Province of Cagliari explained

Province of Cagliari
Native Name Lang:it
Settlement Type:Province
(1859–2016)
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name: Italy
Subdivision Type1:Region
Subdivision Name1:Sardinia
Seat Type:Capital(s)
Seat:Cagliari
Parts Type:Comuni
Parts Style:para
P1:71
Unit Pref:Metric
Area Total Km2:4570
Population Total:551053
Population As Of:2001
Population Density Km2:auto
Timezone1:CET
Utc Offset1:+1
Timezone1 Dst:CEST
Utc Offset1 Dst:+2
Postal Code Type:Postal code
Postal Code:09010-09033, 09035-09049, 09090, 09100
Area Code Type:Telephone prefix
Area Code:070, 0781, 0783
Registration Plate:CA
Blank Name Sec1:ISTAT
Blank Info Sec1:092

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.

It had an area of 4470km2, and a total population of 543,310 (2001). There were 71 comuni (: comune) in the province https://web.archive.org/web/20070807094512/http://www.upinet.it/indicatore.asp?id_statistiche=6.

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

Geography

The valley of Piscinamanna is in the province.

Major comuni

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

ComunePopulation
Cagliari160,886
Quartu Sant'Elena70,020
Selargius28,682
Assemini25,531
Capoterra22,620
Monserrato20,809
Sestu17,413
Sinnai16,043
Quartucciu11,503
Elmas8,533
Dolianova8,280
Decimomannu7,079
San Sperate7,037
Villasor7,022
Maracalagonis7,000
Pula6,959
Uta6,928
Settimo San Pietro6,098
Sarroch5,275

Government

List of presidents of the province of Cagliari

class=unsortable PresidentTerm startTerm endParty
Alberto Palmas19751982Italian Communist Party
Giuseppe Putzolu19821985Italian Communist Party
Federico Baroschi19851988Italian Socialist Party
Walter Piludu19881990Italian Communist Party
Francesco Floris19901993Christian Democracy
Eliseo Secci19931994Christian Democracy
Cecilia Contu19941995Sardinian Action Party
Nicola Scano19952000Democratic Party of the Left
Democrats of the Left
Sandro Balletto20002005Forza Italia
Graziano Milia20052010Democrats 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
Name Party 1st Preference Votes % 2nd Preference Votes %
Graziano Milia 71.969 33,8 61.785 52,4
Giuseppe Farris 99.053 46,5 56.074 47,6

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