Province o Caltanissetta

The Province o Caltanissetta (Italian: provincia di Caltanissetta; Sicilian: pruvincia di Cartanissetta) is a province in the soothren pairt o Sicily, Italy. It contains 22 comuni (singular: comune), see Comuni o the Province o Caltanissetta.

Province o Caltanissetta
Province
Map heichlichtin the location o the province o Caltanissetta in Italy
Kintra	Italy
Region	Sicily
Caipital(s)	Caltanissetta
Comuni	22
Govrenment
• Preses	Raffaele Sirico
Area
• Total	2128 km2 (822 sq mi)
Population  (2005)
• Total	275,221
• Density	130/km2 (330/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	93100, 93010-93020
Telephone prefix	0934, 0933, 0922
Vehicle registration	CL
ISTAT	085

Borderin provinces

In order o coonterclockwise

• Province o Agrigento, W
• Province o Palermo, NW
• Province o Enna, N
• Province o Catania, NE
• Province o Ragusa, E

Coat o airms

Its coat o airms is a red crest an twa green leaf stems on top wi a laurel leaf on the richt an a croun in the middle.

Geography

The province extends tae the central pairt o Sicily in the northwastren direction whaur the caipital is locatit. The commune o Resuttano is foond in an enclave o the province o Palermo near Caltanissetta atween Monte Stretto an Portella del Vento, an enclafe athoot locality o the province o Enna.

The land extends tae the Gela plain an intae the guwf namit Gela.

As for 30 Juin 2005, the main communes bi population are:

Communes	Population
Gela	77,234
Caltanissetta	60,632
Niscemi	26,734
San Cataldo	23,199
Mazzarino	12,340
Riesi	11,649
Mussomeli	11,306
Sommatino	7,515
Serradifalco	6,383
Santa Caterina Villarmosa	5,866
Sutera	5,142

See an aw

• Comuni o the Province o Caltanissetta

Freemit airtins

• (in Italian) Offeecial wabsteid Archived 2006-08-18 at the Wayback Machine
• Picturs, history, tourism, gastronomy, beuks, local products, local surnames, transportation in the province o Caltanissetta