| Province of Oristano | |
| Native Name Lang: | it |
| Settlement Type: | Province |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: |  Italy |
| Subdivision Type1: | Region |
| Subdivision Name1: | Sardinia |
| Seat Type: | Capital(s) |
| Seat: | Oristano |
| Parts Type: | Comuni |
| Parts Style: | para |
| P1: | 87 |
| Leader Title: | President |
| Leader Name: | Massimo Torrente |
| Unit Pref: | Metric |
| Area Total Km2: | 2990.45 |
| Population Total: | 159474[1] |
| Population As Of: | 31 July 2017 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Demographics Type2: | GDP |
| Demographics2 Footnotes: | [2] |
| Demographics2 Title1: | Total |
| Demographics2 Info1: | €2.831 billion (2015) |
| Demographics2 Title2: | Per capita |
| Demographics2 Info2: | €17,462 (2015) |
| Timezone1: | CET |
| Utc Offset1: | +1 |
| Timezone1 Dst: | CEST |
| Utc Offset1 Dst: | +2 |
| Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
| Postal Code: | 09020, 09070-09086, 09088-09099, 09170 |
| Area Code Type: | Telephone prefix |
| Area Code: | 0758, 0783, 0785, 0885 |
| Registration Plate: | OR |
| Blank Name Sec1: | ISTAT |
| Blank Info Sec1: | 095 |
The province of Oristano (Italian: provincia di Oristano; Sardinian: provìntzia de Aristanis) is a province in the autonomous island region of Sardinia, Italy. Its capital is the city of Oristano. It has an area of 3040km2, a total population of 160,746 (2016), and a population density of 53.7 people per square kilometer. There are 87 comuni (: comune) in the province.[3]
It is bordered with on the north by province of Sassari, on east by the province of Nuoro, on south by the province of South Sardinia and it is bathed from the Sea of Sardinia to the west.
The province of Oristano is the smallest province in Sardinia and was formed from sections of the provinces of Cagliari and Nuoro. It occupies roughly the same area as the Giudicato of Arborea of the High Middle Ages.[4] It borders Nuoro, Cagliari and the Sea of Sardinia. A large area of the province's coastline is part of the gulf of Oristano, and the land in the province is mainly flat and there is some marshland. The province contains Santa Giusta (commune) and Tharros (former city), which both date from the Carthaginian Republic's rule of the area.
The town of Arborea was founded by Benito Mussolini's fascist regime as Mussolinia to be an experimental town, for which, farmers were moved from Emilia Romagna and Veneto. The River Tirso flows through the province of Oristano from the province of Nuoro, and its mouth is located at the Gulf of Oristano. Temo is the only other river to flow through the province. The town of Bosa is located in the region alongside a river and its medieval fortifications remain.[4] The province of Oristano was formed in 1975[4] and had been largely unaffected/undamaged by tourism.[5]
The province has a total of 87 comuni (: comune), the largest of which are:[6] [7]
| Commune | Population | |
|---|---|---|
| Oristano/Aristànis | 31,671 | |
| Terralba/Terràba | 10,201 | |
| Cabras/Cràbas | 9,165 | |
| Bosa | 8,026 | |
| Marrubiu/Marrùbiu | 4,816 | |
| Santa Giusta/Santa Jùsta | 4,875 | |
| Ghilarza/Ilàrtzi | 4,615 | |
| Mogoro/Mòguru | 4,128 | |
| Arborea | 3,900 | |
| Samugheo | 3,019 |
| class=unsortable | President | Term start | Term end | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Peppino Chessa | 1989 | 1990 | Sardinian Action Party | ||
| Ezio Collu | 1990 | 1994 | Italian Socialist Party | ||
| Alfredo Stara | 1994 | 1995 | Italian Socialist Party | ||
| Gian Valerio Sanna | 1995 | 1999 | Democratic Party of the Left | ||
| Mario Diana | 2000 | 2005 | National Alliance | ||
| Pasquale Onida | 2005 | 2010 | Fortza Paris | ||
| Massimiliano De Seneen | 2010 | 2015 | The People of Freedom | ||
| – | Massimo Torrente | 2015 | Incumbent | Special Commissioner | |