Province of Pescara

The **province of Pescara** () is a province in the Abruzzo region of Southern Italy, along the Adriatic Sea. Its capital is the city of Pescara.

## Geography

Pescara is the smallest province in Abruzzo with an area of . The province is bordered to the northeast by the Adriatic Sea, to the north by the province of Teramo, to the east by the province of Chieti, and to the south and west by the province of L'Aquila.

The final part of the Aterno-Pescara river flows through this province; other rivers are smaller and most of them are tributaries of the Aterno-Pescara river. The city of Pescara, the capital of the province, is at the mouth of this river.

The highest mountain in the province is _Monte Amaro_,() in the _Majella massif_, Apennines; it is  high and is the highest mountain of three provinces: Chieti, L'Aquila and Pescara of the Abruzzo.

## Population

There are 321,309 persons living in the province (January 2017), for a population density of  inhabitants/km².

**Evolution of the population**

## Municipalities

There are 46 municipalities (or _comuni_) in the province; they are:

1. Abbateggio
1. Alanno
1. Bolognano
1. Brittoli
1. Bussi sul Tirino
1. Cappelle sul Tavo
1. Caramanico Terme
1. Carpineto della Nora
1. Castiglione a Casauria
1. Catignano
1. Cepagatti
1. Città Sant'Angelo
1. Civitaquana
1. Civitella Casanova
1. Collecorvino
1. Corvara
1. Cugnoli
1. Elice
1. Farindola
1. Lettomanoppello
1. Loreto Aprutino
1. Manoppello
1. Montebello di Bertona
1. Montesilvano
1. Moscufo
1. Nocciano
1. Penne
1. Pescara
1. Pescosansonesco
1. Pianella
1. Picciano
1. Pietranico
1. Popoli
1. Roccamorice
1. Rosciano
1. Salle
1. San Valentino in Abruzzo Citeriore
1. Sant'Eufemia a Maiella
1. Scafa
1. Serramonacesca
1. Spoltore
1. Tocco da Casauria
1. Torre de' Passeri
1. Turrivalignani
1. Vicoli
1. Villa Celiera

The largest _comune_ is Penne, with  and the smallest is Cappelle sul Tavo, with . The _comune_ with fewest people living in it is Corvara with 247 inhabitants.

### Main _comuni_

The following table shows the 10 _comuni_ with more inhabitants with their population, and their area and altitude.

|No.|_Comune_|Population <small>(2017)</small> !! Area <small>(km²)</small> !! Density !! Altitude <small>(m)</small>||||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1|Pescara||34.36||4|
|2|Montesilvano||23.57||5|
|3|Spoltore||37.01||185|
|4|Città Sant'Angelo||62.02||317|
|5|Penne||91.20||438|
|6|Cepagatti||30.82||145|
|7|Pianella||47.05||236|
|8|Loreto Aprutino||59.50||294|
|9|Manoppello||39.26||257|
|10|Collecorvino||31.99||253|

## Related pages

- List of comuni of the Province of Pescara

## Other websites

- Province of Pescara official website

## Infobox (settlement)

- **name**: Province of Pescara
- **native name lang**: it
- **settlement type**: Provinces of Italy, Province
- **image skyline**: Pescara 2008 -Palazzo del Governo- by-RaBoe 001.jpg
- **image alt**: Palazzo del Governo at Pescara
- **image caption**: _Palazzo del Governo_, the provincial seat at Pescara.
- **image flag**: Flag of the Province of Pescara.svg
- **image shield**: Provincia di Pescara-Stemma.svg
- **image map**: Pescara in Italy.svg
- **map alt**: Map with the province of Pescara in Italy
- **map caption**: Map with the province of Pescara, in red, in Italy
- **subdivision type**: Country
- **subdivision type1**: Regions of Italy, Region
- **subdivision name1**: Abruzzo
- **seat type**: Capital
- **seat**: Pescara
- **parts type**: Comune, Comuni
- **parts style**: para
- **p1**: 46
- **leader title**: President
- **leader name**: Antonio Di Marco
- **unit pref**: Metric
- **area total km2**: 1230.33
- **population total**: 321309
- **population as of**: January 2017
- **population density km2**: auto
- **timezone1**: Central European Time, CET
- **utc offset1**: +1
- **timezone1 dst**: Central European Summer Time, CEST
- **utc offset1 dst**: +2
- **postal code type**: Postal code
- **postal code**: 65010-65014, 65016-65017, 65019-65020, 65022-65024, 65026-65029
- **area code type**: Telephone prefix
- **area code**: 085
- **registration plate**: Italian car number plates, PE
- **blank name sec1**: Istituto Nazionale di Statistica, ISTAT
- **blank info sec1**: 068
- **website**: [http://www.provincia.pescara.it/ Official website]