Province of Latina

Province of Latina
Province
Map highlighting the location of the province of Latina in Italy
Country	Italy
Region	Lazio
Capital(s)	Latina
Comuni	33
Government
• President	Eleonora Della Penna
Area
• Total	2,251 km² (869 sq mi)
Population (2012)
• Total	561,189
• Density	250/km² (650/sq mi)
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
• Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
Postal code	04100
Telephone prefix	0773, 06, 0771
Vehicle registration	LT
ISTAT	059

The Province of Latina (Italian: Provincia di Latina) is a province in the Lazio region of Italy. Its capital is the city of Latina.

It has an area of 2,251 square kilometres (869 sq mi) and a total population of 561,189 (2012). There are 33 comuni (singular: comune) in the province , see Comuni of the Province of Latina.

The main comuni by population are:

Comune	Population
Latina	112,533
Aprilia	63,265
Terracina	44,480
Formia	36,822
Fondi	35,115
Cisterna di Latina	33,108
Sezze	22,859
Gaeta	21,541
Minturno	18,366
Sabaudia	17,581
Priverno	13,728
Pontinia	13,517
Cori	10,808
Itri	10,404
San Felice Circeo	8,212
Sermoneta	7,083
Sonnino	7,056
Santi Cosma e Damiano	6,678
Monte San Biagio	6,106

History

The province of Latina was founded on 18 December 1934, encompassing mainly the drained 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.

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, Ausoni. The highest elevation is that of 1,533-metre (5,030 ft) Monte Petrella (Aurunci). The climate is semi-continental with hot summers and cold winters; temperatures rarely fall below 0 °C (32 °F). 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 uncontaminated nature and by artistic 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.

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.

Apart the capital, the main cities include Cisterna di Latina, Terracina, Sabaudia.

Linguistic map of Southern Lazio: Central Italian in pink and Southern Italian (Neapolitan language) in magenta.^[1]

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 constitutes 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.

Pontine Islands

Main article: Pontine Islands

Once mainly used as penitentiaries, the Pontine Islands are now a renowned tourist resort in summer. The only inhabited islands are Ponza and Ventotene.

References

↑ Pellegrini's map

External links

Official website

Lazio

Provinces	Frosinone Latina Rieti Rome Viterbo

Lakes	Lake Albano Lake Bolsena Lake Bracciano Lago di Canterno Lago di Caprolace Lago di Fondi Lago di Giulianello Lake Martignano Lake Mezzano Lago dei Monaci Lake Nemi Lago di Posta Fibreno Lago di Rascino Lago di Sabaudia Lago del Salto Lago del Turano Lake Vico

Mountains	Seven hills of Rome Alban Hills Aurunci Mountains Monti Ausoni Monte Cavo Cimini Hills Monti Ernici Monte Gorzano Monti della Laga Monti Lepini Monti della Meta Monte Petrella Monti Prenestini Monti Sabatini Monte Soratte Monte Terminillo Monti della Tolfa Monti Volsini Monte Cassino Monte Abate Monte Altino Monte Appiolo Maschio dell'Ariano Maschio di Lariano Monte Artemisio Monte Autore Monte Carbonaro Monte Cefalo Cima del Redentore (monti Aurunci) Circeo Monte Crispi Monte Dragone Monte Faggeto Monte Fammera Mont Fogliano Monte Fusco Monte Guadagnolo Monte Lauro in Gaeta Monte Lauzo Le Rave Fosche Monte Livata Mainarde Maschio delle Faete Meta (monte) Monna Monte Caira Monte Cervello Monte Revole Monte Sorgenze Monte Trina Monte Val de' Varri – Monte Faito – Monte San Nicola Monte di Cambio Monte le Pezze Parco regionale urbano Monte Orlando Monte Orso Monte Pizzuto Monte Ruazzo

Geography	Castelli Romani Ciociaria Pontine marshes Roman Campagna Sabina Tiber Tuscia

Politics	Elections in Lazio List of Presidents of Lazio

Categories

Lazio · Comuni of the Province of Latina

Aprilia Bassiano Campodimele Castelforte Cisterna di Latina Cori Fondi Formia Gaeta Itri Latina Lenola Maenza Minturno Monte San Biagio Norma Pontinia Ponza Priverno Prossedi Rocca Massima Roccagorga Roccasecca dei Volsci Sabaudia San Felice Circeo Santi Cosma e Damiano Sermoneta Sezze Sonnino Sperlonga Spigno Saturnia Terracina Ventotene

Coordinates: 41°28′3.35″N 12°54′13.32″E / 41.4675972°N 12.9037000°E / 41.4675972; 12.9037000

Authority control	GND: 4430039-6 BNF: cb144130699 (data)

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