Province of Cagliari

Province of Cagliari
Province
Map highlighting the location of the province of Cagliari in Italy
Country	Italy
Region	Sardinia
Capital(s)	Cagliari
Comuni	71
Government
• President	Angela Quaquero (ad interim)
Area
• Total	4,570 km^2 (1,760 sq mi)
Population (2001)
• Total	551,053
• Density	120/km^2 (310/sq mi)
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
• Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
Postal code	09010-09033, 09035-09049, 09090, 09100
Telephone prefix	070, 0781, 0783
Vehicle registration	CA
ISTAT	092

Cagliari (Italian: Provincia di Cagliari; Sardinian: Provìncia de Casteddu) is a province in the autonomous island region of Sardinia in Italy. Its capital is the city of Cagliari.

It has an area of 4,470 square kilometres (1,730 sq mi), and a total population of 543,310 (2001). There are 71 comuni (singular: comune) in the province .

Geography

The valley of Piscinamanna is in the province.

Major comuni

As of June 30, 2005, the major comuni by population are:

Comune	Population
Cagliari	160,886
Quartu Sant'Elena	70,020
Selargius	28,682
Assemini	25,531
Capoterra	22,620
Monserrato	20,809
Sestu	17,413
Sinnai	16,043
Quartucciu	11,503
Elmas	8,533
Dolianova	8,280
Decimomannu	7,079
San Sperate	7,037
Villasor	7,022
Maracalagonis	7,000
Pula	6,959
Uta	6,928
Settimo San Pietro	6,098
Sarroch	5,275

Politics

The Democratic Party (Italian: Partito Democratico, PD) is a social-democratic political party in Italy, with The People of Freedom (Italian: Il Popolo della Libertà, PdL), it is one of the two major parties of the current Italian party system.

Cagliari Provincial Election Results June 2010
	Name	Party	1st Preference Votes	%	2nd Preference Votes	%
	Graziano Milia	PD	71.969	33,8	61.785	52,4
	Giuseppe Farris	PdL	99.053	46,5	56.074	47,6

External links

• (Italian) Official website

Coordinates: 39°13′09″N 9°07′02″E / 39.2192°N 9.11722°E