Province o Messina

Messina (Italian: Provincia di Messina; Sicilian: Pruvincia di Missina) is a province in the autonomous island region o Sicily in Italy. Its caipital is the ceety o Messina.

Province o Messina
Map heichlichtin the location o the province o Messina in Italy
Map heichlichtin the location o the province o Messina in Italy
Kintra Italy
RegionSicily
Caipital(s)Messina
Comuni108
Govrenment
 • PresesSalvatore Leonardi
Area
 • Total3247 km2 (1,254 sq mi)
Population
 (2005)
 • Total662,450
 • Density200/km2 (530/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code
98000-98100
Telephone prefix090, 0941, 0942
Vehicle registrationME
ISTAT083

Geography an demography

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It haes an aurie o 3,247 km² (12.6% o total o the island), an a total population o 662,450 (2001, 13% o the total population o Sicily). There are 108 comuni (singular: comune) in the province [1] Archived 2007-08-07 at the Wayback Machine, see Comuni o the Province o Messina.

 
Giardini Naxos, a popular resort in the Province of Messina

The province includes the Aeolian Islands, aw pairt o the comune o Lipari (wi the exception o Salina). The territory is lairgely muntainous, wi the exception o alluvional plain at the mooths o the various rivers. The lairgest plain is that in the aurie atween Milazzo an Barcellona Pozzo di Gotto, which, thegither wi Messina, form a metropolitan aurie o some 500,000 inhabitants, ane o the lairgest in soothren Italy. Hintle o the population is concentratit in the coastal aurie, efter the hill touns hae been lairgely abandoned frae the 19t century.

The main muntain ridges are the Peloritani (up tae 1300 m) an the Nebrodi (up tae 1,900 m) muntains, which are includit in a Regional Natural Reserve.

Rivers o the province include the Alcantara an the Pollina, which forms the border wi the province o Palermo at wast.

The main comunes by population are:

Comune Population
Messina 246,951
Barcellona Pozzo di Gotto 41,157
Milazzo 32,600
Patti 13,241
Sant'Agata di Militello 13,026
Capo d'Orlando 12,928
Taormina 10,909
Lipari 10,782

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