Province o Terni

The Province o Terni (Italian: Provincia di Terni) is the smawer o the twa provinces in the Umbrie region o Italy, comprisin ane-third o baith the aurie an population o the region. Its caipital is the ceety o Terni. The province came intae being in 1927, when it wis carvit oot o the oreeginal unitary province o Umbrie. The province o Terni haes an aurie o 2,122 km², an a total population o 219,783 (2001). There are 33 comunes (Italian: comuni in the province. As o Juin 2006, the anerlie comunes wi a population ower 10,000 are Terni, Orvieto, Narni an Amelia. Geography It is bordered tae the north wi the Province o Perugia, tae the east, soothwast wi the Lazio (Province o Rieti an Province o Viterbo) an tae northwast wi the Tuscany (Province o Siena). The province extends intae the soothwast o the Umbrie region, occupyin the last section o the Nera River valley near the confluence wi the Velino River, an the eastren pairt o the valley o the Tiber River. The province o Terni is characterizit bi its slopes encoontered alang the path o rivers, allouin the exploitation o hydro catchment auries, so as tae hae led tae the creation o several airtificial lakes: Lake Corbara Lake Alviano Lake Recentino Lake San Liberato Lake Arezzo Lake Piediluco History In the 2nt millennium BC the province wis occupeed bi a population cried Umbri, who foondit the ceeties o Ameria, Narnia Nahars, Otricolum an Interamna Nahars. Wi the development o the Etruscan ceevilisation, their territory wis reducit tae the valleys o the Black an Velino. Ane o the maist important an richest Etruscan ceeties in Province o Terni wis Orvieto an an unidentifeed place cried Fanum Voltumnae. For centuries, Umbrian and Etruscan focht haurd for the rule o the Tiber valley, till, in 299 BC when Roman legions began the invasion o Umbrie. Gallery See an aw Comuni o the Province o Terni References Freemit airtins Provincia di Terni hamepage (in Italian) Archived 2004-09-16 at the Wayback Machine