Latina, Lazio
Latina (Italian pronunciation: [laˈtiːna] (
listen)) is the caipital o the province o Latina in the Lazio region, in central Italy. As o 2011[update], the ceety haes 115,895 indwallers an is sicweys the seicont-lairgest ceety o the region, efter the naitional caipital Roum. It wis foondit in 1932 unner the fascist admeenistration, as Littoria, when the aurie surroondin it, which haed been a swamp syne antiquity, wis drained.
Latina | |
|---|---|
| Comune di Latina | |
 The palace o the Piazza del Popolo | |
  Latina Location o Latina in Italy | |
| Coordinates: 41°28′N 12°54′E / 41.467°N 12.900°E | |
| Kintra | Italy |
| Region | Lazio |
| Province | Latina (LT) |
| Frazioni | See leet |
| Govrenment | |
| • Mayor | Damiano Coletta |
| Area | |
| • Total | 277 km2 (107 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 21 m (69 ft) |
| Population (30 April 2011) | |
| • Total | 119,895 |
| • Density | 430/km2 (1,100/sq mi) |
| Demonym(s) | Latinensi |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Postal code | 04100, 04010, 04013 |
| Dialin code | 0773 |
| Patron saunt | Saunt Maria Goretti an St. Mark |
| Saunt day | 25 Apryle |
| Website | Offeecial wabsteid |
HistoryEedit
Latina wis foondit bi Benito Mussolini on 30 Juin 1932 as Littoria, named for the fascio littorio. The ceety wis inauguratit on 18 Dizember o the same year. Littoria wis populatit wi settlers comin mainly frae Friuli an Veneto, who formit the sae-cried Venetian-Pontine commonty (the day survivin anerly in some peripherical boroughs). The edifices an the monuments, mainly in rationalist style, wur designed bi famous airchitects an airtists sic as Marcello Piacentini, Angiolo Mazzoni an Duilio Cambellotti.
In 1934 it became a provincial caipital an, efter Warld War II, renamit Latina in 1946. Wi the arrival o ither fowk maistly frae Lazio itsel, the oreeginal Venetian-lik dialect wis increasingly substitutit bi a form o Romanesco dialect.
The ceety coat o airms is a blue shield wi a stylisit drawin o the Ceety Haw Clock Touer in the middle, staundin on a field o green, an flankit bi twa stalks o wheat tee'd at the base wi a reid ribbon engravit wi the motto "LATINA OLIM PALUS" ("Latina, ance a swamp") in Laitin. The shield is surmoontit bi a mural croun. The airms combine the three colours o the Banner o Italy (red, white, an green) wi the "Azzurro Savoia" (the blue o the Hoose o Savoy).
EconomyEedit
The ceety haes some pharmaceutical, chemical industry, cheese production an haes a strang service sector. Latina is an important centre for agricultur an aw (vegetables, flouers, succar, fruit, cheese an derivates).
The umwhile Latina nuclear pouer plant is nou shutdoun an unnergoin decommissionin.
FrazioniEedit
The frazioni o Latina are: Latina Lido, Latina Scalo, Borgo Bainsizza, Borgo Carso, Borgo Faiti, Borgo Grappa, Borgo Isonzo, Borgo Montello, Borgo Piave, Borgo Podgora, Borgo Sabotino, Borgo Santa Maria, Borgo San Michele, Chiesuola, an Tor Tre Ponti.
GeografieEedit
Latina is locatit in the Province o Latina, pairt o the soothren section o the region o Lazio. The ceety is aboot 62 kilometre (39 mile) sooth o Roum The municipality borders on Aprilia, Cisterna di Latina, Nettuno, Pontinia, Sabaudia, Sermoneta an Sezze.
ClimateEedit
Latina haes a Mediterranean climate (Köppen climate classification Csa) lik maist o soothren Italy.
| Climate data for Latina | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Average heich °C (°F) | 11.1 (52.0) |
12.2 (54.0) |
16.1 (61.0) |
19.4 (66.9) |
23.9 (75.0) |
27.8 (82.0) |
31.1 (88.0) |
30.6 (87.1) |
27.8 (82.0) |
22.2 (72.0) |
16.7 (62.1) |
13.3 (55.9) |
21.1 (70.0) |
| Average law °C (°F) | 2.8 (37.0) |
3.3 (37.9) |
6.1 (43.0) |
8.9 (48.0) |
12.8 (55.0) |
16.1 (61.0) |
18.3 (64.9) |
18.3 (64.9) |
16.1 (61.0) |
11.7 (53.1) |
7.2 (45.0) |
5.0 (41.0) |
10.6 (51.1) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 81.3 (3.20) |
68.6 (2.70) |
73.7 (2.90) |
66.0 (2.60) |
58.9 (2.32) |
40.7 (1.60) |
17.8 (0.70) |
25.4 (1.00) |
66.0 (2.60) |
127.0 (5.00) |
111.8 (4.40) |
99.1 (3.90) |
830.6 (32.70) |
| Source: Weatherbase[1] | |||||||||||||
In popular culturEedit
The Italian film My Brother Is an Only Child is set in Latina.[2]
Notable residentsEedit
- Tiziano Ferro, pop sangster
- Antonio Pennacchi, writer
International relationsEedit
Twin touns / Sister ceetiesEedit
Latina is twinned wi:
Palos de la Frontera, Spain
Farroupilha, Brazil
Birkenhead, Ingland
GalleryEedit
St. Mark's Cathedral
The foontain in Piazza Libertà
The kirk o Borgo Sabotino
See an awEedit
- Latina railwey station
- F.C. Latina, a fitbaa club
ReferencesEedit
- ↑ Historical weather for Latina, Italy
- ↑ Weissberg, Jay (18 Mey 2007). "My Brother Is an Only Child Review". variety.com. Retrieved 18 Mey 2007.
Freemit airtinsEedit
| Wikimedia Commons haes media relatit tae Latina. |
- Official website
- Ofteland, Hanne Storm (2002). "Littoria" (PDF). Institute for Art History, University of Oslo. Archived frae the original (pdf) on 7 September 2008. Retrieved 5 Februar 2010.