Province o Terni
The Province o Terni (Italian: Provincia di Terni) is the smawer o the twa provinces in the Umbrie region o Italy, comprisin ane-third o baith the aurie an population o the region. Its caipital is the ceety o Terni. The province came intae being in 1927, when it wis carvit oot o the oreeginal unitary province o Umbrie.
Province o Terni | |
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Map heichlichtin the location o the province o Terni in Italy | |
Kintra | Italy |
Region | Umbrie |
Caipital(s) | Terni |
Comuni | 33 |
Govrenment | |
• Preses | Feliciano Polli (PD) |
Area | |
• Total | 2122 km2 (819 sq mi) |
Population (2008) | |
• Total | 232,311 |
• Density | 110/km2 (280/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
Postal code | 05010-05018, 05020-05026, 05028-05032, 05034-05035, 05039, 05100 |
Telephone prefix | 075, 0744, 0763 |
Vehicle registration | TR |
ISTAT | 055 |
The province o Terni haes an aurie o 2,122 km², an a total population o 219,783 (2001). There are 33 comunes (Italian: comuni in the province.[1]
As o Juin 2006, the anerlie comunes wi a population ower 10,000 are Terni, Orvieto, Narni an Amelia.
Geography
eeditIt is bordered tae the north wi the Province o Perugia, tae the east, soothwast wi the Lazio (Province o Rieti an Province o Viterbo) an tae northwast wi the Tuscany (Province o Siena). The province extends intae the soothwast o the Umbrie region, occupyin the last section o the Nera River valley near the confluence wi the Velino River, an the eastren pairt o the valley o the Tiber River.
The province o Terni is characterizit bi its slopes encoontered alang the path o rivers, allouin the exploitation o hydro catchment auries, so as tae hae led tae the creation o several airtificial lakes:
- Lake Corbara
- Lake Alviano
- Lake Recentino
- Lake San Liberato
- Lake Arezzo
- Lake Piediluco
History
eeditIn the 2nt millennium BC the province wis occupeed bi a population cried Umbri, who foondit the ceeties o Ameria, Narnia Nahars, Otricolum an Interamna Nahars. Wi the development o the Etruscan ceevilisation, their territory wis reducit tae the valleys o the Black an Velino. Ane o the maist important an richest Etruscan ceeties in Province o Terni wis Orvieto an an unidentifeed place cried Fanum Voltumnae. For centuries, Umbrian and Etruscan focht haurd for the rule o the Tiber valley, till, in 299 BC when Roman legions began the invasion o Umbrie.
Gallery
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Terni, Via del Plebiscito.
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The Orvieto Cathedral.
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Central Square in Narni.
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Abbey o San Cassiano (Narni).
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Auncient theater o Carsulae.
See an aw
eeditReferences
eedit- ↑ http://www.upinet.it Archived 2007-08-07 at the Wayback Machine
Freemit airtins
eedit- Provincia di Terni hamepage (in Italian) Archived 2004-09-16 at the Wayback Machine