Province_of_Caltanissetta Province_of_Caltanissetta

Province of Caltanissetta - Definition and Overview

Statistics
Region Sicily
Seat: Caltanissetta
Area: 2,125 km²
Population (2001): 272,402
Elevation: sea level
891 m
(Cozzo Pirtusiddu)
Density: 128.19km²
Number of communes 22
Car designation CL
Postal code: 93100 - Caltanisetta
93010-93020
Area codes: 0934/934, 0933/933, Italian area code 0922/0922/922, 0363
ISTAT code: 085
Homepage: www.provincia.cl.it
(in Italian)


The Province of Caltanissetta is a province in the southern part of Sicily, Italy.

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Bounding provinces

In order of counterclockwise

Coat of arms

Its coat of arms are made up with a red crest and two green leaf stems on top with a laurel leaf on the right and a crown in the middle.

Geography

The province extends to the central part of Sicily in the northwestern direction where the capital is located. The commune of Resuttano is found in an enclave of the province of Palermo near Caltanissetta between Monte Stretto and Portella del Vento, an enclafe without locality of the province of Enna.

The land extends to the Gela plain and into the gulf named Gela.

Communes

Name of commune Population Area Density Elevation Location ISTAT code Postal code Fiscal code Area code Name of inhabitants Website
Acquaviva Platani 1,231 12 km² 88/km² - 37.5667/37°34 N
13.7/13°42 E
085001 93010 A??? 0934 - -
Bompensiere 676 19 km² 36/km² - 37.4667/37°28 N
13.7833/13°47 E
085002 93010 A??? 0934 - -
Butera 5,351 295/297 km² 18 km² - 37.183/37°11' N
4.183/14°11' W
085003 93011 - 093-4 - -
Caltanissetta 60,878 416 km² 146/km² - 37.483/37°29 N
14.0667/14°4 E
085004 93100 B429 0934 Nisseni pl. [1] (http://www.commune.caltanissetta.it)
Campofranco 3,631 35 km² 104/km² - 37.01667/37°31 N
13.7/13°42 E
085005 93010 B??? 0934 - -
Delia 4,349 12 km² 362/km² - 37.325/37°21 N
13.933/13°56 E
085006 93010 - 0922 - -
Gela 72,444 276 km² 262/km² - 37.0667/37°4 N
14.25/14°15 E
085007 93012 - 0933 - [2] (http://www.comune.gela.cl.it)


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