Province o L'Aquila

Province o L'Aquila
Province o L'Aquila
	Province
	Map heichlichtin the location o the province o L'Aquila in Italy
Kintra	Italy
Region	Abruzzo
Caipital(s)	L'Aquila
Comuni	108
Govrenment
• Preses	Antonio Del Corvo
Area
• Total	5034 km2 (1,944 sq mi)
Population (2001)
• Total	297,592
• Density	59/km2 (150/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	67100, 67010, 67012, 67013, 67014, 67015, 67017, 67019, 67020, 67021, 67022, 67023, 67024, 67025, 67026, 67027, 67028, 67029, 67030, 67031, 67032, 67033, 67034, 67035, 67036, 67037, 67038, 67039, 67040, 67041, 67043, 67044, 67045, 67046, 67047, 67048, 67049, 67050, 67051, 67052, 67053, 67054, 67055, 67056, 67057, 67058, 67059, 67060, 67061, 67062, 67063, 67064, 67066, 67067, 67068, 67069
Telephone prefix	0862, 0863, 0864
Vehicle registration	AQ
ISTAT	066

The Province o L'Aquila (Provincia dell'Aquila) is the lairgest, maist muntainous an least densely populatit province o the Abruzzo region o central Italy.

Geografie

It comprises aboot hauf the landmass o Abruzzo an occupees the wastren pairt o the region.

It haes borders wi the provinces o Teramo tae the north, Pescara an Chieti to the east, Isernia (in Molise region) tae the sooth an Frosinone, Rome an Rieti (in Lazio region) tae the wast. Its caipital is the ceety o L'Aquila.

The Province o L'Aquila includes the heichest muntains o the Apennines (Gran Sasso, Maiella and Velino-Sirente), their heichest peak, Corno Grande, the heich plain o Campo Imperatore, an Europe's soothmaist glacier, the Calderone. The province's major rivers are the Aterno-Pescara, Sangro, Liri, Salto, an the Turano; its major lakes are Lago Scanno an Lago Barrea. It ance includit the lairgest lake on the Italian peninsulae, Lago Fucino, which was drained in ane o the 19t century's lairgest ingineerin projects. The lake basin is the day a flourishin agricultural aurie and an important technological destrict.

Economy an population

The province is kent for its mony castles, fortresses an pristine medieval hill touns. The province's twa major ceeties, L'Aquila an Avezzano, experiencit rapid economic expansion in the last twa decades wi the growth o transportation manufacturin, telecommunications, an computer industries. Throughoot maist o the 20t century, the province's rural auries experiencit serious population declines wi the near collapse o it pastoral agricultural economy. In recent years wi the creation the Gran Sasso e Monti della Laga Naitional Pairk, the Majella Naitional Pairk an the Sirente-Velino Regional Pairk, tourism haes boostit the economy o rural L'Aquila an begun tae reverse its population decline.

It haes an aurie o 5,034 km², an a total population o 297,592 (2001).

Yirdquauks

Yirdquauks mark the history o the province, especially its caipital ceety L'Aquila. which wis stricken bi yirdquauks in the 14t, 15t, an 16t centuries^[1]^[2] an maist recently on 6 Apryle 2009 causin extensive damage tae the ceety an auries o the province juist ootside l'Aquila, pairticularly alang SS 17. At 01:32 GMT (03:32 CEST) on Apryle 6 an yirdquauk o 6.3 magnitude struck central Italy wi its epicentre near L'Aquila, at 42°25′22″N 13°23′40″E / 42.4228°N 13.3945°E / 42.4228; 13.3945 (Earthquake 6 April 2009).^[3]

Ceeties an touns

Map o the province.

There are 108 comunes in all [1]

The lairgest are:

Comune	Inhabitants
L'Aquila	71,761
Avezzano	39,670
Sulmona	25,363
Celano	11,012
Pratola Peligna	7,890
Tagliacozzo	6,820
Trasacco	6,115
Castel di Sangro	6,109
Luco dei Marsi	5,776
Capistrello	5,473
Carsoli	5,238