Province of Latina
| Province of Latina | |
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| Province | |
 Map highlighting the location of the province of Latina in Italy |
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| Country |
 Italy
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| Region | Lazio |
| Capital(s) | Latina |
| Comuni | 33 |
| Government | |
| • President | Eleonora Della Penna |
| Area | |
| • Total | 2,251 km2 (869 sq mi) |
| Population (2012) | |
| • Total | 561,189 |
| • Density | 250/km2 (650/sq mi) |
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) |
| • Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) |
| Postal code | 04100 |
| Telephone prefix | 0773, 06, 0771 |
| Vehicle registration | LT |
| ISTAT | 059 |
The Province of Latina (Italian: Provincia di Latina) is a province in the Lazio region of Italy. Its capital is the city of Latina.
It has an area of 2,251 square kilometres (869 sq mi) and a total population of 561,189 (2012). There are 33 comuni (singular: comune) in the province [1], see Comuni of the Province of Latina.
The main comuni by population are:
The province of Latina was founded on 18 December 1934, encompassing mainly the drained areas of the Agro Pontino previously part of the province of Rome. Apart the Pontine lands, it includes the Aurunci, Lepini and Ausoni mountain ranges, as well as the Pontine islands archipelago. The port of Gaeta and Formia, in the southernmost part of the province, belonged traditionally and linguistically to Campania.
Although the smallest of the provinces in the Lazio region, the province of Latina includes a variety of geographical and historical areas.
The mainland area is, in the south- and north-eastern part, mostly occupied by limestone hills and mountains. Ranges include the Lepini, Aurunci, Ausoni. The highest elevation is that of 1,533-metre (5,030 ft) Monte Petrella (Aurunci). The climate is semi-continental with hot summers and cold winters; temperatures rarely fall below 0 °C (32 °F). The mountains are characterized by small medieval settlements (borghi) and traditionally live of cattle raising and agriculture; however, these activities saw a marked decline in recent times, and today workers usually commute daily to work in Rome or Latina. Tourism is an increasing interesting resource, attracted especially by the uncontaminated nature and by artistic traces of the Middle Ages (Abbeys of Valvisciolo and Fossanova, where St. Thomas Aquinas died). The main centres of this area are Cori, Sezze, and Priverno.
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