Province of Cagliari

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Province of Cagliari
Province
(1859–2016)
Flag of the Province of Cagliari.svg
Provincia di Cagliari-Stemma.svg
Map Province of Cagliari.svg
Map highlighting the location of the province of Cagliari in Italy
CountryFlag of Italy.svg  Italy
Region Sardinia
Capital(s) Cagliari
Comuni 71
Area
  Total
4,570 km2 (1,760 sq mi)
Population
 (2001)
  Total
551,053
  Density120/km2 (310/sq mi)
Time zone UTC+1 (CET)
  Summer (DST) UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code
09010-09033, 09035-09049, 09090, 09100
Telephone prefix070, 0781, 0783
Vehicle registration CA
ISTAT 092

The province of Cagliari (Italian : provincia di Cagliari; Sardinian : provìntzia de Casteddu) was a province in the autonomous island region of Sardinia, Italy. Its capital city was Cagliari.

Contents

It had an area of 4,470 square kilometres (1,730 sq mi), and a total population of 543,310 (2001). There were 71 comuni (sg.: comune ) in the province .

The historical province was suppressed by the 2016 Regional Decree Province of Cagliari and replaced by the Metropolitan City of Cagliari and by the province of South Sardinia.

Geography

The valley of Piscinamanna is in the province.

Major comuni

As of June 30, 2005, the major comuni (municipalities) by population was:

ComunePopulation
Cagliari 160,886
Quartu Sant'Elena 70,020
Selargius 28,682
Assemini 25,531
Capoterra 22,620
Monserrato 20,809
Sestu 17,413
Sinnai 16,043
Quartucciu 11,503
Elmas 8,533
Dolianova 8,280
Decimomannu 7,079
San Sperate 7,037
Villasor 7,022
Maracalagonis 7,000
Pula 6,959
Uta 6,928
Settimo San Pietro 6,098
Sarroch 5,275

Government

List of presidents of the province of Cagliari

 PresidentTerm startTerm endParty
Alberto Palmas 19751982 Italian Communist Party
Giuseppe Putzolu 19821985 Italian Communist Party
Federico Baroschi 19851988 Italian Socialist Party
Walter Piludu 19881990 Italian Communist Party
Francesco Floris 19901993 Christian Democracy
Eliseo Secci 19931994 Christian Democracy
Cecilia Contu 19941995 Sardinian Action Party
Nicola Scano 19952000 Democratic Party of the Left
Democrats of the Left
Sandro Balletto 20002005 Forza Italia
Graziano Milia 20052010 Democrats of the Left
Democratic Party
20102012
Angela Quaquero20122013Deputy President
Pietro Cadau20132014Special Commissioner
Franco Sardi20142016Special Commissioner

Provincial elections

The Democratic Party (Italian : Partito Democratico, PD) is a social-democratic political party in Italy, with The People of Freedom (Italian : Il Popolo della Libertà, PdL), it is one of the two major parties of the current Italian party system.

Cagliari Provincial Election Results June 2010
NameParty1st Preference Votes %2nd Preference Votes %
Graziano Milia PD 71.96933,861.78552,4
Giuseppe Farris PdL 99.05346,556.07447,6

39°13′09″N9°07′02″E / 39.2192°N 9.11722°E / 39.2192; 9.11722

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