Province of Latina

Province of Italy

Province in Lazio, Italy

Province of Latina

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Country|  Italy
Region| Lazio
Capital(s)| Latina
Comuni| 33
Government

• President| Gerardo Stefanelli (IV)
Area

• Total| 2,251 km2 (869 sq mi)
Population

(2012)

• Total| 561,189
• Density| 250/km2 (650/sq mi)
GDP

[1]

• Total| €12.524 billion (2015)
• Per capita| €21,844 (2015)
Time zone| UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)| UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code|

04100

Telephone prefix| 0773, 06, 0771
Vehicle registration| LT
ISTAT| 059
Website| Official website

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[edit]

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[edit]

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 from 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 Bronze Age, complex permanent settlement systems and functionally differentiated societies developed in the Pontine region. This included preparation of fish and salt at the coast and metallurgy slightly inland.[3] Late Iron Age fortified settlements evolved on the 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[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

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[4]

### Formia and Gaeta[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

* Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Gaeta#Province of Latina

## References[edit]

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[edit]

* Official website

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Lazio

Provinces and places|

* Frosinone
* Latina
* Rieti
* Rome
* Viterbo
* List of communes

History|

* Latins
* Latium
* Ancient Rome
* Papal States
* Roman Republic (18th century)
* Roman Republic (19th century)

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
* Monti Sabini
* 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
* Valle Latina
* Pontine marshes
* Roman Campagna
* Sabina
* Tiber
* Tuscia

Politics|

* Elections in Lazio
* List of presidents of Lazio

Culture|

* Flag
* Marino Wine Festival

Categories

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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

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International|

* VIAF
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Geographic|

* MusicBrainz area

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