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Encyclopedia > Province of Pisa
Province of Pisa
Nation Italy
Region Toscana
Capital Pisa
Area 2,448 km²
Population (2005) 394,101
Density 161
Comuni 39
Vehicle Registration PI
Postal Code 56010, 56011, 56017, 56019-56022, 56025, 56027, 56029-56038, 56040-56043, 56046, 56048
Telephone Prefix 050, 0565, 0571, 0586, 0587, 0588
ISTAT 050
President Andrea Pieroni
Map highlighting the location of the province of Pisa in Italy


Pisa (Italian: Provincia di Pisa) is a province in the Tuscany region of Italy. Its capital is the city of Pisa. Image File history File links Provincia_di_Pisa-Stemma. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Italy. ... Tuscany (Italian Toscana) is a region in central Italy, bordering on Latium to the south, Umbria to the east, Emilia-Romagna and Liguria to the north, and the Tyrrhenian Sea to the west. ... Pisa is a city in Tuscany, central Italy, on the right bank of the mouth of the Arno River on the Tyrrhenian Sea. ... Area is a physical quantity expressing the size of a part of a surface. ... Density (symbol: ρ - Greek: rho) is a measure of mass per volume. ... 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. ... 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 Pisa_posizione. ... In Italy, the province (in Italian: provincia) is an administrative division of an intermediate level, between municipality (comune) and region (Regione). ... A poppy field in Tuscany. ... Pisa is a city in Tuscany, central Italy, on the right bank of the mouth of the Arno River on the Tyrrhenian Sea. ...


It has an area of 2,448 sq km, and a total population of 394,101 (2005). There are 39 comuni (singular: comune) in the province[1]. 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 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. ...


Pisa is well known for the famous Leaning Tower of Pisa, which is located in the city. It brings much tourism to this area. The Tower of Pisa. ...


External links

  • Province homepage (Italian)
  • Itineraries in Pisa - not only the city of Leaning Tower


Europe | Italy | Tuscany (Toscana)
Arezzo | Florence (Firenze) | Grosseto | Livorno | Lucca | Massa-Carrara | Pisa | Pistoia | Prato | Siena

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Britain.tv Wikipedia - Pisa (4016 words)
In 1113 Pisa and the Pope Paschal II set up, together with the count of Barcelona and other contingents from Provence and Italy (Genoese excluded), a war to free the Balearic Islands from the Moors: the queen and the king of Mallorca were brought in chains to Tuscany.
Pisa was the birthplace of the founder of modern physics, Galileo Galilei.
Pisa hosts the University of Pisa, especially renowed in the fields of Physics, Mathematics, Engineering and Computer Science, the Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna and the Scuola Normale Superiore, the Italian academic élite institution, mostly for research and the education of graduate students.
LE GUARDATOIE - Pisa and its Province (713 words)
Pisa is situated on a vast alluvial flood plain in a bend of the river Arno.
Modern-day Pisa is a major cultural centre that is home to an important research university and thrives on an economy based largely on service industries.
The Certosa di Pisa, one kilometre from Calci on the road to Montemagno, is a huge complex founded in 1366 as a cloistered monastery.
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