| Province of Vibo Valentia | |
| Native Name Lang: | it |
| Settlement Type: | Province |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: |  Italy |
| Subdivision Type1: | Region |
| Subdivision Name1: | Calabria |
| Seat Type: | Capital(s) |
| Seat: | Vibo Valentia |
| Parts Type: | Comuni |
| Parts Style: | para |
| P1: | 50 |
| Leader Title: | President |
| Leader Name: | Salvatore Solano |
| Unit Pref: | Metric |
| Area Total Km2: | 1139 |
| Population Total: | 162697 |
| Population As Of: | 30 September 2014 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Demographics Type2: | GDP |
| Demographics2 Footnotes: | [1] |
| Demographics2 Title1: | Total |
| Demographics2 Info1: | €2.447 billion (2015) |
| Demographics2 Title2: | Per capita |
| Demographics2 Info2: | €15,032 (2015) |
| Timezone1: | CET |
| Utc Offset1: | +1 |
| Timezone1 Dst: | CEST |
| Utc Offset1 Dst: | +2 |
| Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
| Postal Code: | 89811-89819, 89821-89824, 89831-89834, 89841-89844, 89851-89852, 89861-89868, 89900 |
| Area Code Type: | Telephone prefix |
| Area Code: | 0963, 0966, 0968 |
| Registration Plate: | VV |
| Blank Name Sec1: | ISTAT |
| Blank Info Sec1: | 102 |
The province of Vibo Valentia (Italian: provincia di Vibo Valentia; Vibonese: Sicilian: pruvincia i Vibbu Valenzia) is a province in the Calabria region of Italy, set up by a national law of 6 March 1992, which came into effect on 1 January 1996, and formerly part of the province of Catanzaro.[2] [3] Its capital is the city of Vibo Valentia and its vehicle licence plate code is VV.[4] The province has an area of 1139sqkm (7.6% of the total surface of Calabria), and a total population of 168,894 (ISTAT 2005); the city Vibo Valentia has a population of 35,405.[5] There are 50 comuni (: comune) in the province.[6]
It was first settled by Italic tribe the Sicels and Vibo Valentia was established as a city in the 6th or 7th century, known as Hipponion by the Greeks of Messina and Reggio. Following this, the city was later recolonised by people from town Locri in the region of Calabria.[5] Dionysius I of Syracuse had the city of Hipponion destroyed, and authority of the city subsequently passed to Ancient Carthage, tribe Bruttii, Greek Agathocles of Syracuse, and then the Locrians, before being conquered by ancient Rome in around 230 BCE. In around 400 CE it was attacked repeatedly before being destroyed by the Muslims.[5] Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor had the town rebuilt in the 13th century, and in 1284 it passed to the Ruffo family. Ferdinand I of Naples had a fort constructed in Pizzo Calabro in 1486.[5]
In June 2010 a dormant volcano was discovered off the coast of the province on the line of the fault that led to the 1905 Calabria earthquake.[7] It is a mountainous province and is situated on the Tyrrhenian Sea.[8]
| President | Term start | Term end | class=unsortable | Party | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vincenzo Romeo | 7 May 1995 | 14 June 1999 | bgcolor= | Ulivo | ||
| Ottavio Bruni | 14 June 1999 | 26 February 2008 | bgcolor= | PPI/DL/PD | ||
| Francesco De Nisi | 15 April 2008 | 20 November 2012 | bgcolor= | PD | ||
| Mario Ciclosi | 20 November 2012 | 29 September 2014 | bgcolor=gainsboro | Commissioner | ||
| Andrea Niglia | 29 September 2014 | 8 May 2018 | bgcolor= | Ind. | ||
| Salvatore Solano | 31 October 2018 | incumbent | bgcolor= | Ind. CD |