Province of Latina

Coordinates: 41°28′3.35″N 12°54′13.32″E / 41.4675972°N 12.9037000°E / 41.4675972; 12.9037000
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Province of Latina
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The province of Latina (Italian: provincia di Latina) is a province in the Lazio region of Italy. Its provincial capital is the city of Latina. It is bordered by the provinces of Frosinone to the northeast and by the Metropolitan City of Rome Capital to the northwest.

It has an area of 2,251 square kilometres (869 sq mi) and a population of 561,189 (2012). The province contains

comuni (sg.: comune).[2]

Sub-divisions of the province

Main article:
Comuni of the Province of Latina

The most populous comuni are:

Comune Population
Latina 128,810
Aprilia 74,691
Terracina 46,245
Fondi 39,773
Formia 38,264
Cisterna di Latina 36,742
Sezze 24,866
Gaeta 20,936
Sabaudia 20,305
Minturno 19,816
Pontinia 14,883
Priverno 14,452
Cori 11,108
Itri 10,724
Sermoneta 10,155
San Felice Circeo 10,018
Sonnino 7,548
Santi Cosma e Damiano 6,889
Monte San Biagio 6,322

History

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

Pontine islands archipelago. The port of Gaeta and Formia, in the southernmost part of the province, belonged traditionally and linguistically to Campania
.

In

Alban hills and Monti Lepini. Small-scale farming and urbanisation developed only in or right before the Roman Age with transhumant pastoralism still continuing. From 350 BC onwards, the colonies of Cora (Cori), Norba and Setia (Sezze) were built. The small peasant economy was gradually replaced by large specialised latifundia
.

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

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 (
St. Thomas Aquinas died). The main centres of this area are Cori, Sezze, and Priverno
.

Agro Pontino

The

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[4]

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.

See also

References

  1. ^ Regions and Cities > Regional Statistics > Regional Economy > Regional Gross Domestic Product (Small regions TL3), OECD.Stats. Accessed on 16 November 2018.
  2. ^ Statistics of Italy
  3. ^ van Joolen, Ester. "Parco Nazionale del Circeo" (PDF). University of Groningen. Retrieved 15 October 2022.
  4. ^ Pellegrini's map Archived 2009-10-12 at the Wayback Machine

External links

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