Pistoia (It. Provincia di Pistoia) is a province in the Tuscany region of Italy. Its capital is the city of Pistoia. In Italy, the Province (in Italian: provincia) is an administrative division of an intermediate level, between municipality (comune) and region (regione). ... 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. ... Pistoia (ancient Pistoria) is a city in the Tuscany region of Italy, the capital of a province of the same name, located about 30 km (18 mi) west and north of Florence. ...

It has an area of 965 sq km, and a total population of 268,503 (2001). There are 22 communes in the province (source: Italian institute of statistics Istat, see this link (http://www.upinet.it/indicatore.asp?id_statistiche=6)).

External link

• Province homepage (in Italian) (http://www.provincia.pistoia.it)