Province of Rome

This article is about the Italian province of Rome. For the Roman Catholic province, see Ecclesiastical Province of Rome. For provinces of the Roman republic and Roman empire, see Roman province.
Province of Rome
Province

Palazzo Valentini in Rome, the provincial seat.

Coat of arms

Map highlighting the location of the province of Rome in Italy
Country  Italy
Region Lazio
Capital(s) Rome
Government
 • Presidente Riccardo Carpino (01/10/2013)
Area
 • Total 5,352 km2 (2,066 sq mi)
Population (31 July 2015)
 • Total 4,336,251
 • Density 810/km2 (2,100/sq mi)
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
 • Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)
Postal code n/a
Telephone prefix 06,667,3898
Vehicle registration RM
ISTAT 058
The Appian Way.
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The Province of Rome (Italian: Provincia di Roma) was one of the five provinces of Lazio, Italy. The province of Rome was the most populous of Italy, and is essentially coterminous with the Rome metropolitan area. Rome was the provincial capital. The Province of Rome existed from 1870 to 31 December 2014. On 1 January 2015, it was replaced with a new administrative area, the Metropolitan City of Rome Capital.[1]

Geography

The Province of Rome covers almost one third of the territory of Lazio. It occupies the flat area of the Roman and the Tiber Valley to the mountains and dell'Aniene Lucretili Sabini and, in addition to the mountainous regions of the Tolfa and Monti Sabatini to the north-west, the area of the mountains Tiburtini Prenestini Simbruini and east, the area of the Colli Albani and the northern foothills of the mountains, and high Lepine Sacco valley to the south-east. The western boundary of the province is represented by the Tyrrhenian Sea on which spread to about 130 kilometres (81 mi) from the coast near Rome from Civitavecchia to Torre Astura. In the territory there are several lakes, almost all of volcanic origin, which are concentrated in the north-west of the mountains and Sabatini in the south-east of the Colli Albani.

Population

The main comuni by population are:[2]

Comune Population
Rome 2,866,733
Guidonia Montecelio 88,238
Fiumicino 75,378
Pomezia 61,207
Tivoli 56,568
Anzio 53,760
Velletri 52,998
Civitavecchia 52,942
Ardea 48,495
Nettuno 48,346
Albano Laziale 40.828
Monterotondo 40,522
Marino 41,789
Ladispoli 40,022
Ciampino 38,226
Cerveteri 37,258
Fonte Nuova 31,755
Genzano di Roma 24,008
Colleferro 22,181
Frascati 20,993
Grottaferrata 20,963
Mentana 20,911
Palestrina 21,232
Ariccia 18,343
Anguillara Sabazia 18,469
Santa Marinella 18,004
Bracciano 18,481
Alban Hills

See also

References

  1. ↑ Dalla Provincia di Roma alla Città metropolitana di Roma Capitale - provincia.roma.it
  2. ↑ "Demography in Figures". Istituto nazionale di statistica (ISTAT). for August 2009
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Coordinates: 41°53′35″N 12°28′58″E / 41.89306°N 12.48278°E / 41.89306; 12.48278

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