| Province of Nuoro | |
| Native Name: | |
| Settlement Type: | Province |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: |  Italy |
| Subdivision Type1: | Region |
| Subdivision Name1: | Sardinia |
| Seat Type: | Capital(s) |
| Seat: | Nuoro |
| Parts Type: | Comuni |
| Parts Style: | para |
| P1: | 74 |
| Leader Title: | President |
| Leader Name: | Costantino Tidu |
| Unit Pref: | Metric |
| Area Total Km2: | 5638.06 |
| Population Total: | 210972 |
| Population As Of: | 31 July 2017 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Demographics Type2: | GDP |
| Demographics2 Footnotes: | [1] |
| Demographics2 Title1: | Total |
| Demographics2 Info1: | €2.943 billion (2015) |
| Demographics2 Title2: | Per capita |
| Demographics2 Info2: | €18,656 (2015) |
| Timezone1: | CET |
| Utc Offset1: | +1 |
| Timezone1 Dst: | CEST |
| Utc Offset1 Dst: | +2 |
| Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
| Postal Code: | 08010-08040, 08042-08049, 08100 |
| Area Code Type: | Telephone prefix |
| Area Code: | 070, 079, 0484, 0782, 0784, 0785 |
| Registration Plate: | NU |
| Blank Name Sec1: | ISTAT |
| Blank Info Sec1: | 091 |
The province of Nuoro (it|provincia di Nuoro; sc|provìntzia de Nùgoro) is a province in the autonomous island region of Sardinia, Italy. Its capital is the city of Nuoro.
It has an area of 5638km2, and,, a total population of 210,972. The province is divided into 74 comuni (: 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.
In April 2021, under Sardinian Regional Council's Regional Law Nr. 7[4], the annexation was reversed, restroring the Ogliastra province and reducing the province of Nuoro back to pre-2016 borders (plus the comune of Seulo that was previously located in the Province of South Sardinia).[5] Whilst the Italian government challenged the law,[6] thus stalling its implementation,[7] on March 12, 2022, the Constitutional Court ruled in favor of the Autonomous Region of Sardinia.[8] On April 13, 2023, the regional council, at the proposal of the regional government, approved an amendment to the 2021 reform, defining the timeframe and manner of its implementation, which would see its full implementation in 2024.[9]
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.
| class=unsortable | President | Term start | Term end | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | |