Province of L'Aquila
Also known as Aquila province, L'Aquila province, provincia dell'Aquila, provincia di Aquila
province of Italy
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L'Aquila is a province located in the Abruzzo region of central Italy. It is notable as the site of a devastating 2009 earthquake that caused significant damage to the provincial capital city and surrounding areas.
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- Official name
- Provincia dell'Aquila
- Population
- 28668
- Area
- 5034.46
- Official website
- www.provincia.laquila.it
- Image
- Corno grande da campo imperatore.jpg
- Dialing code
- 0863
- Licence plate code
- AQ
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The Province of L'Aquila (Italian: provincia dell'Aquila) is the largest, most mountainous and least densely populated province of the region of Abruzzo in southern Italy. It comprises about half the landmass of Abruzzo and occupies the western part of the region. It has borders with the provinces of Teramo to the north, Pescara and Chieti to the east, Isernia (in Molise region) to the south and Frosinone, Rome and Rieti (in Lazio region) to the west. Its capital is the city of L'Aquila. It has 286,765 inhabitants.
The province of L'Aquila includes the highest mountains of the Apennines (Gran Sasso, Maiella and Velino-Sirente), their highest peak, Corno Grande, the high plain of Campo Imperatore, and Europe's southernmost glacier, the Calderone. The province's major rivers are the Aterno-Pescara, Sangro, Liri, Salto, and the Turano; its major lakes are Lago Scanno and Lago Barrea. It once included the third largest lake on the Italian peninsula, Lago Fucino, which was drained in one of the 19th century's largest engineering projects. The lake basin is today a flourishing agricultural area and an important technological district. The province is known for its many castles, fortresses and pristine medieval hill towns.