Province of Latina

The **Province of Latina** () is a province in the Lazio region of Central Italy. Its capital is the city of Latina.

## History

The province of Latina was created in December of 1934 with the name of **Littoria**.

## Geography

The province of Latina has an area of , the smallest province of the Lazio region.

The province is in the southwest of the Lazio region. It borders to the north with the Frosinone province, to the northwest and west with the Metropolitan City of Rome, to the southeast with the Campania region (Caserta), and to the south with the Tyrrhenian Sea (Mediterranean Sea).

The highest mountain in the province is _Monte Petrella_ (), with an altitude of .

## Population

In 2017, there are 574,891 persons living in the province, for a population density of  inhabitants/km².

**Evolution of the population in the province of Latina**

## Administration

There are 33 municipalities (or _comuni_) in the province; they are:

1. Aprilia
1. Bassiano
1. Campodimele
1. Castelforte
1. Cisterna di Latina
1. Cori
1. Fondi
1. Formia
1. Gaeta
1. Itri
1. Latina
1. Lenola
1. Maenza
1. Minturno
1. Monte San Biagio
1. Norma
1. Pontinia
1. Ponza
1. Priverno
1. Prossedi
1. Rocca Massima
1. Roccagorga
1. Roccasecca dei Volsci
1. Sabaudia
1. San Felice Circeo
1. Santi Cosma e Damiano
1. Sermoneta
1. Sezze
1. Sonnino
1. Sperlonga
1. Spigno Saturnia
1. Terracina
1. Ventotene

The largest _comune_ is Latina, with  and the smallest is Ventotene (). The _comune_ with fewest people living in it is Campodimele with 622 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|Latina||277.62||21|
|2|Aprilia||178.11||80|
|3|Terracina||136.59||22|
|4|Fondi||143.92||8|
|5|Formia||74.17||19|
|6|Cisterna di Latina||144.16||77|
|7|Sezze||100.47||319|
|8|Gaeta||29.20||2|
|9|Sabaudia||145.37||17|
|10|Minturno||42.14||141|

## Related pages

- List of communes of the Province of Latina

## Other websites

- Official Site

## Infobox (settlement)

- **name**: Province of Latina
- **native name lang**: it
- **settlement type**: Provinces of Italy, Province
- **image skyline**: Prefettura di latina.jpg
- **image alt**: Palazzo del Governo, province headquarters.
- **image caption**: _Palazzo del Governo_, province headquarters.
- **image flag**: Flag of Latina.png
- **image map**: Latina in Italy.svg
- **map alt**: Map with the province of Latina in Italy
- **map caption**: Map with the province of Latina, in red, in Italy
- **subdivision type**: Country
- **subdivision type1**: Regions of Italy, Region
- **subdivision name1**: Lazio
- **seat type**: Capital
- **seat**: Latina, Lazio, Latina
- **parts type**: Comune, Comuni
- **parts style**: para
- **p1**: 33
- **leader title**: President
- **leader name**: Eleonora Della Penna
- **unit pref**: Metric
- **area total km2**: 2256.16
- **population total**: 574891
- **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**: 04100 Latina, 04010-04032
- **area code type**: Telephone prefix
- **area code**: 06, 0771, 0773
- **registration plate**: Italian car number plates, LT
- **blank name sec1**: Istituto Nazionale di Statistica, ISTAT
- **blank info sec1**: 059
- **website**: [http://www.provincia.latina.it/ Official website]