Metropolitan City of Rome Capital
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| Region | Lazio | |
| Established | 1 January 2015 | |
| Capital(s) | Rome | |
| Comuni | 121 | |
| Government | ||
| • Mayor | Virginia Raggi (M5S) | |
| Area | ||
| • Total | 5,352 km2 (2,066 sq mi) | |
| Population (2012) | ||
| • Total | 4,333,689 | |
| • Density | 810/km2 (2,100/sq mi) | |
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) | |
| • Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) | |
| ISTAT | 015 | |
| Website | www.provincia.roma.it | |
The administrative area of the Metropolitan City of Rome (Italian: Città metropolitana di Roma Capitale) is one of the constitutional Metropolitan cities of Italy in the Lazio region, Italy. Its capital is the city of Rome. It replaced the Province of Rome and comprises the city of Rome and other 121 municipalities (comuni). It was firstly created by the reform of local authorities (Law 142/1990) and then established by the Law 56/2014. It has been officially operative since 1 January 2015.
The Metropolitan City of Rome Capital is headed by the Metropolitan Mayor (Sindaco metropolitano) and by the Metropolitan Council (Consiglio metropolitano). Since 20 June 2016 Virginia Raggi, as mayor of the capital city.
The Metropolitan City of Rome Capital covers almost one-third of the territory of Lazio. It occupies the flat area of the Roman and the Tiber Valley to the mountains and dell'Aniene Lucretili Sabini and, in addition to the mountainous regions of the Tolfa and Monti Sabatini to the north-west, the area of the mountains Tiburtini Prenestini Simbruini and east, the area of the Colli Albani and the northern foothills of the mountains, and high Lepine Sacco valley to the south-east. The western boundary of the province is represented by the Tyrrhenian Sea on which spread to about 130 kilometres (81 mi) from the coast near Rome from Civitavecchia to Torre Astura. In the territory there are several lakes, almost all of volcanic origin, which are concentrated in the north-west of the mountains and Sabatini in the south-east of the Colli Albani.
The Metropolitan City of Rome Capital is at the centre of the radial network of roads that roughly follow the lines of the ancient Roman roads which began at the Capitoline Hill and connected Rome with its empire. Today Rome is circled, at a distance of about 10 km (6 mi) from the Capitol, by the ring-road (the Grande Raccordo Anulare or GRA).
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