The province of Nuoro (Italian: provincia di Nuoro; Sardinian: provìntzia de Nùgoro) is a province in the autonomous island region of Sardinia, Italy. Its capital is the city of Nuoro.
Province of Nuoro | |
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.JPG) View of Supramonte mountain range, located in the province | |
 Flag  Coat of arms | |
.svg) Map highlighting the location of the province of Nuoro in Sardinia | |
| Country |  Italy |
| Region | Sardinia |
| Capital(s) | Nuoro |
| Comuni | 74 |
| Government | |
| • President | Costantino Tidu |
| Area | |
| • Total | 5,638.06 km2 (2,176.87 sq mi) |
| Population (31 July 2017) | |
| • Total | 210,972 |
| • Density | 37/km2 (97/sq mi) |
| GDP | |
| • Total | €2.943 billion (2015) |
| • Per capita | €18,656 (2015) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Postal code | 08010-08040, 08042-08049, 08100 |
| Telephone prefix | 070, 079, 0484, 0782, 0784, 0785 |
| Vehicle registration | NU |
| ISTAT | 091 |
It has an area of 5,638 square kilometres (2,177 sq mi), and, As of 2017[update], a total population of 210,972. The province is divided into 74 comuni (sg.: comune), the largest of which are Nuoro (36,925 inhabitants), Siniscola (11,492), Macomer (10,043), and Dorgali (8,576).[2] The other comuni are generally not so large, even if Oliena (7,123 inhabitants) and Orosei (7,025) can be considered as well as populated towns.
The province was established in 1927.[3] In 2005, the territory of the province of Nuoro was substantially reduced as a consequence of the establishment in the island of four new provinces; subsequent administrative reforms have increased its size once again in 2016, through the annexation of 22 out of the 23 communes which made up the short-lived Ogliastra.
Parks located in the province include the National Park of the Gulf of Orosei and Gennargentu.
It is known for its purported high concentration of centenarians and supercentenarians. From 5 March 2001 to 3 January 2002, Antonio Todde, from Tiana, was the oldest man in the world. It's is also one of the so-called blue zones.
Government
editList of presidents of the province of Nuoro
edit| President | Term start | Term end | Party | |
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| Salvatore Angelo Piras | 1987 | 1990 | Italian Socialist Party | |
| Francesco Achille Crisponi | 1990 | 1993 | Christian Democracy | |
| Federico Caredda | 1993 | 1995 | Christian Democracy | |
| Giuseppe Matteo Pirisi | 1995 | 1999 | Democratic Party of the Left Democrats of the Left | |
| Francesco Maria Licheri | 2000 | 2005 | Italian People's Party The Daisy | |
| Roberto Deriu | 2005 | 2010 | The Daisy Democratic Party | |
| 2010 | 2014 | |||
| – | Sabina Bullita | 2015 | 2016 | Special Commissioner |
| – | Alessandra Pistis | 2016 | 2016 | Special Commissioner |
| – | Maria Cristina Madeddu | 2016 | 2016 | Special Commissioner |
| – | Costantino Tidu | 2016 | Incumbent | Special Commissioner |
References
edit- ^ Regions and Cities > Regional Statistics > Regional Economy > Regional Gross Domestic Product (Small regions TL3), OECD.Stats. Accessed on 16 November 2018.
- ^ Population data source: Italian National Institute of Statistics (ISTAT) .
- ^ Columbia-Lippincott Gazetteer (New York: Columbia University Press, 1952) p. 1356.
External links
edit- Official website (in Italian)