata, northern Calabria, and northern and... Sperlonga is a coastal town in the province of Latina, Italy, about half way between Rome and Naples. ... Minturno is a city in the southern Lazio, Italy, situated on the north west bank of the Liris with a suburb on the opposite bank 11 miles from its mouth, at the point where the Via Appia crossed it by the bridge called Pons Tiretius. ...

Pontine Islands

Main article: Pontine Islands

Once mainly used as penitentiaries, the Pontine Islands are now a renowned touristical resort in summer. The only inhabited islands are Ponza and Ventotene The Pontine Islands The Pontine Islands are an archipelago in the Tyrrhenian Sea off the west coast of Italy. ... Ponza and the Pontine Islands. ... Ventotene and the Pontine Islands The village, seen from the harbour Piazza Castello Ventotene is an island in the Tyrrhenian Sea, off the coast of Campania, Italy. ...

External links

• Official website