page_title: Province of L'Aquila
section_title: Geography
hierarchical_section_title: Province of L'Aquila / Geography
caption_attribution_description: Provincia dell'Aquila
context_page_description: The province of L'Aquila is a province in the Abruzzo region of Southern Italy. Its capital is the city of L'Aquila.
  It is the largest province of the region but the one with fewest people living in it; it is a landlocked province, that is, surrounded by other provinces by all sides.
context_section_description: L'Aquila is the largest province in the Abruzzo region with almost half of the area of the region; it has area of 5,047.55 km² (1,949 sq mi). The province is bordered to the north with Tuscany, to the northeast by the province of Teramo, to the east by the Pescara and Province of Chieti provinces, to the south and southeast with the Molise region (province of Isernia), and to the west and southwest by the Lazio region (province of Frosinone, Rome and province of Rieti).
  The main river in the province is the Aterno-Pescara river, known here as Aterno; it starts in the Monti della Laga and flows through the province.
  L'Aquila is the province of the Abruzzo region with more mountains; there are three mountain ranges that go from the northwest to the southeast, and that are parallels to the coastline: Monti della Gaga, Gran Sasso and Majella massif. The highest mountain in the province is Monte Amaro,(42°5′11″N 14°5′9″E) in the Majella massif, Apennines; it is 2,793 m (9,163 ft) high and is the highest mountain of three provinces: Chieti, L'Aquila and Pescara of the Abruzzo.
caption: Map of the province of L'Aquila
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